Peter Kirby (athlete)

Peter Kirby

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	1964/1965
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Men’s 4×100 m Relay A4–9 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Men's 4 x 400 m Relay A4–9 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Men’s 100 m A6 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Men’s 400 m A6 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Men’s Long jump A6

Peter Kirby (born 1964/1965) is an Australian Paralympic arm amputee athlete.

He lost his right hand and forearm when he touched fallen high voltage power lines at Eden sportsground. Before the accident, he was a top athlete at high school. At the age of 19, he competed at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics in five athletics events and won five medals – a gold medal in the Men’s 4×100 m Relay A4–9 event, a silver medal in the Men's 4 x 400 m Relay A4–9 event, and three bronze medals in the Men’s 100 m A6, Men’s 400 m A6 and Men’s Long jump A6 events. He was the first indigenous Australian Paralympian to win a gold medal.