Nic Beveridge
Nic Beveridge in 2016. | |||||||||
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Born | (1986-07-14) 14 July 1986 (age 37) Gold Coast, Queensland | ||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||
Sport | Men's para triathlon | ||||||||
Disability class | PTWC (handcycle/racing wheelchair classification) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Nic Beveridge (born 14 July 1986) is an elite Australian triathlete with a disability. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics when Triathlon made its debut at the Games and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[1][2][3] He represented Australia at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal.
Personal
Beveridge was born on 14 July 1986 in Gold Coast, Queensland.[2] He grew up in Mackay and was an avid sports fan taking part in cross county, swimming, water polo and hockey before waking up in 2003 at the age of 17 to discover he was completely paralysed from the chest down. He was later diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a neurological disorder causing inflammation to his spinal cord.[2]
Career
In 2012, after a short stay in hospital, Beveridge fell in love with paralympic sport. This led to Beveridge choosing to take up paratriathlon.[2] Beveridge competes in the PTWC (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.[5]
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."[7]
At the 2017 ITU World Championships in Rotterdam, Beveridge finished fourth in the Men's PTWC. It was his best ever international performance.[8] Beveridge won the silver medal in the Men's PTWC at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. At the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Lausanne, he finished ninth in the Men's PTWC.[9]
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Beveridge he finished seventh in Men's PTWC with a Total Time of 1:04.50.[10]
Recognition
- 2019 - Triathlon Australia Male Para-triathlon Performance of the Year [11]
- 2021 - Triathlon Australia Male Para-triathlon Performance of the Year[12]
References
- ^ "DEBUTANT PARATRIATHLETES PUT ICING ON THE RIO CAKE". Triathlon Australia website. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Nic Beveridge". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "World-Class Para-Triathletes Confirmed For Tokyo 2020". Paralympics Australia. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Nic Beveridge". International Triathlon Union website. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "Nic Beveridge official site".
- ^ "Men - PT2 Schedule & Results". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ Lees, Chris. "Nic Beveridge feels the heat in his first Paralympics". Nic Beveridge feels the heat in his first Paralympics. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "Golden day for Aussie paratriathletes in Rotterdam". Triathlon Australia website. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Parker crowned World Champion in Lausanne". Triathlon Australia. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ "Nioc Beveridge". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Paratriathlon Event Awards". Tritahlon Australia. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Triathlon's Finest Honoured At Celebration Of Champions Awards". Triathlon Australia. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
External links
- Nic Beveridge at Paralympics Australia
- Nic Beveridge at the International Paralympic Committee
- Nic Beveridge at World Triathlon
- Official website
- Nic Beveridge on Twitter
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