Charley Nordin

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.

Charley Nordin
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1997-08-16) August 16, 1997
Home townAlameda, California
Height6'8"
Sport
SportRowing
Event(s)PR3 coxed four
Medal record
Men's adaptive rowing
Representing the  United States
Paralympic Games
2020 TokyoPR3 Mix4+
World Rowing Championships
2018 PlovdivPR3 Mix4+
2019 OttensheimPR3 Mix4+
World Cup 2
2019 PoznańPR3 Mix4+

“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 WA.

Career

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

References
  1. "Charley Nordin". teamusa.org. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  2. "Gonzaga rower overcomes injury to pursue Paralympic goals". krem.com. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  3. "Charley Nordin". olympics.com. Retrieved August 29, 2021.


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