Career
When Henly was only 7 years old he developed a brain tumour which affected the vision on the right side of his body. He has Right Hemi-paresis which falls under the category of Cerebral Palsy. He enjoys playing tennis and once said his greatest moment was beating the national Number.
1 ranked Idaho tennis player.
He works as an Information Technology Administrator in Sydney. He lives in Girraween, NSW.
Henly wanted to pursue a career in tennis for athletes with a disability but was not eligible as only wheelchair tennis was supported at the Paralympic Games and he decided that wasn’t for him.
He went to the Australian Paralympic Committee’s Toyota Talent Search Program where he was introduced to discus and shotput. Within 8 months he had competed in his first international event.
He started competing in athletics in 2010.
He was hoping to make the 2012 London Paralympic Games but narrowly missed out. At the 2011 Oceania Paralympic Championships in Darwin, Northwest Territories he competed for Australia in discus and shot put. He received a gold in the Men"s Discus Throw Ambulant event (3907m) and a silver in the Men"s Shot Put Ambulant event (1107m)
At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France he again competed in both discus and shotput.
Competing at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, he threw the discus 53.41 m in final round to snatch the silver medal in the Men"s Discus F37.
After winning the silver medal, he said:"lieutenant was a bit of a fairy tale to improve on the bronze in the last round, but my coach just said to have a crack because there was nothing to lose. lieutenant"s an improvement from a couple of years back, and now hopefully we move up to the gold in Rio to complete the medal set."
He is currently preparing for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
He trains five times a week at the Hills District Athletics Club in Sydney with coaches Karyne Di Marco and Breanna Clement.