Ezra Frech


Ezra Frech is an American Paralympic athlete who competes in high jump, long jump and sprinting events in international level events. He is a double silver Parapan American Games medalist and is also a motivational speaker and disability rights advocate.

Personal life

Frech is the eldest of two sons of Bahar Soomekh who is an actress in Saw III, and Crash. He was born without most of left leg and missing fingers on his left hand. When he was two years old, he had surgery to remove his lower left leg and transplanted a toe from his amputated foot onto his left hand at Boston Children's Hospital. He received a prosthetic leg when he was eleven months old.
He was a 2014 finalist for Sports Illustrated Sportkid of the Year.

Motivational speaker

Frech founded his non-profit organisation "Team Ezra" where it funds support for those who have physical disabilities. He has spoken to schools from the age of four to raise awareness for people with impairments as part of his organisation's project.

Sporting career

Frech was a very sporty person when he was very young, he played basketball, baseball, soccer and karate then in 2013, he took part in track and field athletics.
His first athletics meet was the Endeavor Games in Edmund, Oklahoma which was set up by Angel City Sports, a programme for people who have physical and visual impairments. His first international meet was at the 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships where he won one gold and two bronze medals, he participated in his second international meet at the 2019 Parapan American Games where he won two silver medals, he also took part in the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai but did not medal.