1. Evan O'Hanlon represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, winning a silver medal and a bronze medal respectively.
24 Facts About Evan O'Hanlon
1. 2.
In winning the bronze medal in the Men's 100m T38 at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, O'Hanlon became Australia's most successful male athlete with a disability.
3.
Evan O'Hanlon was born on 4 May 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales.
4.
Evan O'Hanlon is 183 centimetres tall and weighs 78 kilograms.
5.
Evan O'Hanlon has cerebral palsy due to a prenatal stroke.
6.
Evan O'Hanlon has five sisters, one of whom, Elsa, rowed for Australia's national team and won the World University lightweight sculling Championship in Trakai, Lithuania in 2006.
7.
Evan O'Hanlon's father, Terry O'Hanlon, is a former Australian representative rowing coxswain, a six time Australian champion who represented twice at World Rowing Championships.
8.
Evan O'Hanlon is married to Zuzana Schindlerova, a Czech Republic race walker.
9.
Evan O'Hanlon competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.
10.
Evan O'Hanlon finished fourth in the men's long jump event.
11.
In 2009 and 2010, Evan O'Hanlon took time off from Paralympic athletics to compete in Australia's able-bodied domestic athletics season.
12.
Evan O'Hanlon has a personal goal of being able to beat able-bodied athletes.
13.
Evan O'Hanlon was the Australian flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the London games.
14.
Evan O'Hanlon competed at the Championships just weeks after being hospitalised with viral meningitis.
15.
Evan O'Hanlon was forced to withdraw from the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha due to a stress fracture in his back.
16.
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Evan O'Hanlon won the silver medal in the Men's 100 m T38 in a time of 10.98.
17.
Evan O'Hanlon announced his retirement immediately after the event for personal reasons.
18.
Evan O'Hanlon moved to Sydney in 2016 and returned to athletics after taking up a part-time position in his family's architecture business.
19.
In winning gold, Evan O'Hanlon joined Neil Fuller in becoming Australia's leading medallist at the World Para-Athletics Championships with 11 medals.
20.
In winning the bronze medal in the Men's 100m T38 at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, Evan O'Hanlon became Australia's most successful male athlete with a disability.
21.
Evan O'Hanlon has competed in rowing as a school athlete.
22.
In November 2018 Evan O'Hanlon commenced training as a bobsled pilot at Lillehammer, Norway.
23.
In February 2021 Evan O'Hanlon became a dual-sport national representative for Australia as the pilot of the 2 man bobsled at the 2021 Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships held in Altenberg, Germany.
24.
Evan O'Hanlon was a finalist for the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year.