Paul Nunnari

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| birth_date = 6 February 1973

| birth_place = Auburn, New South Wales

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{{MedalSilver | 2000 Sydney |Men's 4x100m Relay T54}}

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Paul Nunnari (born 6 February 1973 in Auburn, New South Wales) is a Paralympic athletics competitor from New South Wales, Australia.

After being struck by a car at the age of 11, he became a wheelchair user. From 1993-1994, he was awarded a Disability scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport. Nunnari has competed in wheelchair athletics at three Paralympic Games (1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens), winning a silver medal in the men's 4 × 100 m relay T54 event at the 2000 Sydney Games.{{cite journal |year=2010 |title=Australian Honour Roll |journal=Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report 2010 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |page=10}}

He has been a strong advocate for disability services and sports. In 2006, he raised the issue of Virgin Airlines making carers pay for accompanying wheelchair passengers.{{cite news|last=Metherell|first=Mark|title=Airline to wheelchair users: pay a carer|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/05/29/1148754939583.html|accessdate=1 March 2012|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=30 May 2006}} He established the Bob Jane T-Mart Paul Nunnari Wheelchair Push to raise awareness of cancer.{{cite news|last=Pleffer|first=Alexandra|title=Push is on to involve students in cause|url=http://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/push-is-on-to-involve-students-in-cause/2291936.aspx|accessdate=1 March 2012|newspaper=Macarthur Advertiser|date=14 September 2011}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He is a community development officer with Macarthur Disability Services.{{cite web |title=Plenty of Smiles on Faces of Macarthur |url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=7-2018-0-0-0&sID=15561&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=4015976 |accessdate=1 March 2012 |work=ARL Development Officer Campbelltown, 19 June 2007}}

In 2010, he unsuccessfully stood in the Australian Labor Party preselection for the Federal Seat of Macarthur.{{cite news|title=Bleasdale endorsed as Labor candidate for Macarthur|url=http://www.macarthuradvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/bleasdale-endorsed-as-labor-candidate-for-macarthur/1770261.aspx|accessdate=1 March 2012|newspaper=Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser|date=8 March 2010}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 2013, he auditioned for Australia's Got Talent and got through.

In 2022, he was awarded the Public Service Medal (PSM) for outstanding public service to New South Wales, particularly in the field of access and inclusion.{{Cite web |date=13 June 2022 |title=The Queen's Birthday 2022 Honours List |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-06/20220612_Meritorisous%20gazette.pdf |access-date=13 June 2022 |website=The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia}}