Nathan Riech

Nate Riech
Nate Tucker

Personal information
Full name	Nathan Riech Nathan Tucker
Nickname(s)	Dogg, GrayWolf
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1995-02-05) February 5, 1995 (age 30) Fresno, California, U.S.
Home town	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Para athletics
Disability class	T38
Event	1500 metres
Club	Vic City Elite
Coached by	Heather Hennigar Mike Van Tighem
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing   Canada Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo 1500m T38 2024 Paris 1500 m T38 World Championships 2019 Dubai 1500m T38 2023 Paris 1500m T38 Parapan American Games 2019 Lima 1500m T38

Nathan Riech (born February 5, 1995), also known as Nathan Tucker, is a Canadian Paralympic athlete who competes in middle-distance running events in international level events. He has a dual citizenship with Canada and the United States. ^[1]

Personal life

Riech was born in a sporting family: his father Todd Riech competed for United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the men's javelin throw, his mother Ardin Tucker was a Canadian pole vaulter who competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. His grandfather, Jim Harrison, played in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins. Riech's cousin Georganne Moline competed in the 400 metre hurdles in the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics while his stepmother Brittany Borman also competed in the same Olympics in the women's javelin throw. ^{[2] [3]}

Riech's disability occurred after a freak accident aged ten while he was playing golf with friends, a golf ball hit Riech in the back of the head which caused him to have a brain injury which affected the right side of his body. ^[4]

Sporting career

Riech began running at ten years old in Chandler, Arizona. He went on to run NCAA track at Furman University and University of South Alabama. ^[5] He began competing internationally in 2018 in the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Berlin where he broke the 800 metres and 1500 metres T38 world records, one year later, he broke then 1500 metre world record again. He won his first medal in the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima. ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. "Nathan Riech - Canadian Paralympic Committee". Canadian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
2. "Nate Riech - International Paralympic Committee". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
3. "Island runners Riech, Stanley on their mark for Paralympic battle in Tokyo". Times Colonist. November 18, 2019. Archived from the original on November 20, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
4. Ewing, Lori (July 6, 2018). "Canada has new Paralympic middle-distance running star in Nate Riech". National Post.
5. "Canada's Nate Riech earns 1500M gold in his Paralympic debut". CTVNews.ca. 2021. Archived from the original on September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
6. "Canada's Riech wins gold, Stewart silver at final day of para athletic worlds". cbc.ca. November 15, 2019. Archived from the original on February 6, 2020.
7. "Athlete of the Month - July 2019". Canadian Sport Institute. April 23, 2020. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020.

External links

• Nate Riech at World Athletics
• Nate Riech at the International Paralympic Committee
• Nate Tucker at Athletics Canada (archived profile as Nate Riech)
• Nate Tucker at the Canadian Paralympic Committee (archived profile as Nate Riech)