1. Nic Beveridge was born on 14 July 1986 and is an elite Australian triathlete with a disability.
13 Facts About Nic Beveridge
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Nic Beveridge represented Australia at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal.
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Nic Beveridge grew up in Mackay and was an avid sports fan taking part in cross county, swimming, water polo and hockey before waking up in 2003 at the age of 17 to discover he was completely paralysed from the chest down.
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Nic Beveridge was later diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a neurological disorder causing inflammation to his spinal cord.
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Nic Beveridge completed a Bachelor of Laws in 2023 at the Queensland University of Technology.
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In 2012, after a short stay in hospital, Nic Beveridge fell in love with paralympic sport.
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Nic Beveridge first started competing in 2013 making his international debut at the 2013 ITU World Championships in London finishing 17th in the Men's PT1.
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Nic Beveridge is able to compete in triathlon by swimming using his upper body, riding with a recumbent handcycle and completing the run through the use of a racing wheelchair.
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Nic Beveridge competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games and placed ninth in Men's PT1 event.
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At the 2017 ITU World Championships in Rotterdam, Nic Beveridge finished fourth in the Men's PTWC.
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Nic Beveridge won the silver medal in the Men's PTWC at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Nic Beveridge he finished seventh in Men's PTWC with a Total Time of 1:04.50.
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Nic Beveridge was ranked sixth going into the 2024 Paris Paralympics and finished sixth.