Dallas Wise

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Dallas Wise
Personal information
Born (2000-12-14) December 14, 2000 (age 24)
Sport
Sport Paralympic athletics
Disability class T47
Event
high jump
Medal record
Men's Para-athletics
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo High jump T47
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Paris High jump T47

Dallas Wise (born December 14, 2000) is an American Paralympic high jumper. [1] He made his first Paralympic appearance representing United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [2] [3]

Career

He became the first Coastal Carolina University alumni to compete at the Paralympics. [4]

He claimed silver medal in the men's high jump T47 category at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [3] He incredibly shared the silver medal with Nishad Kumar of India who also cleared the same distance of 2.06m. [5] As a result, bronze medal was not awarded to any of the athletes who competed in the high jump T47 category for men.

References

  1. "Dallas Wise - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. "Athletics - WISE Dallas". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Athletics - Men's High Jump - T47 Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  4. Varnier, Julia (June 25, 2021). "Dallas Wise becomes 1st Chanticleer to earn spot in Paralympic Games". WPDE. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  5. "Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump". ESPN.com. August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.