He won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics..[2] Saffy was born on 1 October 2005 at Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Saffy attended Bunbury Catholic College and since 2022 lives and trains at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

In early February 2022 he relocated Canberra, ACT, where he was offered a full scholarship to live and train at the Australian Institute of Sport at the age of 16 under coach Martin Roberts.

His performances from the World Championships including placing third in the Men's 100 m butterfly S10 and second in the Men's 100 m Butterfly S10 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, resulted in him being awarded a prestigious scholarship from Sport Australia Hall of Fame as well as being nominated for AIS Discovery Of The Year at the 2022 Swimming Australia Awards night.

Saffy, then went on to compete at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships where he won the bronze medal in the Men's 200 Individual Medley SM10, with a time of 2:16.07.