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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
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.
She participated in every Paralympics from then until the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games without winning medals, though her scores gradually improved over time. [2] [10] She was the Australian flag bearer for the opening ceremony at the 1996 Atlanta Games. [11]
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]
Australian athlete Jodi Willis stands at the podium after winning the Women's Shot Put B2 event at the 1992 Summer Paralympics. See also: Goalball at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Goalball is the only Paralympic team sport for vision-impaired athletes and has been part of the competition program since 1976.
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.
Greg Smith wraps himself in the Australian Flag outside Cardiff Castle after the announcement that he would be the 2012 Australian Flag Bearer. Jason Hellwig, the Australian Paralympic Committee's chief executive, was the Chef de Mission. While Michael Hartung and Kate McLoughlin were the Deputy Chefs de Mission. [1]