Episode 588: Trevon Jenifer – Three-Time Paralympic Gold Medalist & World Champion
I'll Have Another with Lindsey Hein Podcast
SandyBoy Productions
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🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
We have a truly phenomenal athlete on the podcast today, Trevon Jenifer. Trevon is a three-time Paralympic gold medalist, a one-time Paralympic bronze medalist, and a world champion for Team USA. He plays wheelchair basketball and was born with congenital phocomelia, a rare condition in which a person is born without lower limbs. In this episode, Trevon shares what life was like growing up without lower limbs and how he discovered adaptive sports.
Before excelling in wheelchair basketball, Trevon was a wrestler. He has represented Team USA for over 15 years. He’s also a proud father of two and works for the Secret Service.
In our conversation, Trevon opens up about his passion for hard work, the immense sacrifices he’s made to reach his goals, and the crucial role that mindset plays in his success. I know you’ll take away so much from this inspiring conversation with him. It was truly an honor to interview Trevon for the podcast.
On a personal note, I recently watched wheelchair basketball in the Paralympics, and it was absolutely incredible. It’s been so exciting to see how much more media attention and coverage the Paralympics are getting this year. Let’s keep that momentum going! With the Olympics and Paralympics coming to LA in 2028, there’s a huge opportunity to bring even more visibility to these sports. So let’s keep supporting and cheering on these amazing athletes.
Please enjoy my conversation with Trevon Jenifer!
What we talked about:
5:15- Trevon’s backstory and being born without legs
16:30- His path to the Paralympics and his training
19:00- Watching his kids become athletes
28:45- Recapping his career so far and winning medals
37:20- Growth of the media attention on the Paralympics
42:50- Teaching our kids about differences
48:25- His motivational speaking engagements
45:10- His career
57:40- End of podcast questions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Sandy Boy Productions podcast. |
| 0:17.9 | Hey, everybody, welcome to all have another podcast with Lindsay Hein. I I'm your host Lindsay. Thank you so much for joining us today. Hope you're having a great day, a great week. Take a few deep breaths. If not, I hope that can turn around for you. I am cheering for you. I'm grateful you're here. Hope you're encouraged at this start of the new year. I always feel like there's a lot of hope |
| 0:38.8 | and like, ooh, what's going to go down this year at the beginning of a year? I also know some |
| 0:43.8 | of you might be going through some really hard time. So sending a hug your way, if that is you. |
| 0:49.0 | We have a really phenomenal athlete on the podcast today. Trayvon Jennifer. |
| 0:55.2 | He is a three-time Paralympic gold medalist, a one-time Paralympic bronze medalist, and a |
| 1:03.1 | world champion for Team USA. |
| 1:05.4 | He plays wheelchair basketball. |
| 1:07.7 | He was born with congenital focumilia, which is a disease where you are born with no |
| 1:14.4 | lower limbs. And he shares about what life was growing up with no lower limbs and how he found |
| 1:20.8 | adaptable sport. He not only is a Paralympian and wheelchair basketball. Before basketball, he was a wrestler as well. |
| 1:30.1 | He's represented Team USA for over 15 years. He's the father of two. He works for the Secret Service. |
| 1:36.8 | And in this episode, you will hear all about his passion for hard work, how much he sacrificed to |
| 1:41.9 | achieve these big goals. |
| 1:46.2 | He also talks about how much mindset matters, |
| 1:50.8 | and I think you're going to all take so much from this conversation with Trayvon. |
| 1:53.7 | It was a true honor to interview him for the podcast, |
| 1:55.2 | and I don't know about you, |
| 1:57.7 | but I watched some wheelchair basketball in the Paralympics, |
| 2:00.0 | and I thought it was so freaking cool. |
| 2:03.2 | I love that so many of these athletes from the Paralympics and I thought it was so freaking cool. I love that so many of these athletes from the Paralympics have shared about how there's been more media attention and more coverage |
| 2:09.1 | on the Paralympics than ever before this year. I'm like, let's go. Let's keep doing it. Let's keep |
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