Jump to content

Charley Nordin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charley Nordin
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1997-08-16) August 16, 1997 (age 27)
Home townAlameda, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
Sport
SportRowing
EventPR3 coxed four
Medal record
Men's adaptive rowing
Representing the  United States
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo PR3 Mix4+
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Plovdiv PR3 Mix4+
Silver medal – second place 2019 Ottensheim PR3 Mix4+
World Cup 2
Gold medal – first place 2019 Poznań PR3 Mix4+

Charley Nordin (born August 16, 1997) is an American rower. He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1] According to an interview with Charley, he suffered an accident during his junior year of high school that ended his athletic career in Track & Field due to losing his right calf and gluteal muscles.

“We were out at a lake and I was on a rope swing,” Nordin said. “It was a rope swing I’d gone on 100 times before. It was something I’d always done. Before I made it out over the cliff, like over the water, the rope snapped and I fell, and instead of falling into the water, I fell onto the shore. I had burst fractures in my L3, L4, and L5 vertebrae. As they burst out it partially severed my spinal cord so I have pretty severe nerve damage to my right leg.”[2]

He started his rowing career as a novice walk on at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.

Career

[edit]

Nordin represented the United States in the mixed coxed four event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and won a silver medal.[3]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Charley Nordin". TeamUSA.org. United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "Gonzaga rower overcomes injury to pursue Paralympic goals". krem.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "Charley Nordin". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.