 2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Brock Ingram |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | (1977-01-22)22 January 1977 (age 48) |
Brock Ingram (born 22 January 1977) is an Australian Paralympic kayaker and rower. He represented Australia at the2016 Rio Paralympics.[1]
Ingram was born on 22 January 1977. He attendedWesley College.[2] In 2007, as a drill rig operator at aKambalda 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 inPerth, Western Australia.
Ingram commenced rowing at the age of 13 and rowed until the end of school. He started kayaking with the aim of competing at the2016 Rio Paralympics.[3] He competed at theICF 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 theInternational 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 withJeremy McGrath,Davinia Lefroy,Kathleen Murdoch and coxswainJo Burnand in the Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed Coxed Four ( LTAMix4+) to win the Final Paralympic Qualification Regatta in April 2016.[6] At the2016 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 aWestern Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
