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Ched Towns was born on 16 February, 1951 in Australian, is an Australian Paralympic athlete, triathlete and adventurer. Discover Ched Towns's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

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Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 16 February 1951
Birthday 16 February
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Nationality Australia

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2000

Towns had long gdreamed of climbing Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain. In 1999, with the assistance of two mountaineers he climbed Aoraki / Mount Cook and Fox Glacier, in preparation for climbing the Mera Peak, Nepal, which was to prepare him to summit Everest. On 20 January 2000, he died of a suspected heart attack while climbing Mera Peak, assisted by Michael Groom.

1993

In 1993, he was part of the Blind Leading the Blind expedition,along with fellow vision-impaired Paralympian Russell Short and able-bodied athletes Stuart Andrews and Brian Lang. They kayaked across the Torres Strait, from Cape York to Daru, Papua New Guinea, then walked the Kokoda Track. The journey is told through the 1995 documentary The Blind Leading The Blind and the 2004 book Blind leading the blind: a journey of vision across the Torres Strait and Kokoda track. Towns named his labrador guide dog Kokoda in honour of the expedition.

1992

In 1992, it was reported that he successfully completed the world's first free-fall for a visually impaired person. He rode across the Simpson Desert with his son Kane on a mountain bike for the Paralympic Appeal.

1982

Towns played rugby league for the Penrith Panthers Jersey Flegg Cup team until deteriorating eyesight forced him to leave the sport. He then took up triathlon and in 1982 competed in the Nepean Triathlon with wife Judy on the front of a tandem bike. Towns competed in more than 200 triathlons including eight Ironman events. In 1991, he became the first Australian triathlete with a physical disability to compete in the Hawaiian Ironman. He developed a system whereby his wife, Judy, would swim alongside him and then he would ride a tandem bicycle. His children Kane and Carlee would also guide him in triathlons. He ran in the City2Surf (Sydney) several times.

1962

He took up the javelin under the guidance of Alf Mitchell, who won the men's javelin at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.At the 1988 Seoul Paralympics, he finished fifth in the Men's Javelin B2.

1951

Ched Towns (16 February 1951 – 20 January 2000) was a vision-impaired Australian Paralympic athlete, triathlete and adventurer.

Towns was born on 16 February 1951 in the Sydney suburb of Penrith. He was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at the age of nineteen and by twenty two suffered night blindness. He married Judy and they had two children – Kane and Carlee. His daughter was also diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa.