Stephen Payton

Who is Stephen Payton?

Stephen Payton is a Paralympian athlete from Great Britain competing mainly in category T38 sprint events.

Stephen has competed in four paralympics, his first and most succseful was in 1996 where he had a clean sweep of the T37 sprint events, winning gold in 100m,200m and 400m as well as winning a silver in the T34-37 4x100m as part of the British team. Four years later in Sydney he was not as successful winning bronze medals in bothe the T38 100m and 200m and a silver in the 400m and being part of the British team that improved to silver in the T38 relay. By the Athens games Stephen was not part of the relay team but did still compete in the three individual sprint races but only managed a bronze in the 400m. In the 2008 Summer Paralympics he competed in the 200m and 400m but for the first time in four games did not win a single medal.