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  • For those of you who missed it, Blake’s bronze medal winning race can be viewed here. It was an eventful Paralympic Games for Blake. His event started on Friday, September 6, 2024. Blake’s event, the Men’s Va’a Single VL2 Paracanoe, started with two heats. The first heat had 6 competitors in it while the second…

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  • Blake is the only member of Team USA’s olympic team competing in two different sports in the 32nd Olympiad hosted in Tokyo, Japan. He is competing in both the men’s single skulls rowing event and the sprint canoe. Here is his schedule and some tips for watching: Rowing: Date and Time: Thursday, August 26, 8:30PM…

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  • Check out Blake’s latest race in the PR1 Virtual Rowing Challenge as two olympic caliber rowers square off! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2hdGmXcG-U&feature=youtu.be  

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  • Blake recently had the opportunity to talk with Michael Rasile on the Our Athletes podcast. The Our Athletes podcast provides a platform for U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes to tell their story about their path to the Olympic Games. Listen to Blake’s episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blake-haxton-usa-rowing-paralympian/id1435115101?i=1000435140409  

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  • September 16, 2018; Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Last month, Blake traveled to Plovdiv, Bulgaria to compete in the 2018 World Championships. This year’s World Championship PR1 Single Skulls event featured not only a competitive field of athletes, but also represented the first edition of racing with new rules governing how athletes would be strapped into the boats.…

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