Christopher Alp is an Australian former Paralympic athlete.
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| Full name | Christopher Alp | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He became a wheelchair user after surviving a plane crash at the age of 12.[1] At the 1980 Arnhem Games, he competed in four athletics events and won bronze medals in the Men's 100 m 3 and Men's 200 m 3 events.[2] He has been involved in basketball, skiing, cycling and motorsport.[1] In 1985, he competed in the International Wheelchair Basketball Games in England.[3] He has competed in the Targa Tasmania[4]
He is a chartered accountant and has Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of Melbourne.[1] He is a Director of AlpMcNamara, a Melbourne-based company specialising in wealth protection for privately owned businesses.[5]
His philosophy on life is "I didn’t want to be a blob on society; I wanted to be someone who would be able to help and be useful and really contribute."[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Meet the judges". Greentree Game On Website. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Chris Alp". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ "Chris Alp". LinkedIn. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "SCI TeamTarga Tasmania 2006". AQA Vic Website. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Chris Alp". AlpMcNamara Website. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
External links
edit- Chris Alp at Australian Athletics Historical Results (archive)
- Chris Alp at the International Paralympic Committee
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