2008 Summer Paralympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia took part in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing , China , with 168 athletes. This means that only five countries sent more athletes to the Paralympics than Australia. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Russell Short. The Australian team's most successful athlete was swimmer Matthew Cowdrey with five gold and three silver medals. In the nation ranking they finished 5th with 23 gold medals, and even fourth with a total of 79 medals won.

Medals

Medal table

Medal table Australia
space	sport				total
1	athletics	10	9	7th	26th
2	swim	9	11	9	29
3	Cycling	3	5	7th	15th
4th	Wheelchair basketball	1	-	1	2
5	sailing	-	1	1	2
6th	Powerlifting (bench press)	-	1	-	1
	Wheelchair rugby	-	1	-	1
	rowing	-	1	-	1
9	horse riding	-	-	2	2
Total		23	29	27	79

Participants by sport

Judo

Men

• Anthony Clarke

athletics

Women

• Angie Ballard *
• Carlee Beattie
• Jenni Bryce
• Gemma Buchholz
• Kelly Cartwright
• Christie Dawes *
• Madison de Rosario *
• Louise Ellery
• Amanda Fraser , 1 × (discus throwing, class F37 / 38)
• Jessica Gallagher
• Courtney Harbeck
• Madelaine Hogan , 1 × (javelin throwing, class F42-46)
• Lisa McIntosh , 2 × (100 meters, 200 meters; Class T37)
• Kirrilee McPherson
• Brydee Moore
• Jemima Moore *
• Katy Parrish
• Kath Proudfoot , 1 × (discus throwing, class F35 / 36)
• Tahlia Rotumah
• Charlotte Saville
• Julie Smith , 1 × (200 meters, class T46)
• Noni Thompson
• Jodi Willis-Roberts , 1 × (shot put, class F12 / 13)
• Christine Wolf , 1 × (long jump, class F42), 1 × (100 meters, class T42)

Men

• Zac Ashkanasy
• Jonathan Bernard
• Damien Bowen
• Aaron Chatman , 1 × (high jump, class F44 / 46) *
• Richard Colman , 1 × (200 meters, class T53), 1 × (400 meters, class T53)
• Roy Daniell
• Rod Farr
• Kurt Fearnley , 1 × (marathon, class T54), 2 × (800 meters, 5000 meters; class T54), 1 × (1500 meters, class T54)
• Dennis Fitzgerald
• Heath Francis , 3 × (100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters; Class T46) *
• Gerrard Gosens
• Greg Hibberd
• Bruce Jones
• Hamish MacDonald
• Wade McMahon
• Christopher Mullins *
• Richard Nicholson
• Evan O'Hanlon , 2 × (100 meters, 200 meters; Class T38)
• Paul Pearce
• Paul Raison , 1 × (shot put, class F44) *
• Michael Roeger
• Brad Scott , 1 × (800 meters, class T37)
• Russell Short
• Ian Speed
• Tim Sullivan *
• Christopher Tagg
• Darren Thrupp *
• Julien Wicks
• Stephen Wilson *

| * Relay race

Women 4 × 100 meters (class T53 / 54) (silver )	Men 4 × 100 meters (class T35-T38) (gold )	Men 4 × 100 meters (class T42-T46) (bronze )
Angie Ballard Christie Dawes Jemima Moore Madison de Rosario	Christopher Mullins Evan O'Hanlon Tim Sullivan Darren Thrupp	Aaron Chatman Heath Francis Paul Raison Stephen Wilson

Powerlifting (bench press)

Women

• Deahnne McIntyre

Men

• Abede Fekadu
• Darren Gardiner , 1 × (class over 100 kg)

Cycling

Women

• Jane Armstrong
• Toireasa Gallagher *
• Lindy Hou *
• Felicity Johnson
• Mel Leckie
• Jayme Paris , 1 × (500 meter track time trial, class LC3-4 / CP3)
• Felicity Johnson *
• Katie Parker *

Men

• Greg Ball , 1 × (1000 meter track time trial, class LC3-4)
• Ben Demery *
• Michael Gallagher , 1 × ( single track track, class LC1), 1 × (single road race, class LC1 / LC2 / CP4)
• Steven George *
• Shaun Hopkins *
• Tyson Lawrence *
• Bryce Lindores *
• Michael Milton
• Kieran Modra *
• Christopher Scott , 1 × ( single track track, class CP4), 1 × (road individual time trial, class CP4), 1 × (1000 meter track time trial , class CP4)

| * Railway competitions for the blind

Women One Pursuit Class B&VI 1-3	Women's 1000 meter time trial class B&VI 1-3	Men Sprint Class B&VI 1-3	Men One Pursuit Class B&VI 1-3	Men's 1000 meter time trial class B&VI
Toireasa Gallagher Lindy Hou	Felicity Johnson Katie Parker Toireasa Gallagher Lindy Hou	Ben Demery Shaun Hopkins	Tyson Lawrence Kieran Modra Steven George Bryce Lindores	Ben Demery Shaun Hopkins Tyson Lawrence Kieran Modra

horse riding

Women

• Grace Bowman
• Georgia Bruce , 2 × (Individual Championship, Individual Freestyle; Grade IV)
• Sharon Jarvis
• Nicole Kullen
• Jan Pike

Wheelchair basketball

Women (bronze )	Men (gold )
Clare Burzynski Shelley Chaplin Cobi Crispin Melanie Domaschenz Kylie Gauci Melanie Hall Katie Hill Bridie Kean Tina McKenzie Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy Sarah Stewart Liesl Tesch (C)	Dylan Alcott Brendan Dowler Justin Eveson Michael Hartnett Adrian King Tristan Knowles Grant Mizens Brad Ness (C) Shaun Norris Troy Sachs Tige Simmons Brett Stibners

(C) Captain of the crew

Wheelchair rugby

Mixed (silver )
Bryce Alman Ryley Batt Grant Boxall Shane Brand Cameron Carr Nazim Erdem George Hucks Steve Porter (C) Ryan Scott Greg Smith Scott Vitale

(C) Captain of the crew

Wheelchair tennis

Women

• Daniela Di Toro

Men

• Michael Dobbie
• Ben Weekes

rowing

Women

• Kathryn Ross

Men

• John Maclean
• Dominic Monypenny

Two mixed (silver )
Kathryn Ross John Maclean

shoot

Women

• Libby Kosmala

Men

• Ashley Adams
• Sebastian Hume
• Jason Maroney

swim

Women

• Sarah Bowen , 1 × (100 meters chest, class SB6)
• Ellie Cole , 1 × (100 meters butterfly, class S9), 2 × (100 meters back, 400 meters freestyle; class S9)
• Amanda Drennan
• Jacqueline Freney , 3 × (50 meters, 100 meters, 400 meters freestyle; class S8)
• Samantha Gandolfo
• Marayke Jonkers , 1 × (150 meter medley , class SM4)
• Katrina Lewis , 1 × (50 meters freestyle, class S10)
• Sian Lucas
• Hannah MacDougall
• Tarryn McGaw
• Rhiannon Oliver
• Esther Overton
• Katrina Porter , 1 × (100 meters back, class S7)
• Shelley Rogers
• Sarah Rose
• Teigan van Roosmalen
• Prue Watt
• Annabelle Williams , 1 × (100 meter butterfly, class S9)

Men

• Michael Anderson , 1 × (100 meters back, class S10)
• Ben austin *
• Daniel Bell
• Sam Bramham *
• Blake Cochrane , 1 × (100 meters chest, class SB7)
• Matthew Cowdrey , 4 × (5 meters + 100 meters freestyle, 100 meters back, class S9; 200 meters medley, class SM9), 2 × (100 meters butterfly, 400 meters freestyle; class S9) *
• Jay DOHN , 1 × (400 meters freestyle, class S7)
• Alex Hadley
• Brenden Hall
• Peter Leek , 2 × (100 meters butterfly, class S8; 200 meters medley, class SM8), 3 × (100 meters back, 50 meters + 400 meters freestyle; class S8), 1 × (100 meters freestyle, class S8) *
• Matt Levy
• Jeremy McClure
• Ricardo Moffatti
• Stephen Osborne
• Andrew Pasterfield
• Rick Pendleton , 1 × (200 meter medley, class SM10) *
• Jeremy Tidy

| * Relay race

Men 4 × 100 meters freestyle class 34 points (silver )	Men 4 × 100 meter medley class 34 points (gold )
Ben Austin Sam Bramham Matthew Cowdrey Peter Leek	Ben Austin Matthew Cowdrey Peter Leek Rick Pendleton

sailing

Women

• Rachael Cox

Men

• Russell Boaden
• Daniel Fitzgibbon
• Colin Harrison
• Aaron Hill
• Graeme Martin

Double keelboat (skud) (silver )	Triple Keelboat (Sonar) (Bronze )
Rachael Cox Daniel Fitzgibbon	Russell Boaden Colin Harrison Graeme Martin

Table tennis

Women

• Rebecca Julian
• Sarah Lazzaro

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Summer Paralympic Participant List ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Query at paralympic.org (as of September 28, 2008)
2. ↑ Paralympic.org, September 28, 2008, list of standard bearers ( memento of March 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )