Ness Murby
{{short description|Canadian Paralympic athlete}}
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| name = Ness Murby
| fullname = Ness Ashby Murby
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| sport = Para-athletics
| disability = Hyperferritinemia
| disability_class = F11
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|10|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia
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| height = 1.79m
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| country = {{CAN}}
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Para-athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|{{CAN}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2015 Doha|Women's javelin throw F11}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2017 London|Women's javelin throw F11}}
{{Medal|Competition|Parapan American Games}}
{{Medal|Silver|2015 Toronto|Women's javelin throw F11}}
{{Medal|Bronze|2015 Toronto|Women's discus throw F11}}
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Ness Ashby Murby (born 4 October 1985) is a Canadian Paralympian (PLY) who competes in Para-Athletics discus throw and javelin throw.{{Cite tweet|number=1325849469535969280|user=nessmurby|title=I am. Ness Ashby Murby [...]|date=2020-11-09|last=Murby|first=Ness}}{{Cite web|title=Ness Murby - IPC Athlete Bio|url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1419840&wintergames=-1&refreshauto=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112083134/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1419840&wintergames=-1&refreshauto=1|archive-date=2020-11-12|access-date=27 April 2020|website=Infostrada Sports}}{{Cite web|title=Our Team - Ness Murby|url=https://athletics.ca/national-team/our-team/466170/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112083535/https://athletics.ca/national-team/our-team/466170/|archive-date=2020-11-12|access-date=27 April 2020|website=Athletics Canada}}{{Cite magazine|date=1 November 2011|title=The Power and the Story|url=http://kingstonlife.ca/sitepages/?aid=4596&cn=Viewpoint&an=Home%20Game%20-%20Nov./Dec.%202011|magazine=Kingston Life|volume=13|issue=8, November/December 2011|issn=1488-5239|oclc=1082716265}}{{dead link|date=November 2020}}
Career
Murby has competed in goalball, powerlifting and para-athletics, and has represented Australia, Japan and Canada.{{Cite news|last=Zeigler|first=Cyd|date=2020-11-09|title=Paralympian Ness Murby comes out publicly as trans|url=https://www.outsports.com/2020/11/9/21555550/ness-murby-trans-come-out-paralympic-canada-track-athletics-discus|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109170047/https://www.outsports.com/2020/11/9/21555550/ness-murby-trans-come-out-paralympic-canada-track-athletics-discus|archive-date=2020-11-09|access-date=2020-11-12|website=Outsports|language=en}} He competes in the F11 disability class. Representing Canada, Murby won a silver medal in javelin throw and a bronze medal in discus throw at the 2015 Parapan American Games.{{Cite news|last=Padgett|first=Donald|date=2020-11-10|title=Paralympian Champion Ness Murby Comes Out as Trans|language=en|website=Out|url=https://www.out.com/sports/2020/11/10/paralympian-champion-ness-murby-comes-out-trans|url-status=live|access-date=2020-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201110181445/https://www.out.com/sports/2020/11/10/paralympian-champion-ness-murby-comes-out-trans|archive-date=2020-11-10|issn=1062-7928|oclc=1030856637}} Competing in javelin throw, he won a silver medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships and a bronze medal at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships, coming sixth in discus throw at the intervening 2016 Summer Paralympics and at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Murby participated in the second season of the AMI documentary series Mind Set Go in 2019.{{Cite news|last=Davidson|first=Sonya|date=2019-02-01|title=Interview with Mind Set Go Paralympian Ness Murby|url=https://torontoguardian.com/2019/02/mind-set-go-paralympian-ness-murby/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112084002/https://torontoguardian.com/2019/02/mind-set-go-paralympian-ness-murby/|archive-date=2020-11-12|access-date=2020-11-12|website=Toronto Guardian}} In November 2020, he came out as genderqueer and transmasculine.{{Cite news|last=Factora|first=James|date=2020-11-11|title=This Transmasculine, Genderqueer Athlete Could Be the First to Compete in the Paralympics|language=en-us|website=them.|url=https://www.them.us/story/transmasculine-genderqueer-athlete-ness-murby-paralympics|url-status=live|access-date=2020-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112084137/https://www.them.us/story/transmasculine-genderqueer-athlete-ness-murby-paralympics|archive-date=2020-11-12}}
In 2023, Murby was the subject of Ness Murby: Transcending, a six-part television documentary series on AMI-tv.Greg David, [https://www.tv-eh.com/2023/02/07/ami-announces-the-debut-of-ness-murby-transcending-march-8-on-ami-tv/ "AMI ANNOUNCES THE DEBUT OF NESS MURBY: TRANSCENDING, MARCH 8 ON AMI-TV"]. TV, eh?, February 7, 2023.
Personal life
Murby was born on 4 October 1985 in Melbourne, Australia.{{Cite web|title=Murby|url=https://paralympic.ca/team-canada/ness-murby|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112083756/https://paralympic.ca/team-canada/ness-murby|archive-date=2020-11-12|access-date=27 April 2020|website=Canadian Paralympic Committee}} He was born with limited eyesight, which deteriorated while he was a teenager, and is now blind.{{Cite news|last=Heroux|first=Devin|date=2020-11-18|title=For Ness Murby, coming out as a trans athlete is about helping others — all while making Paralympic history|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/ness-murby-paralympian-1.5806872|url-status=live|access-date=2020-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120120315/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/paralympics/ness-murby-paralympian-1.5806872|archive-date=2020-11-20}} Murby lives in Vancouver with his wife Eva Fejes, who met him in Japan. Murby uses he/him pronouns.{{Cite web|last=Murby|first=Ness|title=Ness Murby (he/him) (@NessMurby)|url=https://twitter.com/nessmurby|access-date=2021-08-20|website=Twitter|language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{CPC profile|ness-murby}}
- {{IPC profile|ness-murby|id2=1419840}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Canadian discus throwers
Category:Canadian javelin throwers
Category:Canadian transgender sportspeople
Category:Canadian non-binary sportspeople
Category:LGBTQ track and field athletes
Category:Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games
Category:Paralympic track and field athletes for Canada
Category:Athletes from Melbourne
Category:Parapan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Parapan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Category:Parapan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
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