Australia at the Paralympics

Australia at the Paralympic Games
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Paralympic history
Summer Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Australia has sent delegations to the Summer Paralympics since the first games in 1960, and to the Winter Paralympics since 1980.

The Paralympic Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with physical and sensorial disabilities. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years, following the Olympic Games, and are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Summer Games

      Host country (Australia)

Medal Table

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank	Competitors	Officials	Flag Bearer Opening	Flag Bearer Closing
1960 Rome	3	6	1	10	7
1964 Tokyo	12	11	7	30	4	15	9
1968 Tel-Aviv	15	16	7	38	4	32	18
1972 Heidelberg	6	9	10	25	11
1976 Toronto	16	18	8	42	11
1980 Arnhem	12	21	22	55	14
1984 Stoke Mandeville	49	54	50	153	8
1988 Seoul	23	34	38	95	10	179	47	Paul Croft	Rodney Nugent
1992 Barcelona	24	27	25	76	7	134		Terry Giddy	Priya Cooper
1996 Atlanta	42	37	27	106	2	166		Elizabeth Kosmala	Priya Cooper
2000 Sydney	63	39	47	149	1	285	148	Brendan Burkett	Neil Fuller
2004 Athens	26	39	36	101	5	151		Louise Sauvage	Matthew Cowdrey
2008 Beijing	23	29	27	79	5	167	122	Russell Short	Matthew Cowdrey
2012 London	32	23	30	85	5	161		Greg Smith	Evan O'Hanlon
Total	346	363	335	1044

Medals by Sport 1960-2012

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	150	148	144	443
Swimming	119	140	132	381
Cycling	34	24	26	84
Shooting	15	7	3	24
Lawn bowls	8	7	6	16
Archery	3	9	3	15
Weightlifting	3	3	4	10
Wheelchair tennis	1	4	3	8
Equestrian	3	1	5	9
Table tennis	2	2	3	7
Powerlifting	1	5	1	7
Wheelchair basketball	2	5	1	7
Sailing	2	1	1	4
Wheelchair rugby	1	2	0	3
Wheelchair fencing	0	1	1	2
Dartchery	1	1	0	2
Snooker	0	1	1	2
Judo	1	0	0	1
Rowing	0	2	0	2
Boccia	0	0	1	1
Total	346	363	335	1044

Leading Australian Summer Paralympians 1960-2012

Updated during 2012 Games

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Matthew Cowdrey	13	7	3	23
Timothy Sullivan	10	0	0	10
Louise Sauvage	9	4	0	13
Priya Cooper	9	3	4	16
Libby Kosmala	9	3	0	12
Jacqueline Freney	8	0	3	11
Neil Fuller	6	6	3	15
Heath Francis	6	4	3	13
Tracey Freeman	6	4	0	10
Russell Short	6	2	3	11
Darren Thrupp	6	0	3	9
Siobhan Paton	6	0	0	6
Kingsley Bugarin	5	8	6	19

Winter Games

Medal Table

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank	Competitors	Officials	Flag Bearer Opening	Flag Bearer Closing
1980 Geilo	0	0	0	0	-	2
1984 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	-	3
1988 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	-	5
1992 Tignes-Albertville	1	1	2	4	12	5
1994 Lillehammer	3	2	4	9	9	6
1998 Nagano	1	0	1	2	16	4		James Patterson
2002 Salt Lake City	6	1	0	7	8	7		Michael Milton	Bart Bunting
2006 Turin	0	1	1	2	13	10		Michael Milton	Toby Kane
2010 Vancouver	0	1	3	4	16	12		Toby Kane	Cameron Rahles-Rahbula
2014 Sochi	0	0	2	2	19	9		Cameron Rahles-Rahbula	Ben Tudhope
Total	11	6	13	30

Australian Winter Paralympic Medalists 1976-2014

Updated after 2014 Games

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Michael Milton	6	3	2	11
James Patterson	1	1	2	4
Bart Bunting/Nathan Chivers (Guide)	2	1	0	3
Michael Norton	2	0	1	3
David Munk	0	0	2	2
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula	0	0	2	2
Marty Mayberry	0	1	0	1
Toby Kane	0	0	2	2
Jessica Gallagher	0	0	2	2

Interesting Facts

First Gold Medallists

• Ross Sutton won Australia's first gold medal at the Summer Paralympics in winning the Men's St Nicholas Round open archery at the 1960 Summer Paralympics.
• Daphne Ceeney was Australia's first female gold medallist at the Summer Paralympics. She won two gold medals in swimming events at the 1960 Summer Paralympics.
• Michael Milton became Australia's first Winter Paralympics gold medallist in winning at the Men's Slalom LW2 at the 1992 Winter Paralympics.

Dual Summer / Winter Paralympians

At the end of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the following Australian athletes have attended both Summer and Winter Games.

• Kyrra Grunnsund - Winter 1980-1992 (skiing) ; Summer 1992 (athletics)
• Anthony Bonaccurso - Winter 1998 (skiing) ; Summer 2004 (tennis)
• Michael Milton - Winter 1988-2006 (skiing) ; Summer 2008 (cycling)
• Jessica Gallagher - Winter 2010-2014 (skiing) ; Summer 2012 (athletics)

See also

• Australia at the Summer Paralympics
• Australia at the Winter Paralympics
• Australia at the Olympics