Chad Perris

Chad Perris
Personal information
Nickname(s) The White Tiger
Nationality  Australia
Born (1992-06-15) 15 June 1992
Perth, Western Australia
Sport
Disability Visual Impairment
Disability class T13
Event(s) 100m, 200m
Club North Beach Athletics Club [1]
Coached by Iryna Dvoskina

Chad Perris (born 15 June 1992)is a vision impaired Australian athlete, born with albinism. He specialises in the 100m and 200m's. He won a silver and bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Personal

Perris was born on 15 June 1992 in Perth, Western Australia with albinism[2] meaning he has white hair and no colour in his skin. He is known as the ‘The White Tiger’, a nickname earned playing football in his home town of Perth.[3] Perris attended the Duncraig Senior High School [1]

Career

Commencing the sport of athletics in 2012, Perris reached the international stage in 2013. Perris' classification is T13.[2]

In his first Australian Campaign at the IPC Athletics World Championships in 2013, Perris ran a personal best in the 100m of 11.17 seconds that saw him place fifth.[4] He was only 0.05 seconds away from the bronze medal and 0.02 seconds away form the silver medal.[4] Perris also ran the 200m, breaking an Australian record which was set back in 1985 in a time of 22.97 seconds. This time also saw him break the Oceania area record. After the World Championships, Perris moved to Canberra to be coached by Iryna Dvoskina.[5]

Perris finished with a bronze medal in the ambulant 100m at the Australian Championships in 2014, and achieved the number one ranking for 2014 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) athletics men's T13 100m with a time of 11.06 seconds.[6] He was nominated for the Athletics Australia 2014 Para-athlete of the Year award.[7]

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, he won the silver medal in the Men's 200m T13 in a personal best time and the national record by almost half a second to cross in a time of 21.82 (w: +1.5).[8] He also won the bronze in the Men's 100m T13 with a time of 10.96 (w: +2.3).[9]

Perris aims to compete in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "School Matters" (PDF). Department of Education. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Athletics Australia. "Silver lining for Ballard". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. "The White Tiger’ Chad Perris determined to win sprint medal at IPC World Championships". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Chad Perris' Aussie Debut". Flame. Australian Athletics Team. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  5. "Stars shine bright in Sydney". Australian Olympic Committee News, 15 March 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  6. 1 2 IPC Athletics. "Donovan smashes world record and Perris impresses at Brisbane Grand Prix". IPC Athletics. International Paralympic Committee.
  7. Athletics Australia. "2014 Para-athlete of the Year nominees announced". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  8. "Doha2015". Athletics Australia website. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  9. "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia website. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

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