Bill Chaffey (paratriathlete) explained

Bill Chaffey
Nationality:Australian
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Club:Tweed Valley Triathletes
Birth Date:9 October 1975
Birth Place:Tamworth, New South Wales

Bill Chaffey (born 9 October 1975) is an Australian paratriathlete who won his fifth world championship in 2015. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics when paratriathlon made its debut at the Paralympics.[1]

Personal

Chaffey became an incomplete paraplegic when, as a non-disabled triathlete training for an Ironman Triathlon, he was hit by a truck while on his bicycle.[2]

Career

He competes in the PT1 (handcycle/racing wheelchair classification) (formerly TRI-1) and was TRI-1 Paratriathlon World Champion in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015.[3] Chaffey's come-from-behind win over Jetze Plat was named in the International Paralympic Committee's Top 50 moments in Paralympic sport of 2013.[4] Chaffey was nominated for IPC Athlete of the Month in September 2013.[5] In January 2013, Chaffey won the inaugural Australian Paratriathlon Championships, beating Ironman and Paralympian John Maclean and Paralympic rower Erik Horrie.[6] [7] [8] He won the Men's TRI-1 classification of the 2014 Oceania Paratriathlon Championships in a world best time of 58.22,[9] and won the 2014 ITU World Paratriathlon event in Elwood, Melbourne.[10] [11]

In March 2013, Chaffey set a new TRI-1 world best time for an Olympic distance triathlon. His time of 2:08:59 bettered the previous record by 5 minutes.[12] In 2016 Chaffey again bettered that time by over 5 minutes setting a new world best time of 2:02:35. In May 2013, Chaffey raced Ironman Cairns where he qualified for Ironman World Championships in Kona.[13] [14] [15] He placed 2nd his classification in Kona.[16]

Chaffey was forced to withdraw from the 2014 ITU World Triathlon Series Final in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada after breaking his hip in a training accident at home just prior to the event.[17] In January 2015, he returned from injury to win the Oceania Paratriathlon Championships PT1 event at Penrith, New South Wales.[18]

Chaffey won his fifth world championship at the 2015 World Championships Final in Chicago.[19]

Chaffey competed at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games and finished fourth in the Men's PT1 event.[20] In preparation for the Paralympics, Chaffey stated "I just thought, this has to be mine. I have to have it...the Paralympics, A paralympic gold would not be a level step up but a greater step up, it's something I'm really putting a lot of focus on."[21] During the Paralympics, Chaffey expressed his love of triathlon through saying "It's triathlon, it's in my blood. I love it. It's the greatest sport in the world".[22]

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Queensland, he won the bronze medal in the men's PWTC despite crashing in the hand cycle leg and riding the final 8 km of that leg with one pedal.[23]

In his final major international event, at the 2018 World Championships, Gold Coast, Queensland, he finished sixth in the Men's PTWC.[24]

Recognition

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DEBUTANT PARATRIATHLETES PUT ICING ON THE RIO CAKE. Triathlon Australia website. 3 August 2016. 16 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190416231332/http://www.triathlon.org.au/About/Latest_News/Debutant_paratriathletes_put_icing_on_the_Rio_cake.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: In Profile: Bill Chaffey, Australia. 15 October 2009. International Triathlon Union.
  3. Web site: Bill Chaffey: Results. International Triathlon Union.
  4. Web site: Bill makes it four in a row . International Paralympic Committee . 8 March 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140308062939/http://www.paralympic.org/feature/no-36-bill-chaffey-makes-it-four-row . 8 March 2014 . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: September's IPC Athlete of the Month Poll opens. 5 October 2013 .
  6. Web site: Chaffey makes history at first ever national paratriathlon. Australian Paralympic Committee. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130212180318/http://london2012.paralympic.org.au/news/chaffey-makes-history-first-ever-national-paratriathlon. 12 February 2013. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Bill Chaffey gets boost in road to Rio. The Australian. 11 Jan 2013.
  8. Web site: Inspired Chaffey wins first Australian paratriathlon crown . Triathlon Australia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130130012311/http://www.triathlon.org.au/News/Latest_News/Inspired_Chaffey_wins_first_Australian_Paratriathlon_Crown.htm . 30 January 2013 .
  9. Web site: Chaffey clocks world first at paratriathlon titles . Sporting Wheelies . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140126233340/http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/news/486-chaffey-clocks-world-first-at-paratriathlon-titles . 26 January 2014 .
  10. Web site: Chaffey defeats weather in Elwood . Australian Paralympic Committee . 8 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140308013308/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/chaffey-defeats-weather-elwood . 8 March 2014 .
  11. Web site: 2014 Penrith OTU Paratriathlon Oceania Championships | World Triathlon .
  12. Web site: Mooloolaba number 5 . Backhouse . Gillian . 19 March 2013 . Chasing The Dream . 7 January 2021.
  13. Web site: Where there's a will there's a way: Bill Chaffey continues to inspire. 21 May 2013 . Trizone.
  14. Web site: Bill Chaffey to compete in first Hawaiian Ironman eight years after being hit after being hit by truck training for first attempt. AMANDA LULHAM. 8 October 2013. 8 March 2014.
  15. Web site: Australian Paratriathlete Tackles Unfinished Business in Kona. ironman.com. 8 March 2014.
  16. Web site: Ironman World Championship 2013 Results – Bill Chaffey. 8 March 2013.
  17. News: A shattered Bill Chaffey out of world champs after fall. 31 August 2014. Northern Star. 24 August 2014.
  18. Web site: brave rain swept Neapean to Conquer Oceania Championships. Triathlon Australia News, 13 January 2013. 13 January 2015. 27 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727214615/http://www.triathlon.org.au/About/Latest_News/PARATRIATHLETES_BRAVE_RAIN_SWEPT_NEPEAN_TO_CONQUER_OCEANIA_CHAMPIONSHIPS.htm. dead.
  19. Web site: White. Chelsea. Australia awesome at Paratriathlon World Championships. International Triathlon Union News. 18 September 2015 . 18 September 2015.
  20. Web site: Men – PT2 Schedule & Results . Rio 2016 Paralympic Games . 19 September 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160923080142/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/triathlon-men-pt2 . 23 September 2016 .
  21. Web site: Rio 2016 Paralympics Bill Chaffey Interview. Rio 2016 Paralympics Bill Chaffey Interview. International Triathlon Union. 18 September 2016.
  22. Web site: Spits. Scott. Triathlon on debut at Rio Paralympics: Pain, disappointment and a love for the sport. Triathlon on debut at Rio Paralympics: Pain, disappointment and a love for the sport. 11 September 2016 . Sydney Morning Herald. 18 September 2016.
  23. News: Bode . Mark . Gold Coast Commonwealth Games: Ex-McCarthy Catholic College student Bill Chaffey lauded for character following heavy crash . 17 September 2018 . The Northern Daily Leader . 7 April 2018.
  24. Web site: Tapp turned on full bore as Emily strokes World Championship gold . Triathlon Australia website . 16 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180917034356/http://www.triathlon.org.au/About/Latest_News/Tapp_turned_on_full_bore_as_Emily_strikes_world_championship_gold.htm . 17 September 2018 . dead .
  25. Web site: Rion Bound Ryan Bailie scoops the pool at Celebration Champions Dinner. Triathlon Australia News, 10 April 2016. 10 April 2016.

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