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
Nationality	American
Born	(1997-08-16) August 16, 1997 (age 27)
Home town	Alameda, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Event	PR3 coxed four
Medal record Men's adaptive rowing Representing the  United States Paralympic Games 2020 Tokyo PR3 Mix4+ World Rowing Championships 2018 Plovdiv PR3 Mix4+ 2019 Ottensheim PR3 Mix4+ World Cup 2 2019 Poznań PR3 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, Washington.

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. 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.