Cody Jones is a Paralympic javelin thrower, a public speaker, and a children’s book author. He grew up in Simi Valley, CA, and was born with cerebral palsy. Cody played baseball, primarily one-handed in high school, which led to a vast amount of media attention and a meeting with the US Paralympic Track & Field. He participated in the Paralympic Games Rio in 2016 and was a gold medalist in the Javelin at the US Para Track and Field National Championships in 2017 and 2019. Cody was also a bronze medalist in the 2019 Parapan American Games.
Sports Saved My Life is produced by Angel City Sports
Clayton Frech is the Executive Producer
Dave Pantano is the Producer and Editor
Mackenzie Soldan is in charge of Marketing
Tony Memmel wrote and performed the theme song
About Angel City Sports
Angel City Sports provides free, year-round adaptive sport clinics, equipment, and competitive opportunities for kids, adults, and veterans with physical disabilities or visual impairments. Angel City Sports’ flagship event, the annual Angel City Games presented by The Hartford, debuted in 2015 and is now the largest multi-sport Paralympic competition in the U.S. for kids, adults, and veterans. Participants include, but are not limited to, individuals with limb differences and amputation, spinal cord injury, quadriplegia, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, blindness or visual impairment, traumatic brain injury, stroke, muscular dystrophy, and dwarfism or short stature. Ultimately, Angel City Sports is working to create a community and sense of belonging for people with physical disabilities, supporting them to reach their full potential and unlock their dreams through its programming in sport, the arts, health and wellness, higher education, career opportunities, and personal development. To learn more, please visit http://www.angelcitysports.org and follow @angelcitysports on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linked-in, and YouTube.
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