Chad Perris (born 15 June 1992) is a vision impaired Australian athlete, born with albinism. 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

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. He competed at the

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Personal

Perris was born on 15 June 1992 in

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with albinism 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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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 IPC Athletics World Championships 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

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. 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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, 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

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

where he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100m T13 in a time of 10.83. At the

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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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. 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 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 100m T13 with a time of 10.87 (-0.7), behind Jakkarim Dammunee (10.86).

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