Chad Perris

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Chad Perris
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2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
NicknameThe White Tiger
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1991-06-15) 15 June 1991 (age 33)
Perth, Western Australia
Sport
Disability Visual impairment
Disability class T13
Event(s) 100m, 200m
Coached by Matthew Beckenham
Medal record
Men's para athletics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio 100 m T13
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Doha 200 m T13
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Dubai 100 m T13
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Doha 100 m T13
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 London 100 m T13

Chad Perris (born 15 June 1991) is a vision impaired Australian athlete, born with albinism. He specialises in the 100m and 200m events. He has won two silver and two bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Championships and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. [1] He also competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics. [2] . [3]

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Personal

Perris was born on 15 June 1992 in Perth, Western Australia with albinism [4] meaning he has white hair and no colour in his skin. He is known as "The White Tiger", a nickname gained while playing football in his home town of Perth. [5] Perris attended Duncraig Senior High School. [6] His younger brother Kane was selected for vision impaired track cycling events at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. [7]

Career

Commencing the sport of athletics in 2012, Perris reached the international stage in 2013. Perris' classification is T13. [4]

In his first Australian Campaign at the IPC Athletics World Championships in 2013, Perris ran a personal best in the 100m of 11.17 seconds that saw him place fifth. [8] He was only 0.05 seconds away from the bronze medal and 0.02 seconds away from the silver medal. [8] Perris also ran the 200m, breaking an Australian record which was set back in 1985 in a time of 22.97 seconds. This time also saw him break the Oceania area record. After the World Championships, Perris moved to Canberra to be coached by Iryna Dvoskina. [9]

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 (IPC) athletics men's T13 100m with a time of 11.06 seconds. [10] He was nominated for the Athletics Australia 2014 Para-athlete of the Year award. [11]

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, he won the silver medal in the Men's 200m T13 in a personal best time and the national record by almost half a second to cross in a time of 21.82 (w: +1.5). [12] He also won the bronze in the Men's 100m T13 with a time of 10.96 (w: +2.3). [13]

Perris competed in the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics [10] where he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100m T13 in a time of 10.83. [14]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, Perris won the bronze medal in the Men's 100 m T13 and finished fourth in the Men's 200 m T13. [15]

Peris won the silver medal in the Men's 100 m T13 at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai. He ran 0.10s outside his season best for silver (10.86s) in the final. [16]

At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, Perris finished second in his Men's 100m T13 heat and qualified for the final. He failed to win a medal coming 5th in the final. [17] Peris finished 4th at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Men's 100m T13 with a time of 10.87 (-0.7), behind Jakkarim Dammunee (10.86).

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he finished fourth in the 100m T13 with a time of 10.80. He missed the bronze medal by 0.005 seconds. [18]

He is coached by Matthew Beckenham after being coached by Iryna Dvoskina.

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References

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  7. ↑ "Paralympics Australia Names Cycling Team For Paris 2024 | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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