Charley Nordin
Charley Nordin (born August 16, 1997) is an American rower. He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1] According to an interview with Charley, he suffered an accident during his junior year of high school that ended his athletic career in Track & Field due to losing his right calf and gluteal muscles.
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 16, 1997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Alameda, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 8 in (203 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | PR3 coxed four | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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“We were out at a lake and I was on a rope swing,” Nordin said. “It was a rope swing I’d gone on 100 times before. It was something I’d always done. Before I made it out over the cliff, like over the water, the rope snapped and I fell, and instead of falling into the water, I fell onto the shore. I had burst fractures in my L3, L4, and L5 vertebrae. As they burst out it partially severed my spinal cord so I have pretty severe nerve damage to my right leg.”[2]
He started his rowing career as a novice walk on at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.
Career
Nordin represented the United States in the mixed coxed four event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal.[3]
References
- "Charley Nordin". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- "Gonzaga rower overcomes injury to pursue Paralympic goals". krem.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- "Charley Nordin". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.