Action shot of Nunnari during the 800:m heat at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Paul Nunnari (born 6 February 1973 in Auburn, New South Wales) is a Paralympic athletics compe*or from New South Wales, Australia. He was hit by a car at the age of 11 and is a wheelchair user. He has competed in wheelchair athletics events in three Paralympic Games - 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 4 × 100 m relay T54 event. In 1993-1994, he was an Australian Ins*ute of Sport Athlete with a Disability scholarship holder.

He has been a strong advocate for disability services and sport. In 2006, he raised the issue of Virgin Airlines making carers pay for accompanying wheelchair p*engers. He established the Bob Jane T-Mart Paul Nunnari Wheelchair Push to raise awareness of cancer. He is community development officer with Macarthur Disability Services.

In 2010, he unsuccessfully stood in the Australian Labor Party preselection for the Federal Seat of Macarthur.

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

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