Paralympic history of Australia

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The Paralympic history of Australia began in 1960 with the participation in the Summer Paralympics in the Italian capital Rome .

At that time, one athlete and eleven athletes started and won a total of ten medals, three gold, six silver and one bronze medal. Since then, the Australian team has taken part in all Summer Paralympics and, since 1980, in all Winter Paralympics .

Medals

372	393	355

So far, Australian athletes have won 1,120 medals at the Paralympics, including 372 gold, 393 silver and 355 bronze medals.

• See also Summer Paralympic Medal Tally
• See also Winter Paralympic Medal Tally

Participation in summer Paralympics

Overview

The Australian Team ( 1960 )

The Australian Swim Team ( 1996 )

The Australian team ( 2008 )

The Australian sailing team ( 2016 )

year	State, place	Flag bearer			total				total
1960	Italy , Rome		1	11	12	3	6th	1	10
1964	Japan , Tokyo		4th	11	15th	12	11	7th	30th
1968	Israel , Tel Aviv		9	23	32	15th	16	7th	38
1972	Germany , Heidelberg				30th	6th	9	10	25th
1976	Canada , Toronto		10	34	44	16	18th	8th	42
1980	Netherlands , Arnhem					12	21st	22nd	55
1984	United States , New York City and United Kingdom , Stoke Mandeville				109	49	54	51	154
1988	South Korea , Seoul	E: Paul Croft A: Rodney Nugent			179	23	34	38	95
1992	Spain , Barcelona	E: Terry Giddy A: Priya Cooper			134	24	27	25th	76
1996	United States , Atlanta	E: Libby Kosmala A: Priya Cooper			166	42	37	27	106
2000	Australia , Sydney	E: Brendan Burkett A: Neil Fuller			285	63	39	47	149
2004	Greece , Athens	E: Louise Sauvage A: Matthew Cowdrey	60	91	151	26th	39	36	101
2008	People's Republic of China , Beijing	E: Russell Short A: Matthew Cowdrey	72	95	167	23	29	27	79
2012	United Kingdom , London	E: Gregory Stephen Smith A: Evan O'Hanlon	71	90	161	32	23	30th	85
2016	Brazil , Rio de Janeiro	E: Brad Ness A: Curtis McGrath	73	103	176	22nd	30th	29	81

Discipline overview

The Australians are particularly successful at the summer games in athletics , swimming and cycling .

sport				Total
Boccia	0	0	1	1
Archery	3	9	4th	16
darts	1	1	0	2
Weightlifting	4th	8th	5	17th
Judo	1	0	0	1
canoe	1	1	1	3
athletics	153	157	158	468
To go biking	37	34	29	100
Lawn cones	8th	7th	6th	21st
horse riding	3	1	5	9
Wheelchair basketball	2	5	1	8th
Wheelchair fencing	0	1	1	2
Wheelchair rugby	2	2	0	4th
Wheelchair tennis	3	4th	3	10
rowing	0	3	0	3
shoot	15th	7th	3	25th
swim	128	150	142	420
sailing	4th	2	1	7th
snooker	0	1	1	2
Table tennis	2	3	3	8th
Triathlon	1	0	0	1

Most successful participant

The most successful participants in the Summer Games are swimmers Matthew Cowdrey (13 × , 5 × and 3 × ) and Priya Cooper (9/3/4) as well as Libby Kosmala (swimming, shooting; 9/3/1) and Jacqueline Freney (swimming; 8/0/3).

Participation in winter Paralympics

Overview

The Australian Team ( 1984 )

The Australian Team ( 1992 )

year	State, place	Flag bearer			total				total
1980	Norway , Geilo			2	2	0	0	0	0
1984	Austria , Innsbruck			4th	4th	0	0	0	0
1988	Austria , Innsbruck			5	5	0	0	0	0
1992	France , Albertville			6th	6th	1	1	2	4th
1994	Norway , Lillehammer			6th	6th	3	2	4th	9
1998	Japan , Nagano	E: James Lawrence Paterson		6th	6th	1	0	1	2
2002	United States , Salt Lake City	E: Michael Milton A: Bart Bunting		6th	6th	6th	1	0	7th
2006	Italy , Turin	E: Michael Milton A: Toby Kane	1	9	10	0	1	1	2
2010	Canada , Vancouver	E: Toby Kane A: Cameron Rahles-Rahbula	2	9	11	0	1	3	4th
2014	Russia , Sochi	E: Cameron Rahles-Rahbula A: Ben Tudhope	3	8th	11	0	0	2	2

Discipline overview

sport				Total
Alpine skiing	11	6th	13	30th

Most successful participant

The most successful participants are Michael Milton (7 × , 3 × and 2 × ) as well as Bart Bunting and Nathan Chivers (2/1/0).

Web links

Commons : Australia at the Paralympics  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Australian Paralympic Committee (English)
• Official website of the International Paralympic Committee

Individual evidence

1. ^ Australia at the Paralympic Games. IPC, accessed December 2, 2016 .