Nathan Arkley
 2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Arkley | ||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australia | |||||||||
| Born | 27 October 1994 | |||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||
Medal record
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Nathan Arkley (born 27 October 1994) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal.
Personal
Arkley was born on 27 October 1994.[1] He is a paraplegic as a result of the viral infection, transverse myelitis,[1] he caught when he was eight years old.[2] As of 2012, he lives in St Agnes, South Australia. He attended St Pauls College in Gilles Plains.[1]
Athletics
Arkley is a T54 classified athlete.[1] He has a special three carbon wheeled racing wheelchair.[2] He has been coached by John Hammon since 2009.[1]
Arkley started competing in wheelchair athletics in 2005.[1] Prior to his paraplegia, he participated in track at school.[2] He first represented Australian in 2009.[1] At the Swiss hosted 2009 IWAS Junior World Championships, he won five silver medals and two gold medals.[1] In 2012, he won the Oz Day 10K men's junior division.[3][4] He sometimes trains with Jake Lappin.[5] In 2012, he would train by wheeling up to 200 kilometres (120 mi) a week.[2] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics.[1] Arkley participated in the Men's 5000 m T54, Men's Marathon T54, and the Men's 4x400 m T53/54 – winning a bronze in the 4x400 m.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Nathan Arkley". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Behind the News - 22/11/2011: Wheelchair Athlete". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ↑ "Straight eight has Fearnley eyeing Paralympic gold - National News - National - General". Blacktown Sun. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ↑ "Straight eight has Fearnley eyeing Paralympic gold | smh.com.au". M.smh.com.au. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ↑ Mcrae, Lynda. "On the track to glory - Local News - Sport - Other". Latrobe Valley Express. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ↑ Natheniel Arkley's profile on paralympic.org. Retrieved 6 October 2012.