1. Chad Perris was born on 15 June 1991 and is a vision impaired Australian athlete, born with albinism.
15 Facts About Chad Perris
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Chad Perris has won two silver and two bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Championships and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
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Chad Perris competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
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Chad Perris is known as "The White Tiger", a nickname gained while playing football in his home town of Perth.
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Chad Perris was only 0.05 seconds away from the bronze medal and 0.02 seconds away from the silver medal.
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Chad Perris ran the 200m, breaking an Australian record which was set back in 1985 in a time of 22.97 seconds.
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Chad 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 athletics men's T13 100m with a time of 11.06 seconds.
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Chad Perris was nominated for the Athletics Australia 2014 Para-athlete of the Year award.
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Chad Perris won the bronze in the Men's 100m T13 with a time of 10.96.
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Chad Perris competed in the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics where he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100m T13 in a time of 10.83.
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At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, Chad Perris won the bronze medal in the Men's 100 m T13 and finished fourth in the Men's 200 m T13.
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Chad Perris ran 0.10s outside his season best for silver in the final.
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At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, Chad Perris finished second in his Men's 100m T13 heat and qualified for the final.
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Chad Perris failed to win a medal coming 5th in the final.
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Chad Perris is coached by Matthew Beckenham after being coached by Iryna Dvoskina.