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Chad Perris (born 15 June 1992) is a vision impaired Australian athlete, born with
albinism Albinism is the congenital absence of melanin in an animal or plant resulting in white hair, feathers, scales and skin and reddish pink or blue eyes. Individuals with the condition are referred to as albinos. Varied use and interpretation of ...
. He specialises in the
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and
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events. He has won two silver and two bronze medals at the
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and a bronze medal at the
2016 Rio Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 Sept ...
. He also competed at the
2020 Tokyo Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the Inte ...
and the 2024 Paris Paralympics. .


Personal

Perris was born on 15 June 1992 in
Perth, Western Australia Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
with
albinism Albinism is the congenital absence of melanin in an animal or plant resulting in white hair, feathers, scales and skin and reddish pink or blue eyes. Individuals with the condition are referred to as albinos. Varied use and interpretation of ...
meaning he has white hair and no colour in his skin. He is known as "The White Tiger", a nickname gained while playing football in his home town of Perth. Perris attended
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. His younger brother
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was selected for vision impaired track cycling events at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.


Career

Commencing the sport of athletics in 2012, Perris reached the international stage in 2013. Perris' classification is T13. In his first Australian Campaign at the
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in 2013, Perris ran a personal best in the 100m of 11.17 seconds that saw him place fifth. He was only 0.05 seconds away from the bronze medal and 0.02 seconds away from the silver medal. Perris also ran the 200m, breaking an Australian record which was set back in 1985 in a time of 22.97 seconds. This time also saw him break the Oceania area record. After the World Championships, Perris moved to
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to be coached by Iryna Dvoskina. Perris finished with a bronze medal in the ambulant 100m at the Australian Championships in 2014, and achieved the number one ranking for 2014
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(IPC) athletics men's T13 100m with a time of 11.06 seconds. He was nominated for the
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2014 Para-athlete of the Year award. At the
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in
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, he won the silver medal in the Men's 200m T13 in a personal best time and the national record by almost half a second to cross in a time of 21.82 (w: +1.5). He also won the bronze in the Men's 100m T13 with a time of 10.96 (w: +2.3). Perris competed in the Rio
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where he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100m T13 in a time of 10.83. At the
2017 World Para Athletics Championships The 2017 World Para Athletics Championships were a Paralympic athletics, Paralympic track and field meet organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held at London Stadium in London from 14 ...
in London, England, Perris won the bronze medal in the Men's 100 m T13 and finished fourth in the Men's 200 m T13. Peris won the silver medal in the Men's 100 m T13 at the
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in
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. He ran 0.10s outside his season best for silver (10.86s) in the final. At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics, Perris finished second in his Men's 100m T13 heat and qualified for the final. He failed to win a medal coming 5th in the final. Peris finished 4th at the
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in Men's 100m T13 with a time of 10.87 (-0.7), behind Jakkarim Dammunee (10.86). At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he finished fourth in the 100m T13 with a time of 10.80. He missed the bronze medal by 0.005 seconds. He is coached by Matthew Beckenham after being coached by Iryna Dvoskina.


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