Isaac Jean-Paul was born in Evanston, Illinois. He has a visual impairment called juvenile retinoschisis which affects his peripheral and central vision. He played able-bodied sports growing up, his favorite being basketball. After not making his college basketball team at Lewis University, he turned his attention to track & field and became a five-time American-American in the high jump from 2014-2016. He graduated with a degree in Sociology in 2016. He became involved in para-athletics in 2017. He’s won multiple medals at the World Championships in the long jump and high jump and took home the bronze in the long jump at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic 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.