Aaron Chatman facts for kids
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
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Aaron Chatman, born on May 11, 1987, is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He competes in Track and field events like high jump, long jump, and 100-meter races. Aaron is a right arm amputee and competes in the T47 classification. He has won several silver and bronze medals at the Summer Paralympics.
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Aaron's Athletics Journey
Aaron's journey in athletics began with great success. At the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships in Assen, he won a silver medal in the men's high jump. The next year, in 2007, he even set a new world record in high jump. He cleared an amazing 2.05 meters at the ACT Championships.
Paralympic Games Achievements
Aaron competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics held in Beijing, China. It was a very successful Games for him. He won a silver medal in the men's high jump event, clearing 2.02 meters. He also earned a bronze medal as part of the men's 4 × 100 meter relay team. His coach at the time was Irina Dvoskina. Aaron almost missed these Games because he had chicken pox and had to stay isolated in Hong Kong before the competition.
He made a strong return to the Paralympic stage at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. There, he won another bronze medal in the Men's High Jump, with a jump of 1.99 meters.
World Championships Success
Aaron continued to achieve at the IPC Athletics World Championships. At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, he won a silver medal. He jumped 1.94 meters in the Men's High Jump T47. His coach for this event was Gary Bourne.
Later, at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, Aaron finished fifth in the Men's High Jump T47. He cleared 1.87 meters in that competition.
Retirement from Sport
Aaron Chatman was a scholarship holder at the Australian Institute of Sport, where he was coached by Irina Dvoskina. In November 2020, Aaron announced his retirement from competitive athletics. He made this decision after facing ongoing problems with a long-term injury.
