NORDIN Charley

United States of America

Rowing

Date of Birth: 16 Aug 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Sport Class: PR3-PI

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ USA United States	2

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ Heat 1 #7	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+ Final A #24	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
2	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+	2019	Linz, AUT	7:21.61
2	PR3 Mixed Coxed Four - PR3Mix4+	2018	Plovdiv, BUL	7:02.13

Hobbies:

Listening to music, travelling. (usrowing.org, 01 Jan 2019)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Journalism - Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA, USA

Languages spoken:

English

Sporting relatives:

His sister Darby played football for California State University, Chico in United States of America. (gozags.com, 01 Jan 2018)

Other sports:

He competed in able-bodied rowing for Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, United States of America. He also competed in able-bodied cross-country running and track events at high school in United States of America prior to his impairment. (gonzagabulletin.com, 24 Oct 2018, 08 Mar 2018)

Start:

He began rowing during his freshman year at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, United States of America. (usrowing.org, 01 Jan 2019)

Reason:

He was scouted by a rowing coach at Gonzaga University. He was later encouraged to try Para rowing by his university academic athletic adviser. "I came out for my first practice on the water and I just immediately fell in love it. It was really special. It was awesome. My academic athletic adviser Amanda Flores, I was in her office just kind of talking. She was like, 'Hey Charley I was looking at rowing and I noticed that there's this whole Para category of rowing', which is nothing I'd ever thought of because I try to live my life as if I'm not disabled at all. I try to not let anything hold me back. We started looking at it and I was like, 'Wow this is incredible. I think I classify for this'." (gonzagabulletin.com, 08 Mar 2018; krem.com, 30 Apr 2019)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (gonzagabulletin.com, 08 Mar 2018)

Memorable:

Winning silver in the mixed PR3 coxed four at the 2018 World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. (krem.com, 30 Apr 2019)

General Interest

Classification
PR3 (worldrowing.com, 01 May 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (gonzagabulletin.com, 24 Oct 2018)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (gonzagabulletin.com, 24 Oct 2018)

Impairment Details
He sustained a spinal cord injury as a result of falling from a rope swing during his junior year of high school. He had a metal rod inserted in his back and lost 90% of the mobility in his right calf. "It was a rope swing I'd gone on 100 times before. It was something I'd always done. Before I made it out over the cliff, like over the water, the rope snapped and I fell, and instead of falling into the water, I fell onto the shore. I had burst fractures in my L3, L4, and L5 vertebrae. As they burst out it partially severed my spinal cord so I have pretty severe nerve damage to my right leg." (gonzagabulletin.com, 24 Oct 2018; krem.com, 30 Apr 2019)

General
CHANGE OF MINDSET
After sustaining a spinal cord injury during his junior year of high school, he wanted to continue competing in able-bodied sport and went on to compete in able-bodied rowing at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, United States of America. He decided to get classified for Para rowing after his academic athletic adviser at university suggested he try the sport. "Since my injury, for the longest time, the outlook I took on it was, 'I'm not disabled, I want to be able to do anything that other people can do and don't want to set any limitations on myself'. So, I never personally saw myself as Para [athlete]. It was just nerve-wracking [getting classified] because you start having all of these big dreams and goals and it really could all end if they were like, 'Sorry you don't classify'. Then there's nothing you can do." (gonzagabulletin.com, 24 Oct 2018)

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Legend

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

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