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|nationality = {{CAN}}<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|08|21}}<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.paralympic.ca/jason-dunkerley|title= Jason Dunkerley|publisher=[[Canadian Paralympic Committee]]|accessdate=June 21, 2014}}</ref><br />
|birth_place = [[Newtownards]], [[Northern Ireland]], UK <br />
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|height = 6 ft (183 cm)<br />
|residence = [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada<br />
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{{MedalSport|Athletics}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Paralympic Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics - Men's 1500 metres - T11|1500m – T11]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics - Men's 1500 metres - T11|1500m – T11]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver| [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]] | [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres#T11|5000m – T11]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - Men's 1500 metres - T11|1500m – T11]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[2012 Summer Paralympics|2012 London]] | [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres#T11|1500m – T11]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Parapan American Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2007 Parapan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Athletics at the 2007 Parapan American Games|800m – T11]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2007 Parapan American Games|2007 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Athletics at the 2007 Parapan American Games|15000m – T11]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold|[[2015 Parapan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Athletics at the 2015 Parapan American Games – Men's 5000 metres T11|5000&nbsp;m T11]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 Parapan American Games|2011 Guadalajara]]|[[Athletics at the 2011 Parapan American Games|1500m – T11]]}}<br />
{{MedalSilver|[[2015 Parapan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Athletics at the 2015 Parapan American Games|1500m – T11]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2011 Parapan American Games|2011 Guadalajara]]|[[Athletics at the 2011 Parapan American Games|5000m – T11]]}}<br />
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'''Jason Joseph Dunkerley''' (born August 21, 1977, in [[Newtownards]], [[Northern Ireland]]) is a Canadian [[Paralympian]] [[Track and field|athlete]] competing mainly in category T11 and T12 middle-distance events.<br />
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==Career==<br />
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He competed in the [[2000 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], where he won a silver medal in the T11 men's 1500 metres event and went out in the first round of the T12 men's 800 metres event. At the [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Athens]], [[Greece]], he won a silver medal in the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T11–13#T11|men's 1500 metres - T11]] event and went out in the first round of the [[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T12–13#T12|men's 800 metres - T12]] event. At the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Beijing]], [[China]], he won a bronze medal in the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T11|men's 1500 metres - T11]] event and went out in the first round of the [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 800 metres T12|men's 800 metres - T12]] event. At the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]] in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]], he won a bronze medal in the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 1500 metres T11|men's 1500 metres - T11]] and a silver medal in the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 5000 metres#T11|men's 5000 metres - T11]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Jason Dunkerley was born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland with [[Leber's congenital amaurosis]], a rare [[Heredity|inherited]] [[eye disease]] that appears at birth or in the first few months of life, and affects around 1 in 80,000 of the population. He has two brothers, Jonathan and Chris, who both inherited the same eye condition. After emigrating to [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] from Northern Ireland with his family in 1991, he attended the W. Ross Macdonald School for Students who are Visually Impaired, Blind and Deafblind, where students were encouraged to get involved in sports. He graduated from the [[University of Guelph]] with a degree in [[Development studies|International Development]].<ref>[http://jasondunkerley.wordpress.com/about Official Website - About], jasondunkerley.wordpress.com; accessed September 15, 2016.</ref> Jason's brother Jonathan represented Canada in the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics in the sprint events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.ca/athletes/38145|title=Jonathan Dunkerley|publisher=[[Canadian Paralympic Committee]]|accessdate=June 22, 2014}}</ref><br />
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* {{IPC athlete|jason-joseph-dunkerley|Jason Joseph Dunkerley}}<br />
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[[Category:Emigrants from Northern Ireland to Canada]]<br />
[[Category:Paralympic track and field athletes for Canada]]<br />
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[[Category:Track and field athletes from Ottawa]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics]]<br />
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics]]<br />
[[Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Canada]]<br />
[[Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Canada]]<br />
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics]]<br />
[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics]]<br />
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[[Category:Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games]]<br />
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