Chris Nunn interviewed by Mick Fogarty in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5299860
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Nunn, Christopher, 1958-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011 June 15
- 2 sound files (ca. 156 min.)
- Series:
- Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Chris Nunn discusses his family background and childhood; schooling; playing sports from an early age; leaving school and finding employment; coaching school children in sports; marriage and relationships; receiving a degree in Physical Education; teaching in Adelaide; competing in athletics at the Commonwealth Games (1982); the Australian Championships; the Los Angeles Olympic Games (1984); retiring from competitive sport (1989); opening a general store; working for the Australian Paralympic Committee; becoming involved in Paralympic coaching; volunteering at the Seoul Paralympic Games (1988); being the first person in the world to be paid as a professional coach of athletes with a disability; his coaching philosophies and approach; his motivation for coaching athletes with a disability.
Nunn discusses working at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS); introducing scholarships for athletes and coaches; coaching involvement and successes at Paralympic Games (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, upcoming 2012) and World Championships; the integration of disabled and able-bodied athletes in AIS programs; changes in public attitudes towards people and athletes with a disability; the cost of equipment for athletes with a disability; funding; sports science programs; future trends and visions for coaching athletes with a disability; pathways for coaches and administrators; the range of disabilities represented in Paralympic Games; particular athletes with a disability and their successes; Australia's standing in world disability sport; his influence internationally in disability sport; people who have influenced him; establishing a swim school in Canberra (2004); the transferability of skills between sport and business; honours and awards received; his family and parenting.
- Notes:
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- The Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project is a joint project being conducted by the National Library of Australia and the Australian Paralympic Committee.
- Recorded on 15 June 2011 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, A.C.T.
- Related Material:
- Portraits of Chris Nunn during an oral history interview with Mick Fogarty at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 15 June 2011; Located at; National Library of Australia Pictures collection PIC Online access #NL40464
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 71 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Sports administrators
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