Nic Beveridge (born 14 July 1986) is an elite Australian triathlete with a disability. He represented Australia at the

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when

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made its debut at the Games and

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. 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

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. He grew up in

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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

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, a neurological disorder causing inflammation to his spinal cord.

Career

In 2012 after a short stay in hospital, Beveridge fell in love with

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. This led to Beveridge choosing to take up

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. 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

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finishing 17th in the Men's PT1. Competing at the 2014 ITU World Championship Grand Final in

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he finished 9th in the Men's PT1. At the 2015 ITU World Championship Grand Final in

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he finished 9th in the Men's PT1. At the 2016 Rotterdam ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in

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, he finished 11th in the Men's PT1. 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. Beveridge competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games and placed ninth in Men's PT1 event. 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." At the 2017 ITU World Championships in Rotterdam, Beveridge finished fourth in the Men's PTWC. It was his best ever international performance. Beveridge won the silver medal in the Men's PTWC at the

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. At the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Lausanne, he finished ninth in the Men's PTWC. At the

, Beveridge he finished seventh in Men's PTWC with a Total Time of 1:04.50.

Recognition

* 2019 - Triathlon Australia Male Para-triathlon Performance of the Year * 2021 - Triathlon Australia Male Para-triathlon Performance of the Year

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beveridge, Nic 1986 births Living people Australian male triathletes Paralympic triathletes for Australia Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Commonwealth Games medallists in triathlon Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Triathletes at the 2018 Commonwealth Games ACT Academy of Sport alumni 20th-century Australian people 21st-century Australian people Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland Sportsmen from Queensland