Chris Nunn
 At the Australian Institute of Sport on 11 November 2011 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Now coaching | Head Coach of the Australian Paralympic athletics team |
Chris Nunn was the head coach of the Australian athletics team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics and the 2000 Summer Paralympics,[1] where the teams won numerous medals.[2][3] Prior to coaching, he was an athletics competitor representing Australia on the international stage, including an appearance in the decathlon at the Brisbane 1982 Commonwealth Games . Following the Commonwealth Games, he left sport behind until 1991, when he became the coach of the Australian Institute of Sport’s Athletes with a Disability program. He has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, named the Australian Paralympic Committee Coach of the Year in 1998, and earned the Confederation of Australian Sport Dawn Fraser Award. In athletics administration, he was the Chairman of the Athletics Committee of the International Sports Organisation for the Disabled from 1994 to 1996.[1] In 2008 and 2009, he was the Australian Paralympic Committee's Group Manager for High Performance.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Chris Nunn". Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- ^ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ^ "APC Staff". Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report (2008/2009 ed.): 7. 2009.
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