Nic Beveridge

Nic Beveridge

2016 Australian Paralympic Team Portrait
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born (1987-07-14) 14 July 1987
Mackay, Queensland

Nic Beveridge (born 14 July 1987) is an Australian paratriathlete. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics when paratriathlon made its debut at the Paralympics.[1] [2]

Personal

Beveridge was born on 14 July 1987 in Mackay, Queensland.[2] He grew up in Townsville and was an avid sports fan taking part in cross county, swimming and hockey before waking up in 2003 at the age of 17 [3] to discover he was completely paralysed from the waist down. He was later diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a neurological disorder causing inflammation to his spinal cord.[2] He attended Whitsunday Anglican School.[3]

Career

In 2012 after a short stay in hospital, Beveridge fell in love with paralympic sport after reading an article about Kelly Cartwright winning gold at the 2012 London Paralympics.[2] This led to Beveridge choosing to take up paratriathlon.[2] Beveridge competes in the PT1 (handcycle/racing wheelchair classification). He first started competing in 2013 making his international debut at the 2013 ITU World Championships in London finishing 17th in the Men's PT1.[2] Competing at the 2014 ITU World Championship Grand Final in Edmonton he finished 9th in the Men's PT1.[4] At the 2015 ITU World Championship Grand Final in Chicago he finished 9th in the Men's PT1.[2] At the 2016 Rotterdam ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Rotterdam, he finished 11th in the Men's PT1.[4]

Beveridge is able to compete in triathlon by swimming using his upper body, riding with a recumbent handcycle and completing the run through the use of a racing wheelchair. He also competes in sprint (Paralympic) distance and Ironman 70.3 distance triathlons.[5]

He was originally coached by Vince Kelly in Brisbane and in 2016 is coached by National Coach Corey Bacon.[2]

Beveridge competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games and placed ninth in Men's PT1 event. [6] Beveridge reflected on his performance in Rio throughout saying "It was the fittest I've ever been and I was happy with how it went, I know that I have it everything I possible could, I rode the best I could possibly ride but those guys were riding faster. I just have to get over this disappointment, But I'll race again" [7]

References

  1. ↑ "DEBUTANT PARATRIATHLETES PUT ICING ON THE RIO CAKE". Triathlon Australia website. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nic Beveridge". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Brush with disease is no barrier for Nic". Daily Mercury. 23 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Nic Beveridge". International Triathlon Union website. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Nic Beveridge official site".
  6. ↑ "Men - PT2 Schedule & Results". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Lees, Chris. "Nic Beveridge feels the heat in his first Paralympics". Nic Beveridge feels the heat in his first Paralympics. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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