Aaron Chatman

Who is Aaron Chatman?

Aaron Chatman is an Australian right arm amputee Paralympic athlete competing in class F/T46 men's high jump, long jump and 100m. He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's high jump F44/46 event where he cleared 2.02m and a bronze medal in the men's 4 x 100 m relay T42–46 event. He nearly missed competing due to chicken pox keeping him isolated in Hong Kong prior to the Games.

At the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships in Assen, he won a silver medal in the men's high jump F44/46. In 2007, he broke the world high jump record F44/46 with a jump of 2.05m at the 2007 ACT Championships. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder coached by Irina Dvoskina.