PERRIS Chad

Date of Birth: 15 Jun 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T13

Place of birth: PORT HEDLAND, WA

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : CANBERRA, ACT

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's 100m - T13	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T13 Round 1 - Heat 1	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - Track	Men's 100m - T13 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
3	100m - T13	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	10.83
World Championships
2	100m - T13	2019	Dubai, UAE	10.86
2	Men's 200m T13	2015	Doha, QAT	21.82
3	100m - T13	2017	London, GBR	10.96
3	100m - T13	2015	Doha, QAT	10.96
4	Men's 200m T13	2017	London, GBR	22.08
5	100m - T13	2013	Lyon, FRA	11.17
8	4x100m Universal Relay	2019	Dubai, UAE	52.41
10	Men's 200m T13	2013	Lyon, FRA	22.97

Chaddy, White Tiger [given to him by his teammates at the North Beach Tigers Australian rules football club in Perth, WA, Australia]. (theaustralian.com.au, 12 Sep 2016; paralympic.org.au, 20 Oct 2015; nbablues.com, 11 Jun 2013)

Watching and reading about sports, spending time with friends and family, looking after his dog. (Twitter profile, 24 Feb 2021; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Sports Administration

Languages spoken:

Athletics ACT [Canberra, ACT, AUS]

Iryna Dvoskina [national], UKR

Sporting relatives:

His great-grandfather played for English football club Fulham between 1934 and 1938. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

2013 for Australia, World Championships in Lyon, France (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

He took up the sport at North Beach Athletics Club in Perth, WA, Australia. He began competing in October 2012 at age 20. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; athletics.com.au, 01 Jan 2018; nbablues.com, 13 Apr 2013)

He was looking for something to do during the Australian rules football off-season. "Growing up playing Australian rules football I was always having fun but was never the best player, I was fast though. Coming into the off-season in 2012 a friend said I should come to the local athletics club for the summer. After that I never played a game of 'footy' since. I had a crack at sprinting and never looked back." (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2019; wcal.com.au, 04 Jul 2013)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2019; Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Winning bronze in the men's T13 100m at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

His father, and Australian Para sprinter Evan O'Hanlon (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; paralympic.org.au, 01 Sep 2019)

Coach Iryna Dvoskina. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

He likes to have coffee after waking up on the day of a competition. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"Being in my sport has just given me a purpose in life, and it allows me to inspire the next generation of athletes. I think the biggest piece of advice I have for young people with a disability is to just get out there and have a go. Don't let your disability put you off. The biggest thing is, you'll never know if you don't try it." (albinismaustralia.org, 01 Sep 2017)

In 2013 he was named Best Performing Athlete by North Beach Athletics Club in Perth, WA, Australia. (nbablues.com, 11 Jun 2013, 13 Apr 2013)

General Interest

Classification
T13, F13 (IPC, 25 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
He was born with albinism. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

General
SUN PROTECTION
He has to use SPF50 sunscreen while training outdoors. "A lot of people with albinism are put off by the sun. But if I want to be successful in my sport I have to go outside to train. I have to run in the morning so I can have a break before weight training later in the day. I do everything I can to combat the sun. I even looked into getting a sunscreen sponsor at one point. I probably go through more than a litre of the stuff in a month. Everyone at the track is baffled by how much I use. But I just can't afford to run out of it." (albinismaustralia.org, 01 Sep 2017; canberratimes.com.au, 11 Jan 2017)

AWARENESS WORK
He has worked with the Albinism Fellowship of Australia to raise awareness of his condition and reduce negative stereotypes. He has also served as a member of Athletics Australia's athlete advisory group. (athletics.com.au, 28 Nov 2018; albinismaustralia.org, 01 Sep 2017)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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