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The 2000 Sydney Summer Paralympic Games are Australia's most successful Paralympic games to date. In the final medal tally, Australia was ranked first with 149 overall medals; 63 gold, 39 silver, and 47 bronze medals. [6] [20] Australia was represented by their largest team ever. The success of the team combined with extensive media coverage ...
Michael John Milton, OAM [1] (born 21 March 1973) is an Australian Paralympic skier, Paralympic cyclist and paratriathlete [2] with one leg. With 6 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals he is the most successful Australian Paralympic athlete in the Winter Games. In 2024, Milton was elevated to Legend of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
Athletics was Australia's most successful sport at the Games winning 53 medals – 14 gold, 19 silver and 20 bronze medals. 13 athletes won gold medals. Rodney Nugent won 4 gold. Four athletes came home with two gold medals – Adrian Lowe, Nigel Parsons, Russell Short and Bruce Wallrodt. [2] [3]
[2] [4] She was the most successful athlete at the games, [5] the first Australian woman to win a gold medal at a Paralympic athletics competition, and one of Australia's first high-profile Paralympic competitors.
South Australia [9] Jayme Paris: 0 0 2 Cycling 2008, 2012: New South Wales [9] Katie Parker: 0 1 0 Cycling 2008 [9] Sarnya Parker: 2 0 0 Cycling 2000: South Australia [9] Craig Parsons: 0 1 0 Wheelchair Rugby 2000: Western Australia [9] Nigel Parsons: 2 0 0 Athletic 1988 [9] Wayne Patchett: 4 1 0 Athletics 1976, 1980 [9] Siobhan Paton: 6 ...
Stiefsohn was killed on 3 August when his glider broke a wing and crashed during practice. [17] Ross Milne (19), Australia – Downhill skiing – 1964, Innsbruck. Milne died in a ski collision with a tree in practice at Innsbruck four days before the opening of the Games. [18] Kazimierz Kay-Skrzypecki (58), Britain – Luge – 1964, Innsbruck ...
Bruce Wallrodt, OAM [1] (26 September 1951 – 2 July 2019) was an Australian Paralympic athlete. He competed at five Paralympic Games and won nine medals, four of them gold. He competed at five Paralympic Games and won nine medals, four of them gold.
Cowdrey competed at the 2004 Paralympic Games, 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2008 Paralympic Games, 2010 Commonwealth Games, and the 2012 Paralympic Games. After the 2012 London Games, he is the most successful Australian Paralympian, having won thirteen Paralympic gold medals and twenty three Paralympic medals in total.