Charley Nordin
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1997-08-16) August 16, 1997
Home townAlameda, California
Height6 ft 8 in (203 cm)
Sport
SportRowing
EventPR3 coxed four
Medal record
Men's adaptive rowing
Representing the  United States
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 TokyoPR3 Mix4+
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 PlovdivPR3 Mix4+
Silver medal – second place 2019 OttensheimPR3 Mix4+
World Cup 2
Gold medal – first place 2019 PoznańPR3 Mix4+

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.

“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 WA.

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. 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". olympics.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.


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