Biography - Bill Chaffey H2

While doing cycling training for an Ironman competition as an able-bodied athlete in 2005, he was involved in an accident with a truck that was travelling 100 km/hr. He broke his back in four places resulting in spinal cord damage, as well as breaking his pelvis and elbows. He spent five months recovering in hospital. As a result, he is paralysed in his left leg and has limited movement in his right.

He began competing in triathlons as an able-bodied athlete in 2001, and after his injury in 2005 he competed in his first paratriathlon in 2008. He is married and has two daughters.

Recent Highlights

- Winner of the 2016 Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Event;

- Winner of the 2017 Devonport OTU Triathlon Oceania Championships;

- 2nd place at the 2017 Gold Coast ITU World Paratriathlon Series;

- 3rd place at the 2017 Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon Series; and

- 4th place at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games.

Biography - Jumpei Kimura H1

Japan’s Jumpei Kimura was born without full use of his legs and became Japan’s top paraswimmer, competing in the Paralympics three times. Now a professional paratriathlete, has won the 2019 ASTC Asian Championships for the third year in a row and is aiming to qualify and represent Japan at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Career highlights:

- 2nd place at the 2019 Banyoles ITU Paratriathlon World Cup

- 1st place at the 2019 Gyeongju ASTC Triathlon Asian Championships

- 3rd place at the 2018 Lausanne ITU Paratriathlon World Cup

- Winner 2017, 2018 & 2019 ASTC Asian Championships

- 5th place at the 2019 WPS Yokohama

- 10th place at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games