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Vic Renalson's results at the 1968 Paralympic Games were one of the most successful from Australia's team. Renalson won a gold medal in Men's club throw A, men's discuss A, heavyweight weightlifting, a silver medal in Men's javelin A and a bronze medal in Men's shot put A, winning a medal in every event he competed in. [ 1 ]
Tony South receives his gold medal for the archery Albion Round in Tel-Aviv at the 1968 Summer Paralympics from the founder of the Paralympic movement, Ludwig Guttmann. In Paralympic sport, Australia has been most successful in Athletics.
The 1968 Summer Paralympics (Hebrew: המשחקים הפאראלימפיים בקיץ 1968) were the third Paralympic Games to be held. Organised under the guidance of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF), they were known as the 17th International Stoke Mandeville Games at the time. [ 2 ]
Daphne Jean Hilton (née Ceeney; 7 January 1934 – 25 July 2016) was an Australian Paralympic competitor. She was the first Australian woman to compete at the Paralympic Games. [1] She won fourteen medals in three Paralympics in archery, athletics, fencing, swimming, and table tennis from 1960 to 1968.
1968: South Australia [9] Brad Ness: 1 2 0 Wheelchair Basketball 2004, 2008, 2012: Western Australia [9] Andrew Newell: 0 0 2 Athletics 2000: New South Wales [9] Richard Nicholson: 0 2 1 Powerlifting 2000, 2004, 2012 [9] Lynette Nixon: 1 1 1 Cycling 2000 [9] James Nomarhas: 0 1 0 Shooting 1996: New South Wales [9] Shaun Norris: 1 2 0 Wheelchair ...
At the 1968 Tel Aviv Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Columbia Round open archery event, with a world record score of 618, [1] and a silver medal in the Mixed Pairs open dartchery event. [2] He also competed but did not win a medal in the Men's Doubles B table tennis event. [ 2 ]
At the 1980 Arnhem Games, he participated in the Men's 100 m 4- event and in the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team. [1] [8] In June 2013, Munro joined other South Australian members of the 1968 Australian Paralympics Team to relive memories as part of the Australian Paralympic Committee history project. [9]
Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of 70 events, 35 for men and 35 for women. Participating nations. Argentina (18) Australia (22) ...