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Full name | Nathenial Arkley | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Nath | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
Born | 27 October 1994 | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||
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Paralympic finals | 2012 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nathenial "Nath" Arkley (born 27 October 1994) is an Australian Paralympic track and field athlete. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal.
Arkley was born on 27 October 1994. [1] He is a paraplegic as a result of the viral infection, transverse myelitis, [1] he caught when he was eight years old. [2] As of 2012 [update], he lives in St Agnes, South Australia. He attended St Pauls College in Gilles Plains. [1]
Arkley is a T54 classified athlete. [1] He has a special three carbon wheeled racing wheelchair. [2] He has been coached by John Hammon since 2009. [1]
Arkley started competing in wheelchair athletics in 2005. [1] Prior to his paraplegia, he participated in track at school. [2] He first represented Australian in 2009. [1] At the Swiss hosted 2009 IWAS Junior World Championships, he won five silver medals and two gold medals. [1] In 2012, he won the Oz Day 10K men's junior division. [3] [4] He sometimes trains with Jake Lappin. [5] In 2012, he would train by wheeling up to 200 kilometres (120 mi) a week. [2] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics. [1] Arkley participated in the Men's 5000 m T54, Men's Marathon T54, and the Men's 4 × 400 m T53/54 – winning a bronze in the 4 × 400 m. [6]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nathenial Arkley | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Nath | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
Born | 27 October 1994 | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Paralympic finals | 2012 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nathenial "Nath" Arkley (born 27 October 1994) is an Australian Paralympic track and field athlete. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal.
Arkley was born on 27 October 1994. [1] He is a paraplegic as a result of the viral infection, transverse myelitis, [1] he caught when he was eight years old. [2] As of 2012 [update], he lives in St Agnes, South Australia. He attended St Pauls College in Gilles Plains. [1]
Arkley is a T54 classified athlete. [1] He has a special three carbon wheeled racing wheelchair. [2] He has been coached by John Hammon since 2009. [1]
Arkley started competing in wheelchair athletics in 2005. [1] Prior to his paraplegia, he participated in track at school. [2] He first represented Australian in 2009. [1] At the Swiss hosted 2009 IWAS Junior World Championships, he won five silver medals and two gold medals. [1] In 2012, he won the Oz Day 10K men's junior division. [3] [4] He sometimes trains with Jake Lappin. [5] In 2012, he would train by wheeling up to 200 kilometres (120 mi) a week. [2] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics. [1] Arkley participated in the Men's 5000 m T54, Men's Marathon T54, and the Men's 4 × 400 m T53/54 – winning a bronze in the 4 × 400 m. [6]