TIM PRENDERGAST

Hi there, my name is Tim Prendergast and I am a vision impaired athlete from New Zealand. In 1987 at the age of eight I was diagnosed with an eye condition called Stagardts which robbed me of all of my central vision. I am now left with just 5% vision but this has not stopped me wanting to strive for the achieve the best results on the track. In 2004 I won the Gold medal at the Athens Paralympic Games over 800 metres for vision impaired (T13) athletes. In 2002 I won the Gold medal at the World championships in the same event. In New Zealand I compete against regular fully sighted athletes and finshed 6th at this years National Track & Field Champs over 1500 metres.