Jamie Burdekin | |
Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
Paralympicsdoublesresult: | Bronze Medal (2008) |
Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Jamie Burdekin (born 10 December 1979 in Liverpool)[1] is an English wheelchair tennis player. He competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, the 2012 Summer Paralympics and the 2016 Summer Paralympics.[2]
He won the bronze medal together with Peter Norfolk in the Quad Doubles event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[2]
Norfolk and Burdekin also won the Quad Doubles event at the Japan Open as part of the 2012 ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour.
He also won the bronze medal in the Quad Doubles event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, together with Andrew Lapthorne.[2]
In 2014 and 2015, Lapthorne and Burdekin also won the silver medals in the Quad Doubles event of the Wheelchair Tennis Masters.
In 2017, Burdekin was wrongly suspended from competition for four years due to failing to comply with anti-doping testing; as he retired in 2016.[3] [4]