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Full name | Christopher Alp | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
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Christopher Alp is an Australian former Paralympic athlete.
He became a wheelchair user after surviving a plane crash at the age of 12. [1] At the 1980 Arnhem Games, he competed in four athletics events and won bronze medals in the Men's 100 m 3 and Men's 200 m 3 events. [2] He has been involved in basketball, skiing, cycling and motorsport. [1] In 1985, he competed in the International Wheelchair Basketball Games in England. [3] He has competed in the Targa Tasmania [4]
He is a chartered accountant and has Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of Melbourne. [1] He is a Director of AlpMcNamara, a Melbourne-based company specialising in wealth protection for privately owned businesses. [5]
His philosophy on life is "I didn’t want to be a blob on society; I wanted to be someone who would be able to help and be useful and really contribute." [1]
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Full name | Christopher Alp | |||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christopher Alp is an Australian former Paralympic athlete.
He became a wheelchair user after surviving a plane crash at the age of 12. [1] At the 1980 Arnhem Games, he competed in four athletics events and won bronze medals in the Men's 100 m 3 and Men's 200 m 3 events. [2] He has been involved in basketball, skiing, cycling and motorsport. [1] In 1985, he competed in the International Wheelchair Basketball Games in England. [3] He has competed in the Targa Tasmania [4]
He is a chartered accountant and has Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of Melbourne. [1] He is a Director of AlpMcNamara, a Melbourne-based company specialising in wealth protection for privately owned businesses. [5]
His philosophy on life is "I didn’t want to be a blob on society; I wanted to be someone who would be able to help and be useful and really contribute." [1]