1996 Summer Paralympics / Participant (Australia)
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42 | 37 | 27 |
Australia took part in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in the US city of Atlanta with 166 athletes. They fought in 13 of the 17 sports and won medals in 10 of those sports.
Medals
Medal table
Medal table Australia | |||||
space | sport | total | |||
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1 | Cycling | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
2 | Wheelchair basketball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | athletics | 19th | 12 | 12 | 43 |
3 | swim | 16 | 16 | 12 | 44 |
3 | Wheelchair tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Judo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4th | Bowls | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7th | Boccia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
9 | Powerlifting (bench press) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
12 | shoot | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
horse riding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Goalball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wheelchair rugby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 42 | 37 | 27 | 106 |
Participants by sport
Boccia
Women
- Lynette Coleman
- Kris Bignall
- Fiona Given
Men
- John Richardson
- Do chicken
- Scott Elsworth
Bowls
Women
- Pauline Cahill
- June Clark
Men
- Robert Tinker
- John Forsberg
- Neville Millington
Goalball
Women
- Raelene Bocks
- Sarah Kennedy
- Rachel Lahl
- Marilyn Mills
- Jennette Saxberg
- Robyn Stephens
Men
- Robert Crestani
- Kevin Frew
- Colin George
- Gerrard Gosens
- Warren Lawton
- Brett Scarr
Judo
Men
- Anthony Clarke
athletics
Women
- Marsha Green
- Lisa Llorens
- Alison Quinn
- Sharon Rackham
- Louise Sauvage
- Christie Skelton
- Frances Stanley
- Leana Viero
- Katrina Webb
- Jodi Willis-Roberts
- Amy Winters
Men
- Anthony Biddle
- Fabian Blattman
- Damien Burroughs
- Geoffrey Clarke
- Leroi Court
- Mark Davies
- Michael Dowling
- Stephen Eaton
- John Eden
- Donald Elgin
- David Evans
- Neil Fuller
- Terry Giddy
- David Goodman
- Adrian Grogan
- Brian Harvey
- Lachlan Jones
- John Lindsay
- Hamish MacDonald
- Tim Matthews
- Kerrod McGregor
- Paul Nunnari
- Sam Rickard
- Jaime Romaguera
- Russell Short
- Greg Smith
- Bradley Thomas
- Darren Thrupp
- Matthew van Eldik
- Bruce Wallrodt
- Paul Wiggins
Powerlifting (bench press)
Men
- Michael Farrell
- Nicholson Richard
- Willem Bos
- Brian McNicholl
Cycling
Women
- Kerry Golding
- Lyn Lepore
- Teresa Poole
- Sandra Smith
Men
- Paul Clohessy
- Matthew Gray
- Steve Gray
- Eddy Hollands
- Peter Homann
- Paul Lake
- Paul Lamond
- Gregory Madson
- Kieran Modra
- Christopher Scott
horse riding
Women
- Susan Haydon
- Sharon Konemann
- Sue-Ellen Lee
- Margaret Reynolds
- Mandy Waalwyk
Wheelchair basketball
Women
- Julianne Adams
- Amanda Carter
- Paula Ewin
- Melissa Ferrett
- Alison Mosely
- Lisa O'Nion
- Donna philp
- Doona Ritchie
- Amanda Rose
- Sharon Slann
- Liesi Tesch
- Jane Schs (Webb)
Men
- Troy Andrews
- Sandy Blythe
- Orfeo Cecconato
- Benjamin Cox
- Stuart Ewin
- David Gould
- Gerard Hewson
- Timothy Maloney
- Nicholas Morris
- Richard Oliver
- Troy Sachs
- David Selby
Wheelchair rugby
Men
- Brett Boylan
- Garry Croker
- Andrew Greenaway
- Rodney Hamilton
- George Hucks
- David Jacka
- Peter Lock
- Steve Porter
- Bathing Whitehead
Wheelchair tennis
Women
Men
shoot
Women
- Iain Fischer
- Patricia Fischer
- Elizabeth Kosmala (Richards)
Men
- Ashley Adams
- Keith Bremner
- James Nomarhas
- Peter Worsley
swim
Women
- Petrea Barker
- Melissa Carlton
- Priya Cooper
- Tracey Cross
- Gemma Dashwood
- Janelle Falzon
- Alicia Jenkins
- Karni Liddell
- Vicky Do
- Tamara Nowitzki
- Tracey Oliver
- Lesly Page
- Sarah-Jane Schulze
- Carla Sullivan
- Elizabeth Wright
- Judith Young
Men
- Rodney Bonsack
- Scott Brockenshire
- Kingsley Bugarin
- Brendan Burkett
- Dominic Collins
- Paul Cross
- Cameron de Burgh
- Grant Fitzpatrick
- Paul Gockel
- Alex Hadley
- Jeffrey Hardy
- Sean Harris
- Brett Reid
- Alastair Smales
Web links
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