Brock Ingram

Brock Ingram
2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait
Personal information
Full nameBrock Ingram
NationalityAustralian
Born (1977-01-22) 22 January 1977 (age 47)

Brock Ingram (born 22 January 1977) is an Australian Paralympic kayaker and rower. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]

Personal

Ingram was born on 22 January 1977. He attended Wesley College.[2] In 2007, as a drill rig operator at a Kambalda gold mine, an accident led to him in losing a finger and having partial use of his remaining three fingers on his right hand.[2] In 2016, he lives in Perth, Western Australia.

Career

Ingram commenced rowing at the age of 13 and rowed until the end of school. He started kayaking with the aim of competing at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[3] He competed at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Men's Men's LTA K1 and V1 events from 2011 to 2015.[4] After the 2015 World Championships, he transferred to rowing after the International Paralympic Committee decided not to include his disability class at the Rio Paralympics. In early 2016, he was invited to trial Australian ara-Rowing LTA Mixed trials.[5] He combined with Jeremy McGrath, Davinia Lefroy, Kathleen Murdoch and coxswain Jo Burnand in the Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed Coxed Four ( LTAMix4+) to win the Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in April 2016.[6] At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Ingram was a member of the LTA Mixed Coxed Four that finished first in the LTAMix4+ B Final.[7]

In 2016, he is a Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

References

  1. ^ "Australian Paralympic Rowers to turn silver into gold". Australian Paralympic Committee News. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b Butler, Steve (5 July 2016). "Brave Brock recovers to row for gold". West Australian. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Ingram and Lefroy targeting Rio2016 berth". WAIS News. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Search on for next para-canoeing stars". Community News. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "WA Rowers Earn Invites to Final Selection Trials". WAIS News, 17 February 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Australia's LTA Mixed Coxed Four qualify boat for 2016 Rio Paralympic Games". Rowing Australia website. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  7. ^ "LTA Mixed Coxed Four - LTAMix4+ - Standings". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.