Background
Arkley was born on 27 October 1994.
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Nathan Arkley
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He attended Street Pauls College in Gilles Plains.
Career
He is a paraplegic as a result of the viral infection, transverse myelitis, he caught when he was eight years old. As of 2012, he lives in Street Agnes, South Australia. Arkley is a T54 classified athlete.
He has a special three carbon wheeled racing wheelchair.
He has been coached by John Hammon since 2009. Arkley started competing in wheelchair athletics in 2005.
Prior to his paraplegia, he participated in track at school. He first represented Australian in 2009.
He sometimes trains with Jake Lappin.
In 2012, he would train by wheeling up to 200 kilometres (120 mi) a week. He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics. 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.
