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Nathenial "Nath" Arkley

2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Arkley
Personal information
Full name	Nathenial Arkley
Nickname	Nath
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1994-10-27) 27 October 1994 (age 30)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	2012
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Australia Paralympic Games 2012 London 4 × 400 m T53/54

Nathenial "Nath" Arkley (born 27 October 1994) is an Australian Paralympic track and field athlete. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal.

Personal

Arkley was born on 27 October 1994. He is a paraplegic as a result of the viral infection, transverse myelitis, he caught when he was eight years old. As of 2012, he lives in St Agnes, South Australia. He attended St Pauls College in Gilles Plains.

Athletics

Arkley is a T54 classified athlete. He has a special three carbon wheeled racing wheelchair. He has been coached by John Hammon since 2009.

Arkley started competing in wheelchair athletics in 2005. Prior to his paraplegia, he participated in track at school. He first represented Australian in 2009. At the Swiss hosted 2009 IWAS Junior World Championships, he won five silver medals and two gold medals. In 2012, he won the Oz Day 10K men's junior division. He sometimes trains with Jake Lappin. In 2012, he would train by wheeling up to 200 kilometres (120 mi) a week. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics. Arkley participated in the Men's 5000 m T54, Men's Marathon T54, and the Men's 4 × 400 m T53/54 – winning a bronze in the 4 × 400 m.

References

1. ^ "Nathan Arkley". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
2. ^ "Behind the News - 22/11/2011: Wheelchair Athlete". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
3. "Straight eight has Fearnley eyeing Paralympic gold". Blacktown Sun. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
4. "Straight eight has Fearnley eyeing Paralympic gold". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
5. Mcrae, Lynda. "On the track to glory". Latrobe Valley Express. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
6. "Nathan Arkley". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2012.

External links

• Nathan Arkley at the Australian Paralympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-03-29)
• Natheniel Arkley at the International Paralympic Committee
• Natheniel Arkley at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
• Natheniel Arkley at Australian Athletics Historical Results

• Paralympic athletes for Australia
• Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
• Living people
• 1994 births
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
• People with paraplegia
• Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors
• Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
• Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)