Chris Hammer (athlete)
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| Born | 30 March 1986 Mount Clemens, Michigan, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paratriathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | PTS5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christopher "Chris" Hammer (born 30 March 1986) is an American paratriathlete and former para-athletics middle-distance runner. He was born without his left hand. He competed at the Paralympic Games three times: in para-athletics he ran the men's T46 marathon, 800m and 1500m at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and changed to paratriathlon for the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1][2][3]
In 2018 he started coaching triathlon at Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. Hammer has level 2 coaching certification and is a member of the USA Triathlon Nationals Coaching Committee. Hammer has a master's degree in sport psychology from Eastern Washington University and from the University of Utah he has an MBA and a PhD in sport psychology.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chris Hammer - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-10-20.
- ^ "Chris Hammer - Team USA". Team USA. 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18.
- ^ "Chris Hammer - Amplitude". Amplitude. 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-04-22.
- ^ "Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mount Clemens, Michigan
- Paralympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Paralympic triathletes for the United States
- American male triathletes
- American male middle-distance runners
- American male long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Triathletes at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Triathletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Triathletes at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic medalists in paratriathlon
- Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
- 21st-century American sportsmen