Career Highlights

• 2017:    Gold medalist, long jump, Para-Athletics World Championships, London, England
• 2016:    Silver medalist, long jump, Rio Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 2016:    Gold medalist, long jump, Paralympic Track and Field Trials
• 2015:    Gold medalist, long jump, U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships
• 2015:    Silver medalist, 100m, U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships
• 2014:    Gold medalist, long jump, IPC Athletics Grand Prix Finals, Birmingham, England
• 2014:    Gold medalist, long jump, U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships, San Mateo, California
• 2013:    Gold Medalist, long jump, 6.32m - IPC Athletics World Championships, Lyon, France
• 2013:    Silver medalist, triple jump and set new American record 12.66m - IPC Athletics World Championships, Lyon, France
• 2013:    Silver medalist, 4x100m relay and set new American record 43.62 - IPC Athletics World Championships, Lyon, France
• 2012:    Silver medalist, long jump, 6.34m - Paralympic Games, London, England
• 2011:    Gold medalist, long jump and set new world record 6.73m - Desert Challenge Games, Mesa, Arizona
• 2010:    Four-time Gold medalist (long jump, triple jump, 100m and 200m) - U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships
• 2008:    Silver medalist & new American record, long jump (6.46m) – 2008 Paralympic Games, Beijing, China
• 2008:    Gold medalist, long jump & triple jump – 2008 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships, Tempe, Arizona
• 2007:    Bronze medalist, long jump – Parapan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 2007:    Gold medalist, long jump – 2007 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships, Marietta, Georgia
• 2006:    Silver medalist, long jump – 2006 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships, Assen, The Netherlands
• 2006:    Gold medalist, long jump – 2006 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships, Atlanta, Georgia
• 2006:    Silver medalist, long jump – 2006 Paralympic World Cup, Manchester, England

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How a Visually Impaired Paralympian Recognizes His Jordans by Feel

Lex Gillette can identify each pair of Nike Jordans in his collection just by the feel of them.

The shoe that has a hard loop around the heel and a cool tongue? It’s one of his Jordan 6s. The shoe that’s made of crocodile skin with metal accents around the eyelets? One of his special edition 4s.

I Need You To See My Color

If you don’t know my story, I’m originally from North Carolina. I started experiencing sight loss when I was eight years old, and that led to a string of 10 operations that I had in hopes of fixing the issue, but after the last one, doctors said there was nothing else they could do to help my sight and I would eventually become blind. I was transitioning from a world where I could see, to a world of blindness.

Blind Paralympian Lex Gillette gets signed Christian McCaffrey jersey

Lex Gillette, a blind Paralympic long jumper, is a lifelong Carolina Panthers fan and recently connected with running back Christian McCaffrey.

'The voice of the blind people hasn't been heard': inside the fight for audio-described ads

When P&G's company accessibility leader decided to lead the drive for audio-described ads as standard, she was blown away at the ease in which brands can produce an inclusive spot for blind and visually impaired consumers. The real challenge, she soon found, lay rooted in the technicalities of the broadcast world.