Dallas Wise (born December 14, 2000) is an American Paralympic high jumper.[1] He made his first Paralympic appearance representing United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2][3]
Career
He became the first Coastal Carolina University alumni to compete at the Paralympics.[4]
He claimed silver medal in the men's high jump T47 category at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[3] He incredibly shared the silver medal with Nishad Kumar of India who also cleared the same distance of 2.06m.[5] As a result, bronze medal was not awarded to any of the athletes who competed in the high jump T47 category for men.
References
- ^ "Dallas Wise - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ "Athletics - WISE Dallas". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ a b "Athletics - Men's High Jump - T47 Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ Varnier, Julia (June 25, 2021). "Dallas Wise becomes 1st Chanticleer to earn spot in Paralympic Games". WPDE. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump". ESPN.com. August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.