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In the final medal tally, Australia was ranked first with 149 overall medals; 63 gold, 39 silver, and 47 bronze medals. [6] [20] Australia was represented by their largest team ever. The success of the team combined with extensive media coverage went a long way to changing public attitudes towards Paralympic athletes and understanding them as ...
The Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team is the men's wheelchair basketball side that represents Australia in international competitions. The team is known as the Rollers. Australia took the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games and 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games.
Paralympics Australia: Website: www.paralympic.org.au: in Paris, France August 28, 2024 () – September 8, 2024 () Competitors: 159 (89 men and 70 women) in 17 sports: Flag bearers (opening) Madison de Rozario Brenden Hall: Flag bearers (closing) Lauren Parker James Turner: Medals Ranked 9th: Gold 18 Silver 17 Bronze 28 Total 63
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Wheelchair Basketball 1996 [9] Daphne Ceeney: 3 5 6 Archery, Athletics, Swimming, Table Tennis, Wheelchair Fencing 1960, 1964 [9] Allan Chadwick: 1 0 0 Shooting 1984 [9] Lisa Chaffey: 0 1 0 Wheelchair Basketball 2004 [9] Malcom Chalmers: 1 1 2 Swimming 1984 [9] Shelley Chaplin: 0 2 1 Wheelchair Basketball 2004, 2008, 2012 [9] Aaron Chatman: 0 1 ...
Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.. Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) for men and women and the respective intercontinental championships.
This medal table also includes the medals won at the 1992 Summer Paralympics for Intellectually Disabled, held in Madrid, who also organized by then International Coordenation Committee (ICC) and same Organizing Committee (COOB'92) who made the gestion of the 1992 Summer Paralympics held in Barcelona and also part of same event.
Athletics was Australia's most successful sport at the Games winning 53 medals – 14 gold, 19 silver and 20 bronze medals. 13 athletes won gold medals. Rodney Nugent won 4 gold. Four athletes came home with two gold medals – Adrian Lowe, Nigel Parsons, Russell Short and Bruce Wallrodt.