{{short description|Australian Paralympic swimmer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox sportsperson| | name = Jason Diederich | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = | nicknames = | nationality = Australian | club = | collegeteam = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport |Swimming}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}} {{MedalSilver | 1992 Barcelona |Men's 100 m Butterfly S10}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships and Games for the Disabled}} {{MedalBronze|1990 Assen|Men's 100m Butterfly S10}} {{MedalBronze|1990 Assen |Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle S7}} }}
'''Jason Andrew Diederich''' is a below-knee amputee<ref name=ot>{{cite journal|title=2008 State Conference|journal=Occupational Therapist|date=April 2008|url=http://www.phcris.org.au/phplib/filedownload.php?file=/elib/lib/downloaded_files/roaroutput/journal_article_262.pdf|accessdate=1 January 2015}}</ref> Australian Paralympic swimmer. He participated in the 1988 Seoul Paralympics and won a silver medal at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics in the Men's 100 m Butterfly S10 event.<ref name=IPC>{{cite web|title=Athlete Search Results|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Diederich&fname=Jason&gender=all|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref> At the age of 23, in 1994 he completed his first solo Rottnest Channel Swim and has undertaken the swim several times since.
Diederich is an occupational therapist and studied at the Curtin University of Technology.<ref name=ot/> He originally lived in Perth, Western Australia and then moved to Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. In 2013, he lived in Melbourne, Victoria and was Executive General Manager, Community Care, Australian Home Care.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jason Diederich |url=http://www.ahcs.org.au/about-us/our-people/executive-team/jason-diederich |website=Australian Home Care website |accessdate=1 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101054112/http://www.ahcs.org.au/about-us/our-people/executive-team/jason-diederich |archivedate= 1 January 2015 }}</ref>
In 1992, he was Curtin University of Technology Sports person of the year.<ref name=curtin>{{cite web|title=Elite Athlete Awards |url=http://recreation.curtin.edu.au/Elite_athlete_awards.htm |website=Curtin University of Technology website |accessdate=1 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101054350/http://recreation.curtin.edu.au/Elite_athlete_awards.htm |archivedate= 1 January 2015 }}</ref>
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