Jump to content

Dallas Wise

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dallas Wise
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2000-12-14) December 14, 2000 (age 23)
Sport
SportParalympic athletics
Disability classT47
Eventhigh jump
Medal record
Men's Para-athletics
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo High jump T47
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Paris High jump T47

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

[edit]

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

[edit]
  1. ^ "Dallas Wise - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete Profile". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Varnier, Julia (June 25, 2021). "Dallas Wise becomes 1st Chanticleer to earn spot in Paralympic Games". WPDE. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "Tokyo Paralympics 2021: Nishad Kumar wins silver in high jump". ESPN.com. August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.