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Australia was ranked 2nd in the final medal table with 106 overall medals; 42 gold; 37 silver; 27 bronze. This success has been attributed to the introduction of the Australian Paralympic Committee's Paralympic Preparation Program. [31] Australia's team was half that of the host nation who lead the final medal table. [31]
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 .
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 ...
South Australia [9] Peter Marsh: 0 0 2 Athletics 1976: Queensland [9] Graeme Martin: 1 0 1 Sailing 2000, 2008: Western Australia [9] John Martin: 0 1 0 Archery 1964 [9] Terry Mason: 0 0 2 Athletics, Weightlifting 1972, 1976 [9] Bill Mather-Brown: 0 2 0 Table tennis 1960, 1968 [9] Tim Matthews: 3 0 2 Athletics 1996, 2000 [9] Marty Mayberry: 0 1 ...
Australia entered 12 athletes for the Paralympic games. Six of them qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, through the 2023 Oceanian Championships in Honiara , Solomon Islands; [ 22 ] meanwhile the other athletes qualified through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.
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.
Jonathon Milne won Australia's first medal in archery since 1968. [4] Curtis McGrath and Katie Kelly became Australia's first gold medallists in paracanoe and paratriathlon respectively. [4] Dylan Alcott became only the fifth Australian Paralympian to win gold medals in two sports by winning two gold medals in wheelchair tennis. He previously ...