Career
His right arm was amputated at the age of seven as a result of a mincing accident on his family farm in Booral, New South Wales. He competes in the T46 classification for arm amputees, where he is the current 200m (2174s) & 400m (4763s) World Record holder. Both World Record times were run at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
In 2000, his competitive sport participation was sponsored by the New South Wales WorkCover.
He also received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and a Centenary Medal in 2001. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 2003 to 2010 and was coached by Irina Dvoskina.
In 2014, he was inducted into the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre Path of Champions.
