Chad Perris
 2016 Australian Paralympic Team Portrait | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The White Tiger |
| Nationality |
 Australia |
| Born |
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 |
Medal record
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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. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[2]
Personal
Perris was born on 15 June 1992 in Perth, Western Australia with albinism[3] 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.[4] 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.[3]
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.[5] He was only 0.05 seconds away from the bronze medal and 0.02 seconds away from the silver medal.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7] He was nominated for the Athletics Australia 2014 Para-athlete of the Year award.[8]
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).[9] He also won the bronze in the Men's 100m T13 with a time of 10.96 (w: +2.3).[10]
Perris has succeeded in his aim to compete in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics [7] where he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100m T13 in a time of 10.83.[11]
References
- 1 2 "School Matters" (PDF). Department of Education. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- 1 2 Athletics Australia. "Silver lining for Ballard". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ "The White Tiger' Chad Perris determined to win sprint medal at IPC World Championships". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- 1 2 "Chad Perris' Aussie Debut". Flame. Australian Athletics Team. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ "Stars shine bright in Sydney". Australian Olympic Committee News, 15 March 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- 1 2 IPC Athletics. "Donovan smashes world record and Perris impresses at Brisbane Grand Prix". IPC Athletics. International Paralympic Committee.
- ↑ Athletics Australia. "2014 Para-athlete of the Year nominees announced". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ "Doha2015". Athletics Australia website. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia website. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ↑ "Athletics results". Rio Paralympics official website. Retrieved 10 September 2016.