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Rowing was added to the Paralympic program with the Australian doubles crew winning silver. [37] Timothy Sullivan became Australia's leading gold medallist in Paralympic History, winning 10 gold medals. [19] Australian Skier Jessica Gallagher (right) and guide Christian Geiger (left), 2014 Australian Paralympic Team Athlete.
Record Athlete Nationality Date Games Place Ref. T11-13 3:28.65 Carlos Lopes José Alves Jose Gameiro Gabriel Potra Portugal 24 October 2000 XI Sydney, Australia [43] T35-38 3:38.92 Abbes Saidi Mohamed Charmi Fares Hamdi Farhat Chida Tunisia 27 September 2004 XII: Athens, Greece [43] T42-47 3:27.00 Danny Andrews Raphew Reed Jr Ryan Fann Brian ...
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
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 ...
2011 – APC established Australian Paralympic Hall of Fame. [41] 2011 – APC engaged the University of Queensland and the University of Canberra to write the History of the Paralympic Movement in Australia. This project is part of a larger project within the APC, to capture and archive valuable historical records of Australians at the ...
0–9. Australia at the 1960 Summer Paralympics; Australia at the 1964 Summer Paralympics; Australia at the 1968 Summer Paralympics; Australia at the 1972 Summer 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)
Below is a list of current Australian records in athletics as ratified by the national governing body, Athletics Australia.There are two types of Australian records. An Australian record is the best time recorded anywhere in the world by an athlete or team holding Australian citizenship whilst an Australian All Comers record is the best time recorded in Australia by an athlete or team.