Chris Nunn was the head coach of the Australian athletics team at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

1996 Summer Paralympics

The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, USA were held from 16 August to 25 August. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million....

 and the 2000 Summer Paralympics

2000 Summer Paralympics

The 2000 Paralympic Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from 18 October to 29 October. The eleventh Summer Paralympic Games, an estimated 3800 athletes took part in the Sydney programme. They commenced with the opening ceremony on 18 October 2000...

, where the teams won numerous medals. Prior to coaching, he was an athletics competitor representing Australia on the international stage, including an appearance in the decathlon at the Brisbane 1982 Commonwealth Games

1982 Commonwealth Games

The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September–9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium , in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the venue which was used for the athletics and archery competitions during the...

. Following the Commonwealth Games, he left sport behind until 1991, when he became the coach of the Australian Institute of Sport

Australian Institute of Sport

The Australian Institute of Sport is a sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services. The Institute's headquarters is situated in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The 66.0 hectare site campus is in the northern suburb of Bruce, but some of the...

’s Athletes with a Disability program. He has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, named the Australian Paralympic Committee Coach of the Year in 1998, and earned the Confederation of Australian Sport Dawn Fraser Award. In athletics administration, he was the Chairman of the Athletics Committee of the International Sports Organisation for the Disabled from 1994 to 1996. In 2008 and 2009, he was the Australian Paralympic Committee

Australian Paralympic Committee

The Australian Paralympic Committee is the National Paralympic Committee in Australia for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the means by which Australia participates at the Summer Paralympics and the Winter Paralympics.-History:...

's Group Manager for High Performance.