Daniel Bounty
{{short description|Australian Paralympic athlete}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
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Daniel Bounty (born 2 September 2001) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. {{Cite web|date=23 July 2021|title=Para-athletics Team Set To 'Do What Australia Does Best' At Tokyo 2020|url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/07/para-athletics-team-set-to-do-what-australia-does-best-at-tokyo-2020/|url-status=live|access-date=23 July 2021|website=Paralympics Australia|archive-date=23 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723022014/https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/07/para-athletics-team-set-to-do-what-australia-does-best-at-tokyo-2020/}}
Early life
Daniel Bounty was born on 2 September 2001. At age eight he had a stroke after he was involved in a bodysurfing accident. The accident led to a slow bleed in his brain which clotted.{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Anne-Louise|date=15 January 2010|title=8yo suffers stroke after surfing accident|work=Brisbane Times|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/8yo-suffers-stroke-after-surfing-accident-20100115-mak7.html|access-date=3 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225802/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/8yo-suffers-stroke-after-surfing-accident-20100115-mak7.html|url-status=live}} {{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Anne-Louise|date=15 January 2010|title=How one wave left nipper paralysed|work=Sunshine Coast Daily|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/sunshine-coast/how-one-wave-left-nipper-paralysed/news-story/44693360350111ca58e4bb073f353ef0|access-date=3 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225802/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/sunshine-coast/how-one-wave-left-nipper-paralysed/news-story/44693360350111ca58e4bb073f353ef0|url-status=live}} He attended Pacific Lutheran College and Caloundra State High School.
Athletics career
Bounty is classified as T38.{{Cite web|title=Daniel Bounty|url=https://www.paralympic.org/daniel-bounty|url-status=live|access-date=3 August 2021|website=International Paralympic Committee|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802230355/https://www.paralympic.org/daniel-bounty}} At the 2017 World Junior Para-Athletics Championships in Dubai, he finished fourth in the Men's 800m U18 T35-38.{{Cite web|title=Daniel Bounty|url=http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete7646.htm|url-status=live|access-date=3 August 2021|website=Athletics Australia Historical Results|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802072047/http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete7646.htm}} In June 2021, he shaved over 3.5 seconds off his personal best in running 4:10.08 in the 1500m.{{Cite web|date=28 June 2021|title=Weekend wrap|url=https://www.athletics.com.au/news/weekend-wrap-barber-produces-world-class-win-in-finland/|url-status=live|access-date=3 August 2021|website=Athletics Australia|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802225759/https://www.athletics.com.au/news/weekend-wrap-barber-produces-world-class-win-in-finland/}}
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he finished sixth in the Men's 1500 m T38.{{Cite web|title=Daniel Bounty|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1415990-bounty-daniel.htm|url-status=live|access-date=28 September 2021|website=Tokyo Paralympics Official Results|archive-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928052314/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1415990-bounty-daniel.htm}}
References
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External links
- {{Paralympics Australia|daniel-bounty}}
- {{IPC|daniel-bounty}}
- [http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete7646.htm Athletics Australia Historical Results]
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Category:Paralympic athletes for Australia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Australian male middle-distance runners