Brant Garvey

Brant Garvey (born 9 January 1985) is an Australian leg amputee paratriathlete. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics when paratriathlon made its debut at the Paralympics.[1]

Brant Garvey
2016 Australian Paralympic Team Portrait
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1985-01-09) 9 January 1985
Darwin, Northern Territory
Sport
ClubExceed Triathlon Club

Personal

Garvey was born on 9 January 1985 in Darwin, Northern Territory.[2] He is a congenital above the knee amputee. His sister was diagnosed with three types of cancer at the age of fourteen and this has inspired Garvey to accept sporting challenges.[2][3] He lives in Perth, Western Australia. He is the founder of noXcuses, an Australian apparel company for triathletes and fitness enthusiasts. Garvey is married to Natalie.[4]

Career

Prior to taking up paratriathlon, Garvey was a successful swimmer and wheelchair basketballer.[2] He competed in wheelchair basketball for Australia at 2002 FESPIC Games held Korea.[2] He was a member of the Perth Wheelcats that won five Australian Wheelchair Basketball Championships and has played professional wheelchair basketball in Spain for two years.[2] He has completed Rottnest Channel Swim five times.[2]

At the age of twenty-eight, he decided to try and run for the first time using a prosthetic leg and his first event was the HBF Run for a Reason over 12 km.[3] In 2013, he completed an ironman triathlon consisting of a 3.8 km swim, a 180 km bike ride and a 42.2 km marathon run. He finished in a time of 11:49:20 and became the first Australian above-knee amputee to complete an ironman triathlon.[3]

Garvey is classified as a PT2 paratriathlete. Garvey's first major international event was the 2013 ITU Grand Final in London where he finished sixth.[5] In 2016, he qualified Australia a quota place in the 2016 Rio Paralympics by finishing second at International Triathlon Union event on the Gold Coast, Queensland.[6] In May, 2016, he finished second in the Yokohama ITU World Paratriathlon PT2 Event.[6] In 2016, he is a Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder and coached by Ross Pedlow.[6]

In 2016, he was awarded the Western Australian Institute of Sport Personal Excellence Award for his efforts in setting up and flourishing personal branding business, titled noXcuses.[7]

World Triathlon Grand Final (Championships) Results

Oceania Championships
  • 2014 Sydney - 1st PT2[5]
  • 2015 Sydney - 1st PT2[5]
  • 2016 Devonport - 1st PT2[5]

Paralympics
  • 2016 Rio - 10th PT2[9]

In 2016, Garvey completed the at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games and placed 10th in the Men's PT2 event.[9] Reflecting on his performance, Garvey states "I was in excruciating pain, dropped a few swear words, lucky they (the Brazilian fans) don't speak English as a first language. I didn't think I was going to be able to run but managed to get into a bit of a rhythm and finished my first Paralympic Games."[10]

References
  1. "DEBUTANT PARATRIATHLETES PUT ICING ON THE RIO CAKE". Triathlon Australia website. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. "Brant Garvey". Australian Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. Garvey, Brant (13 May 2015). "When my sister beat cancer I decided I could run with one leg". Western Australian. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  4. "About Brant Garvey". Triathon Australia. Archived from the original on 17 June 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  5. "Brant Garvey". International Triathlon Union website. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  6. "Garvey Wins Silver in Yokohama". Western Australian Institute of Sport News. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  7. "Athlete of the Year". Western Australian Institute of Sport website. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  8. "Golden day for Aussie paratriathletes in Rotterdam". Triathlon Australia website. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  9. "Men's PT2 Schedule & Results". Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  10. Spits, Scott. "Triathlon on debut at Rio Paralympics: Pain, disappointment and a love for the sport". Triathlon on debut at Rio Paralympics: Pain, disappointment and a love for the sport. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
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