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Australia's first ever gold medal at an Olympic or Paralympic Winter Games was won by Michael Milton when he won the LW2 Slalom event. [20] There are no accurate results for the Australian Paralympic team performances at Winter Games previous to 1992; however, it is known that no-one medalled for Australia until the 1992 Paralympics. [29]
Australia finished at the top of the medal tally with 63 gold, 39 silver and 47 bronze medals to total 149 medals for the games. This was the first time and the only time to date that Australia has finished on top of either an Olympic or Paralympic medal tally. [2]
James Turner, Vanessa Low and Curtis McGrath went on to win gold medals at three successive Paralympic Games. Australia won medals in nine sports: boccia, athletics, canoe, cycling, rowing, swimming, table tennis, triathlon and wheelchair rugby. [30]
This medal table also includes medals won at the 1992 Summer Paralympics for Intellectually Disabled, held in Madrid, which also organized by the International Coordination Committee (ICC) and same Organizing Committee (COOB'92) that directed the 1992 Summer Paralympics held in Barcelona, however the results are not included in the ...
Men's wheelchair basketball 1996 [9] Alison Mosely: 0 2 0 Wheelchair basketball 2000, 2004 [9] Christopher Mullins: 1 0 0 Athletics 2008 [9] David Munk: 0 0 2 Alpine Skiing 1992, 1994 [9] Kevin Munro: 1 1 0 Athletics 1968: South Australia [9] Brad Ness: 1 2 0 Wheelchair Basketball 2004, 2008, 2012: Western Australia [9] Andrew Newell: 0 0 2 ...
It sent its largest away team - 179 athletes to a Summer Paralympics. Australia finished eighth on the gold medal table and sixth on the total medals table. In May 2017, Paralympics Australia announced Kate McLoughlin as the Chef de Mission, McLoughlin held the position at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. [2]
1998 – The Australian Paralympic Federation changed its name to the Australian Paralympic Committee. A new logo was created. [32] 2000 – Sydney hosted the 11th Summer Paralympics, the first Games held outside the Northern Hemisphere. Australia finished first on the medal tally winning 149 medals – 63 gold, 39 silver and 47 bronze medals.
Australian swimmer Amanda Fraser competes in the S7 200IM at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. She went on to win two bronze medals. The medal table of the 2000 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the competition.