Aaron Chatman

Aaron Chatman
Medal record
Track and field (F44-46)
Competitor for  Australia
Paralympic Games
2008 Beijing Men's High Jump F44/46
2008 Beijing Men's 4x100m Relay T42–T46
IPC Athletics World Championships
2006 Assen Men's High Jump F44/46

Aaron Chatman (born 11 May 1987) is an Australian right arm amputee Paralympic athlete competing in class F/T46 men's high jump, long jump and 100m. He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's high jump F44/46 event where he cleared 2.02m and a bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 m relay T4246 event.[1] He nearly missed competing due to chicken pox keeping him isolated in Hong Kong prior to the Games.[2]

At the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships in Assen, he won a silver medal in the men's high jump F44/46.[2] In 2007, he broke the world high jump record F44/46 with a jump of 2.05m at the 2007 ACT Championships.[2] He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder coached by Irina Dvoskina.[3]

References

  1. "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Aaron Chatman Athlete Profile". Australian Paralympic Committee Website. Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. "Goodman honoured with prestigious Paralympic Medal". Athletics Australia. 24 October 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

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