Paul Nunnari

Paul Nunnari

An elated Nunnari holds up the Australian flag at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	6 February 1973 Auburn, New South Wales
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Men's 4x100m Relay T54

Action shot of Nunnari during the 800 m heat at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Paul Nunnari (born 6 February 1973 in Auburn, New South Wales) is a Paralympic athletics competitor from New South Wales, Australia. He was hit by a car at the age of 11^[1] and is a wheelchair user. He has competed in wheelchair athletics events in three Paralympic Games - 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 4 × 100 m relay T54 event.^[2] In 1993-1994, he was an Australian Institute of Sport Athlete with a Disability scholarship holder.

He has been a strong advocate for disability services and sport. In 2006, he raised the issue of Virgin Airlines making carers pay for accompanying wheelchair passengers.^[3] He established the Bob Jane T-Mart Paul Nunnari Wheelchair Push to raise awareness of cancer.^[4] He is community development officer with Macarthur Disability Services.^[1]

In 2010, he unsuccessfully stood in the Australian Labor Party preselection for the Federal Seat of Macarthur.^[5]

In 2013, he auditioned for Australia's Got Talent and got through.

References

1. "Plenty of Smiles on Faces of Macarthur". ARL Development Officer Campbelltown, 19 June 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
2. "Australian Honour Roll". Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report 2010 (Australian Paralympic Committee): 10. 2010.
3. Metherell, Mark (30 May 2006). "Airline to wheelchair users: pay a carer". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
4. Pleffer, Alexandra (14 September 2011). "Push is on to involve students in cause". Macarthur Advertiser. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
5. "Bleasdale endorsed as Labor candidate for Macarthur". Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2012.