Bill Chaffey (paratriathlete)

Bill Chaffey
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born 9 October 1975
Tamworth, Australia
Sport
Club Tweed Valley Triathletes

Bill Chaffey (born 9 October 1975) is an Australian paratriathlete. He became an incomplete paraplegic when, as a non-disabled triathlete training for an Ironman Triathlon, he was hit by a truck while on his bicycle.[1]

He now competes in the TRI-1 (handcycle/racing wheelchair) classification, and was TRI-1 Paratriathlon World Champion in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013.[2] Chaffey's come-from-behind win over Jetze Plat was named in the International Paralympic Committee's Top 50 moments in Paralympic sport of 2013.[3] Chaffey was nominated for IPC Athlete of the Month in September 2013.[4]

In January 2013, Chaffey won the inaugural Australian Paratriathlon Championships, beating Ironman and Paralympian John Maclean and Paralympic rower Erik Horrie.[5][6][7] He won the Men's TRI-1 classification of the 2014 Oceania Paratriathlon Championships in a world best time of 58.22,[8] and won the 2014 ITU World Paratriathlon event in Elwood, Melbourne.[9][10]

In March 2013, Chaffey set a new TRI-1 world best time for an Olympic distance triathlon. His time of 2:08:59 bettered the previous record by 5 minutes.[11][12]

In May 2013, Chaffey raced Ironman Cairns where he qualified for Ironman World Championships in Kona.[13][14][15] He placed 2nd his classification in Kona.[16]

Chaffey was forced to withdraw from the 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series Final in Edmonton, Canada after breaking two bones in his pelvis after falling out of his racing wheelchair in training at home just prior to the event.[17] In January 2015, he returned from injury to win the Oceania Paratriathlon Championships PT1 event at Penrith, New South Wales.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "In Profile: Bill Chaffey, Australia". International Triathlon Union.
  2. ↑ "Bill Chaffey: Results". International Triathlon Union.
  3. ↑ "Bill Chaffey makes it four in a row". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "September's IPC Athlete of the Month Poll opens".
  5. ↑ "Chaffey makes history at first ever national paratriathlon". Australian Paralympic Committee.
  6. ↑ "Bill Chaffey gets boost in road to Rio". The Australian. 11 Jan 2013.
  7. ↑ "Inspired Chaffey wins first Australian paratriathlon crown". Triathlon Australia.
  8. ↑ "Chaffey clocks world first at paratriathlon titles". Sporting Wheelies.
  9. ↑ "Chaffey defeats weather in Elwood". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  10. ↑ http://www.triathlon.org/paratriathlon/results_event/2014_penrith_otu_paratriathlon_oceania_championships
  11. ↑ https://twitter.com/b_chaffey/statuses/313619471833104386
  12. ↑ http://chasingthedream-triathlon.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/mooloolaba-number-5.html
  13. ↑ "Where there's a will there's a way: Bill Chaffey continues to inspire". Trizone.
  14. ↑ AMANDA LULHAM (8 October 2013). "Bill Chaffey to compete in first Hawaiin Ironman eight years after being hit after being hit by truck training for first attempt". Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  15. ↑ "Australian Paratriathlete Tackles Unfinished Business in Kona". ironman.com. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  16. ↑ "Ironman World Championship 2013 Results - Bill Chaffey". Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  17. ↑ "A shattered Bill Chaffey out of world champs after fall". Northern Star. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  18. ↑ "brave rain swept Neapean to Conquer Oceania Championshipsurl=http://www.triathlon.org.au/About/Latest_News/PARATRIATHLETES_BRAVE_RAIN_SWEPT_NEPEAN_TO_CONQUER_OCEANIA_CHAMPIONSHIPS.htm". Triathlon Australia News, 13 January 2013.

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