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The Australian Paralympic Swim Team has competed at every Summer Paralympics, which started with the 1960 Summer Paralympic Games. [1]Matthew Cowdrey at the 2012 London Games replaced Priya Cooper as Australia's most successful Paralympic swimmer, with a tally of 13 gold medals over three Paralympic Games (2004, 2008 and 2012).
Represented other Paralympic nations – Ma Lin, Lei Li Na, Yang Qian (All represented China in table tennis), Vanessa Low (represented Germany in athletics) [28] Seventeen Australian team athletes won multiple medals. [30] Lauren Parker won a gold medal in two distinct sports - triathlon and cycling.
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay swim team achieved Australia's 1000th Summer Paralympic Games medal (Australia's 41st of the Games). Jacqueline Freney was the most successful athlete from any nation, winning eight gold medals from eight events while her swimming teammate Matthew Cowdrey became the most successful Australian Paralympian of all ...
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]
The 2024 Australian Swimming Trials was a sports event that is being held from 10 to 15 June 2024 at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre to determine Australia's swimming team to the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2024 Paralympics.
Alexa Leary (born 18 August 2001) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships . She won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics ..
Timothy Hodge (born 31 January 2001) [1] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He has represented Australia at the 2016 , 2020 , and 2024 Summer Paralympics , where he won two gold, three silver and one bronze medals.
He was a member of the Australian team competing at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. [10] At the 2011 Para Pan Pacific Championships, he earned seven medals. [5] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming. [9] [11] He did not medal at the 2012 Games. [3]