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| Nathenial "Nath" Arkley | |
| Full Name: | Nathenial Arkley |
| Nickname: | Nath |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Residence: | Adelaide |
| Birth Date: | 27 October 1994 |
| Country: | Australia |
| Sport: | Paralympic athletics |
| Paralympics: | 2012 |
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.
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.[1], he lives in St Agnes, South Australia. He attended St Pauls College in Gilles Plains.
Arkley is a T54 classified athlete.[2] He has a special three carbon wheeled racing wheelchair.[1] He has been coached by John Hammon since 2009.[2]
Arkley started competing in wheelchair athletics in 2005.[2] Prior to his paraplegia, he participated in track at school.[1] He first represented Australian in 2009.[2] At the Swiss hosted 2009 IWAS Junior World Championships, he won five silver medals and two gold medals.[2] In 2012, he won the Oz Day 10K men's junior division.[3] [4] He sometimes trains with Jake Lappin.[5] In 2012, he would train by wheeling up to a week.[1] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics.[2] 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.[6]