 An elated Nunnari holds up the Australian flag at the 2000 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||||
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| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 1973 Auburn, New South Wales | |||||||||||
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Paul Nunnari (born 6 February 1973 in Auburn, New South Wales) is a Paralympic athletics competitor from New South Wales, Australia. After being struck by a car at the age of 11, he became a wheelchair user. From 1993-1994, he was awarded a Disability scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport. Nunnari has competed in wheelchair athletics at three Paralympic Games (1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens), winning a silver medal in the men's 4 × 100 m relay T54 event at the 2000 Sydney Games. [1]
He has been a strong advocate for disability services and sports. In 2006, he raised the issue of Virgin Airlines making carers pay for accompanying wheelchair passengers. [2] He established the Bob Jane T-Mart Paul Nunnari Wheelchair Push to raise awareness of cancer. [3] He is a community development officer with Macarthur Disability Services. [4]
In 2010, he unsuccessfully stood in the Australian Labor Party preselection for the Federal Seat of Macarthur. [5]
In 2013, he auditioned for Australia's Got Talent and got through.
In 2022, he was awarded the Public Service Medal (PSM) for outstanding public service to New South Wales, particularly in the field of access and inclusion. [6]
