American Paralympic athlete
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 .