100 m: 12.70 s (2007)[4] John McFall (born 25 April 1981) is a British Paralympic sprinter, surgeon, and ESA Project astronaut.

The following year, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) European Championships, and took the bronze medal in the 200 metres (sport class T42).

On 6 July 2007, he was placed third at the Meeting Gaz de France in Paris, part of the ÅF Golden League; and achieved his personal best time (as at 30 May 2008) in the 100 metres of 12.70 seconds by winning silver at the Bayer International Track and Field Competition in Leverkusen on 10 August of that year.

Between 2016 and 2018, he completed Core Surgical Training covering General Surgery, Urology and Trauma and Orthopaedics in the Wessex Deanery of Health Education England.

[12] McFall spent the next year at home, during which he took up mountain biking and climbing and worked as a fitness instructor at his local leisure centre.

[12] He also started running in the summer of 2003[10] as soon as he had his prosthesis fitted: "I love that sound of air rushing past your ears and the freedom of it.

Upon making inquiries at the Federation of Disability Sport Wales (FDSW), he was introduced to carbon-fibre running "blades".

[12][13] He graduated from university with an upper second-class honours degree in summer 2004,[10][12] taking part in his first race at the Disability Sports Events (DSE) Championships in the UK[15] the same year.

[15] In the Championships, his first international competition, he took the bronze medal in the 200 metres[11] and came fourth in the 100-metre race,[18] having competed in sport class T42 (single amputation above the knee).

[20] Following his appeal for the return of the prosthesis, he received a telephone call from two youths who said they "might be able to recover the lost leg" but asked "What is it worth?"

[25] Subsequently, on 6 July 2007, he was placed third at the Meeting Gaz de France in Paris, part of the ÅF Golden League.

[26] McFall achieved his personal best time (as at 30 May 2008) in the 100 metres of 12.70 seconds by winning silver at the Bayer International Track and Field Competition in Leverkusen, Germany, on 10 August 2007.

[30] Despite McFall's plans to retire from athletics after his 2009 season to study medicine, he did not rule out competing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

[37] McFall hopes one day to take up his childhood plans of running across the Sahara Desert, crossing the Atlantic Ocean by rowing boat, and obtaining a free-fall parachute licence.