Brock Ingram (born 22 January 1977) is an Australian Paralympic kayaker and rower. He represented Australia at the

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Personal

Ingram was born on 22 January 1977. He attended Wesley College. In 2007, as a drill rig operator at a

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gold mine, an accident led to him in losing a finger and having partial use of his remaining three fingers on his right hand. In 2016, he lives in

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Career

Ingram commenced rowing at the age of 13 and rowed until the end of school. He started kayaking with the aim of competing at the

. He competed at the

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in Men's Men's LTA K1 and V1 events from 2011 to 2015. After the 2015 World Championships, he transferred to rowing after the International Paralympic Committee decided not to include his disability class at the Rio Paralympics. In early 2016, he was invited to trial Australian ara-Rowing LTA Mixed trials. He combined with

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, Davinia Lefroy, Kathleen Murdoch and coxswain Jo Burnand in the Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed Coxed Four ( LTAMix4+) to win the Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in April 2016. At the

, Ingram was a member of the LTA Mixed Coxed Four that finished first in the LTAMix4+ B Final. In 2016, he is a

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scholarship holder.

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Australian para-canoe athlete forced to quit the sport, Vimeo 2015
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingram, Brock Paralympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics 1977 births Living people People educated at Wesley College, Perth Australian male rowers Place of birth missing (living people)