{"id":66708,"date":"2024-09-04T12:26:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T18:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/?p=66708"},"modified":"2024-09-05T10:42:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T16:42:02","slug":"ezra-frech-promoting-paralympic-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/ezra-frech-promoting-paralympic-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Ezra Frech: Promoting Paralympic Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ezra Frech: Promoting Paralympic Sports\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/sportstravel-podcast\/ezra-frech-promoting-paralympic-sports\/embed\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ezra<\/strong> <strong>Frech<\/strong> was born a congenital amputee but started off his athletic career mostly competing against non-disabled athletes. It was when he was 8 years old that his father took him to his first para competition, and given that support, he was able to perform at his highest level.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article_sidebar\">\n<p><b>Listen to More<\/b><br \/>\nTo listen to more episodes of the SportsTravel Podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/sports-podcast-news-insight-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After that day, Ezra and his father made a promise to each other that they would bring para events to Southern California, and with that, Angel City Sports was born. <a href=\"http:\/\/angelcitysports.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Angel City Sports<\/a> is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that provides year-round adaptive sports opportunities for kids, adults and veterans with physical disabilities or visual impairments. And now, Frech is a Paralympic gold medalist, having won the 100 meters and the high jump T63 at the Paris Games.<\/p>\n<p>This interview, recorded before the Games through the <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/athlete365\/topics\/a365-topic-afd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">P&amp;G Athletes for Good Fund<\/a>, discusses his preparations ahead of his trip and competition in Paris, his work in the Paralympic space, his hopes for the 2028 Paralympic Summer Games in Los Angeles and much more. We hope you enjoy the conversation.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">This episode is sponsored by:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanjose.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66726\" src=\"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10020714\/San-Jose-logo_cmyk-1024x868.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10020714\/San-Jose-logo_cmyk-1024x868.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10020714\/San-Jose-logo_cmyk-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10020714\/San-Jose-logo_cmyk-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10020714\/San-Jose-logo_cmyk-1536x1301.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/10020714\/San-Jose-logo_cmyk-2048x1735.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ezra Frech was born a congenital amputee but started off his athletic career mostly competing against non-disabled athletes. It was when he was 8 years old that his father took him to his first para competition, and given that support, he was able to perform at his highest level. After that day, Ezra and his 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