Chris Alp
Australian Paralympic athlete
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Christopher Alp is an Australian former Paralympic athlete.
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| Full name | Christopher Alp | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||
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He became a wheelchair user after surviving a plane crash at the age of 12.[1] At the 1980 Arnhem Games, he competed in four athletics events and won bronze medals in the Men's 100 m 3 and Men's 200 m 3 events.[2] He has been involved in basketball, skiing, cycling and motorsport.[1] In 1985, he competed in the International Wheelchair Basketball Games in England.[3] He has competed in the Targa Tasmania[4]
He is a chartered accountant and has Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of Melbourne.[1] He is a Director of AlpMcNamara, a Melbourne-based company specialising in wealth protection for privately owned businesses.[5]
His philosophy on life is "I didn’t want to be a blob on society; I wanted to be someone who would be able to help and be useful and really contribute."[1]
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