Aaron Chatman (born 11 May 1987) is an Australian right arm amputee

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competing in class

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men's high jump, long jump and 100 m. He has won silver and bronze medals at the

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At the 2006

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, he won a silver medal in the men's high jump F44/46. In 2007, he broke the world high jump record F44/46 with a jump of 2.05m at the 2007 ACT Championships. He competed in the

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. There he won a silver medal in the men's high jump F44/46 event where he cleared 2.02m and a bronze medal in the men's 4 × 100 m relay T42– 46 event. He was coached by Irina Dvoskina. He nearly missed competing due to chicken pox keeping him isolated in

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prior to the Games. He returned to competition at the

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where he won the bronze medal in the Men's High Jump T45-47 with a jump of 1.99m. At the

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, he won a silver medal in the Men's High Jump T47 with a jump of 1.94 m and ewas coached by Gary Bourne. Chatman finished fifth in the Men's High Jump T47 at the

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with a jump of 1.87m. He was an

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scholarship holder coached by Irina Dvoskina. He announced his retirement in November 2020 after experiencing complications with a chronic injury.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chatman, Aaron Paralympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Australia Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Amputee category Paralympic competitors Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics 1987 births Living people Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic track and field athletes World record holders in para-athletics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Australian male high jumpers Place of birth missing (living people)