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Australia's most successful Winter Paralympic Games remain the 1994 Winter Paralympic Games, when five athletes took the podium on 9 different occasions. [30] Australian men's wheelchair basketballer Troy Sachs as he passes the ball in the gold medal game against Great Britain at the 1996 Paralympic Games
South Australia [9] Jayme Paris: 0 0 2 Cycling 2008, 2012: New South Wales [9] Katie Parker: 0 1 0 Cycling 2008 [9] Sarnya Parker: 2 0 0 Cycling 2000: South Australia [9] Craig Parsons: 0 1 0 Wheelchair Rugby 2000: Western Australia [9] Nigel Parsons: 2 0 0 Athletic 1988 [9] Wayne Patchett: 4 1 0 Athletics 1976, 1980 [9] Siobhan Paton: 6 ...
In 2006, Australia sent its first female Winter Paralympian, Emily Jansen, a below-knee amputee alpine skier. [16] James Millar, who was born without his right forearm, [17] competed in the cross-country and the biathlon, [17] becoming the first Australian to compete in an event outside alpine skiing.
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 .
Australia won 10 gold, 9 silver and 7 bronze medals. Australian athletes set six world records, a further three Paralympic records and 16 Australian records during the Games. Heath Francis and Evan O'Hanlon won three gold medals. [2] [10] Detailed Australian Results
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)
For other sports, please use an appropriate subcategory of Category:Paralympic competitors for Australia. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Australian athletes . It includes Australian athletes that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Sauvage was the Australian Paralympian of the Year in 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998. [22] She was also the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Athlete of the year in 1997 and in 2001 inducted into the AIS 'Best of the Best'. [31] In 1998, she won the Australian of the Year Award in the ABIGGRIUOP National Sports Award category. [22]