Nic Beveridge

Nic Beveridge

2016 Australian Paralympic Team Portrait
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born (1987-07-14) 14 July 1987
Mackay, Queensland

Nic Beveridge (born 14 July 1987) is an Australian paratriathlete. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics when paratriathlon made its debut at the Paralympics.[1] [2]

Personal

Beveridge was born on 14 July 1987 in Mackay, Queensland.[2] He grew up in Townsville and was an avid sports fan taking part in cross county, swimming and hockey before waking up in 2003 at the age of 17 [3] to discover he was completely paralysed from the waist down. He was later diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a neurological disorder causing inflammation to his spinal cord.[2] He attended Whitsunday Anglican School.[3]

Career

In 2012 after a short stay in hospital, Beveridge fell in love with paralympic sport after reading an article about Kelly Cartwright winning gold at the 2012 London Paralympics.[2] This led to Beveridge choosing to take up paratriathlon.[2] Beveridge competes in the PT1 (handcycle/racing wheelchair classification). He first started competing in 2013 making his international debut at the 2013 ITU World Championships in London finishing 17th in the Men's PT1.[2] Competing at the 2014 ITU World Championship Grand Final in Edmonton he finished 9th in the Men's PT1.[4] At the 2015 ITU World Championship Grand Final in Chicago he finished 9th in the Men's PT1.[2] At the 2016 Rotterdam ITU Paratriathlon World Championships in Rotterdam, he finished 11th in the Men's PT1.[4]

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. He also competes in sprint (Paralympic) distance and Ironman 70.3 distance triathlons.[5]

He was originally coached by Vince Kelly in Brisbane and in 2016 is coached by National Coach Corey Bacon.[2]

Beveridge competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games and placed ninth in Men's PT1 event. [6] 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, I know that I have it everything I possible could, I rode the best I could possibly ride but those guys were riding faster. I just have to get over this disappointment, But I'll race again" [7]

References

  1. "DEBUTANT PARATRIATHLETES PUT ICING ON THE RIO CAKE". Triathlon Australia website. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nic Beveridge". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Brush with disease is no barrier for Nic". Daily Mercury. 23 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Nic Beveridge". International Triathlon Union website. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. "Nic Beveridge official site".
  6. "Men - PT2 Schedule & Results". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  7. Lees, Chris. "Nic Beveridge feels the heat in his first Paralympics". Nic Beveridge feels the heat in his first Paralympics. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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