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Athletics events have been held at every Paralympic Games. At the end of the Beijing Games, athletics was Australia's most successful medal sport.Since 2001, Athletics Australia has the responsibility of preparing the Australian athletics team for the Paralympic Games. .
Paralympics Australia (PA) previously called the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) (1998–2019) [1] is the National Paralympic Committee in Australia for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the preparation and management of Australian teams that participate at the Summer Paralympics and the Winter Paralympics .
The ID Australian men's swimming team was totally dominant in Madrid, with Joseph Walker being the undoubted star winning nine gold medals (five individual, four relay) from all events that him competed and setting two world records. [20] Australian Paralympian Michael Milton at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer
List of Australian Paralympians that have competed in multiple sports at the Summer or Winter Paralympic Games. Several athletes have competed at both the Winter and Summer Paralympics. Five athletes have won gold medals in more than one sport: Daphne Ceeney - Swimming (1960) and Table tennis (1964)
In 1993, Michael Milton was the first Winter Paralympian to receive a scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). [23] In 2001, the AIS and Australian Paralympic Committee formally established a skiing program for athletes with a disability. [24] All Australian Winter Paralympic Games medals have been won by AIS scholarship ...
Australia secured seven quota places in all of the individual event, and two quotas in mixed team event, by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic; and at the 2024 Africa–Oceania Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [10]
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 ...
The 2021/22 Australian Government budget provided $3.5 million due to increased operational costs for the Australian Paralympic Team's participation in the Tokyo Paralympic Games due to the impact of COVID-19. [7] Sport Australia also provides funding to national sports organisations to support their Paralympic athletes.