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The Australian Paralympic Swim Team has competed at every Summer Paralympics, which started with the 1960 Summer Paralympic Games. [1]Matthew Cowdrey at the 2012 London Games replaced Priya Cooper as Australia's most successful Paralympic swimmer, with a tally of 13 gold medals over three Paralympic Games (2004, 2008 and 2012).
Australia entered 12 athletes for the Paralympic games. Six of them qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, through the 2023 Oceanian Championships in Honiara , Solomon Islands; [ 22 ] meanwhile the other athletes qualified through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay swim team achieved Australia's 1000th Summer Paralympic Games medal (Australia's 41st of the Games). Jacqueline Freney was the most successful athlete from any nation, winning eight gold medals from eight events while her swimming teammate Matthew Cowdrey became the most successful Australian Paralympian of all ...
The 2024 Australian Swimming Trials was a sports event that is being held from 10 to 15 June 2024 at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre to determine Australia's swimming team to the 2024 Summer Olympics and 2024 Paralympics.
The 2021/22 Australian Government budget provided $3.5 million due to increased operational costs for the Australian Paralympic Team's participation in the Tokyo Paralympic Games due to the impact of COVID-19. [7]
Timothy Hodge (born 31 January 2001) [1] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. He has represented Australia at the 2016 , 2020 , and 2024 Summer Paralympics , where he won two gold, three silver and one bronze medals.
Australian swimmers won 35 medals – 10 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals. 7 athletes won gold medals. Notable performances – Priya Cooper was the most successful Australian athlete at the 1992 Paralympic games, earning herself three gold medals and two silver medals, only to go on to do even better in future games. [11]
Grant Patterson (born 19 May 1989) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics , his second games, he won a silver and bronze medal. [ 1 ] At the 2024 Paris Paralympics , he won two bronze medals.