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She made the Australian Paralympic shooting shadow team in 2011. [8] At the 2011 IPC World Cup meet in Fort Benning, she won a gold medal in the SH1 standing air rifle event. [3] In the process, she set an Australian record. [5] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in shooting. [3] [7] [9] The Games were her ...
Women - Libby Kosmala, Natalie Smith 'Coach - Head Coach - Miro Sipek, Assistant Coach - Margret Bugden, Officials - Team Leader - Tim Mahon, Carers - Yvonne Cain, Stuart Smith, Maragret Zubcic [10] Australia did not win any medals. Australia's best placing was Christopher Pitt's fourth. Detailed Australian Results
Born in Brisbane, [2] Smith was diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of thirteen, and one of her legs was amputated above the knee. [3]At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Javelin A2 event, a silver medal in the Women's Shot Put A2 event, and a bronze medal in the Women's Discus A2 event. [4]
She was therefore selected for a place in the Australian team at the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics, where she won three gold medals and broke world records in the Women's Discus 1B, Women's Javelin 1B, and Women's Shot Put 1B events, and two silver medals in the Women's 60 m Wheelchair 1B and Women's Slalom 1B events.
The 2012 Australian Paralympic team had 161 athletes, 90 men and 71 women, competing in 13 sports. [4] About half the team attended their first Games. [ 6 ] Shooter Libby Kosmala , at the age of 70, was Australia's oldest competitor. [ 7 ]
1992 Summer Paralympics; IPC code: AUS: NPC: Australian Paralympic Committee: Website: www.paralympic.org.au: in Barcelona; Competitors: 134 in 13 sports: Flag bearer: Terry Giddy (Opening) Priya Cooper (Closing) Medals Ranked 5th: Gold 37 Silver 37 Bronze 36 Total 110: Summer Paralympics appearances
Daphne Jean Hilton (née Ceeney; 7 January 1934 – 25 July 2016) was an Australian Paralympic competitor. She was the first Australian woman to compete at the Paralympic Games. [1] She won fourteen medals in three Paralympics in archery, athletics, fencing, swimming, and table tennis from 1960 to 1968.
At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, she finished sixth in Women's Shot Put F34 and fourth in the Women's Javelin F34. She broke Australian and Oceania records in the javelin event. [4] At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Javelin throw F34 and finished ninth in the Women's Shot put F34. [5]