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| Born | (2000-12-14) December 14, 2000 (age 24) Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T47 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | high jump | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dallas Wise (born December 14, 2000) is an American Paralympic high jumper. He made his first Paralympic appearance representing United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Career
He became the first Coastal Carolina University alumni to compete at the Paralympics.
He claimed silver medal in the men's high jump T47 category at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. He incredibly shared the silver medal with Nishad Kumar of India who also cleared the same distance of 2.06m. As a result, bronze medal was not awarded to any of the athletes who competed in the high jump T47 category for men.
References
- "Dallas Wise - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- "Athletics - WISE Dallas". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - Men's High Jump - T47 Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- Varnier, Julia (June 25, 2021). "Dallas Wise becomes 1st Chanticleer to earn spot in Paralympic Games". WPDE. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- "Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump". ESPN.com. August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- 2000 births
- Living people
- American male high jumpers
- Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships
- Coastal Carolina University alumni
- 21st-century American sportsmen