CHIASSARO Richard

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
4	400m - T54	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	47.17
5	4x400m Relay - T53/54	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3:14.43
10	100m - T54	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	14.83
18	800m - T54	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:39.33
World Championships
3	400m - T54	2019	Dubai, UAE	47.58
3	400m - T54	2017	London, GBR	46.56
4	Men's 200m T54	2017	London, GBR	25.12
5	800m - T54	2019	Dubai, UAE	1:33.84
8	1500m - T54	2017	London, GBR	3:06.24
8	800m - T54	2017	London, GBR	1:36.49
10	100m - T54	2015	Doha, QAT	14.80
12	1500m - T54	2019	Dubai, UAE	3:08.73
13	Men's 200m T54	2015	Doha, QAT	27.26
17	100m - T54	2019	Dubai, UAE	14.91
22	400m - T54	2015	Doha, QAT	51.41
Commonwealth Games
8	1500m - T54	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	3:18.63
European Championships
4	Men's 200m T54	2018	Berlin, GER	26.13
DNS	100m - T54	2018	Berlin, GER	DNS
DNS	1500m - T54	2018	Berlin, GER	DNS
DNS	400m - T54	2018	Berlin, GER	DNS
DNS	800m - T54	2018	Berlin, GER	DNS

Big Chief, Rich (Facebook profile, 13 Sep 2020; Twitter profile, 23 Feb 2020)

Spending time with his wife and children. (Instagram profile, 31 Jan 2021)

Athlete

Harlow College, Great Britain

Wife Claire, son Leo, daughter Sienna

English

Harlow AC [Great Britain]

Jenni Banks [personal], from 2013

He has played wheelchair basketball for the Essex Outlaws in England. (Twitter profile, 18 Sep 2019)

In 2020 he sustained a whiplash injury which prevented him from competing in that year's British championships. (Facebook page, 03 Sep 2020)

In 2019 he experienced health issues that affected his season. (activityalliance.org.uk, 09 Nov 2019)

In August 2015 a stress fracture in his hand stopped him from competing in the 400m and 800m races at the 2015 English Championships in Bedford. (harlowstar.co.uk, 06 Aug 2015)

In 2010 he broke his wrist after his wheelchair flipped during training. He was back competing within six weeks. (herts24.co.uk, 19 Aug 2010)

He began wheelchair racing in 2010 after switching from wheelchair basketball. (geekassist.co.uk, 2012)

He was inspired to take up the sport after watching British wheelchair racer David Weir compete at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. (sportsaid.org.uk, 06 May 2014)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (yourharlow.com, 20 Jul 2019)

British wheelchair racer David Weir. (sportsaid.org.uk, 06 May 2014)

In October 2019 he was named on the Essex Power 100 list for that year. The list, compiled by English news website Essex Live, is comprised of the 100 most influential people from the county. (essexlive.news, 28 Oct 2019)

In November 2018 he was named Disability Sports Personality of the Year at the Active Harlow Sports Awards in England. (harlow.gov.uk, 27 Nov 2018)

He received the Para Sports Personality of the Year award at the Active Essex Sports Awards in England in 2015 and 2017. (theenquirer.co.uk, 04 Dec 2017; harlow.gov.uk, 26 Nov 2015)