Career highlights

• Current Short Course World Record Holder in SB7 50m Breaststroke 
• Qualifying for his third Paralympic Games in Rio 2016, winning a silver medal in the men's 100m breaststroke
• Winning gold in the men's 100m breaststroke at the 2012 London Paralympic Games 
• Winning a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games in the 100m breaststroke

Australian Representation and results

• 2019 World Para Championships- bronze medallist 100m breaststroke, 6th place 400m freestyle
• 2018 Pan Pacific Para Championships- gold medallist 100m breaststroke, bronze medallist 200 IM, 6th place 100m freestyle, 6th place 100m backstroke
• 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games- silver medallist 200 IM, bronze medallist 100m breaststroke
• 2016 Rio Paralympic Games- silver medallist 100m breaststroke, 5th place 4x100m freestyle relay (34 points), 7th place 400m freestyle, 10th place 100m freestyle
• 2015 World Para Championships- silver medallist 100m breaststroke, bronze medallist 4x100m freestyle relay (34 points), 4th place 4x100m medley relay (34 points), 5th place 100m freestyle, 5th place 50m freestyle
• 2014 Pan Pacific Para Championships- gold medallist 50m freestyle, gold medallist 100m breaststroke, gold medallist 200 IM, gold medallist 4x100m freestyle (34 points)
• 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games- bronze medallist 200 IM
• 2013 World Para Championships- gold medallist 100m breaststroke, 4th place 50m freestyle, 6th place 100m freestyle, 6th place 200 IM
• 2012 London Olympic Games- gold medallist 100m breaststroke, gold medallist 4x100m freestyle relay (34 points), 6th place 50m freestyle, 7th place 200 IM, 8th place 100m freestyle
• 2011 Pan Pacific Para Championships- gold medallist 50m freestyle, gold medallist 100m freestyle, gold medallist 100m breaststroke, gold medallist 200 IM, gold medallist 4x100m freestyle relay (34 points)
• 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games- bronze medallist 100m freestyle, 5th place 50m freestyle
• 2010 World Para Championships- gold medallist 100m breaststroke, gold medallist 4x100m freestyle relay (34 points), 4th place 50m freestyle, 6th place 100m freestyle
• 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games- silver medallist 100m breaststroke

Profile

DOB: 25 January 1991

Favourite event: 100m breaststroke

A triple Paralympian with two gold and silver medals to his name, Blake is a decorated athlete and a natural leader within the Dolphins team. An unexpected call up to the 2008 Beijing Paralympic team saw the Queenslander claim his first silver medal in the 100m breaststroke (SB7). Continuing to build on his momentum, three years later he claimed a whopping five gold medals at the Para Pan Pacs in Canada, not before securing a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Blake's two gold medals at the London Paralympic Games in 2012 rank high among his stellar achievements, but it was his move to the Sunshine Coast that he describes as one of his biggest highlights. Competing in Rio in 2016, Blake came home with a silver medal and most recently, he scooped up a silver medal in the 200m IM (SM8) and a bronze in the 100m breaststroke (SB8) in front of a home crowd at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. As one of the most experienced swimmers on the USC Spartans team, he wants to compete in his 4th Paralympic Games in Tokyo in the 100m breaststroke SB7 classification. Blake has finished his degree in Clinical Exercise Science and is qualified as an Exercise Physiologist through Exercise Sports Science Australia. Blake is a two-time winner of USC's Sportsperson of the Year award.