Geoff Trappett

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Geoffrey Douglas Trappett, OAM{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886968|title=Trappett, Geoffrey Douglas, OAM|publisher=It's an Honour|access-date=25 January 2012}} (born 18 September 1979) is an Australian Paralympic athlete who won three medals over two Paralympics.

Early life

Trappett was born in Brisbane on 18 September 1979 with spina bifida.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/athletes/athleteprofilea84f.html|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20001204130000/http://www.paralympic.org.au/athletes/athleteprofilea84f.html|archive-date=4 December 2000|title=Athlete's Profile|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|access-date=7 May 2012}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news|title=spirit of a hero|publisher=Brisbane News|date=1 September 2004|page=10|first=Phil|last=Brown}} He grew up in the Brisbane suburb of Albany Creek and attended the Queensland Academy of Sport.{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/hansard/2004/2004_09_02_WEEKLY.pdf|title=Ministerial Statement Paralympic Games 2278 2 Sept 2004|work=Queensland Hansard|date=2 September 2004|access-date=28 May 2017}}

Sporting career

In 1999, Trappett won two gold medals and broke two national records in the Men's 100 m and 200 m events, at the National Championships in Canberra and the Metro Challenge in Toronto, respectively. At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Men's 100 m T54 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia, and a silver medal in the Men's 4x100 m T54 event.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Trappett&fname=Geoff&gender=all|title=Athlete Search Results|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=7 May 2012}} He was coached by Brett Jones in the twelve months before the 2000 Paralympics.{{cite news|title=Track and field's memorable moments|publisher=Herald sun|date=30 October 2000|page=64}}

In 2003 at an event in Canberra, he set a world record in the 100 m sprint; however he disqualified himself because he had made a false start that no one else had noticed. Two weeks later he ran the same event in the Gold Coast in a world-record time of 13.99 seconds. At the 2004 Athens Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the Men's 4x100 m T53–54 event.

In 2009, he was one of the first 150 people to be added to the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.{{cite news|url=http://northern-times.whereilive.com.au/news/story/geoff-trappett-inducted-into-hall-of-fame/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715222315/http://northern-times.whereilive.com.au/news/story/geoff-trappett-inducted-into-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 July 2012 |title=Geoff Trappett inducted into hall of fame |publisher=Northern Times |date=10 December 2009 |first=Andre |last=Grimaux |access-date=7 May 2012 }}

Post Sporting Career

In 2009 he became the Senior Engagement and Services Delivery Officer with the Cerebral Palsy League Queensland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpl.org.au/docs/touchstone/cpl_09-03_lnews_1.pdf?sfvrsn=2|title=League News |date=Summer 2009|publisher=Cerebral Palsy League|page=4|format=PDF|access-date=28 May 2017}}

Trappett is an advocate for those with a disability. He founded Inclusion Moves which is involved in facilitating, awareness campaigns, advocacy and training in the disability area.{{Cite web |url= http://inclusionmoves.com.au/Services.php |title=Services |publisher= Inclusion Moves |access-date= 28 May 2017}}

He is married to Masako.