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Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics; IPC code: AUS: NPC: Paralympics Australia: Website: www.paralympic.org.au: in Tokyo; Competitors: 179 [1] in 18 sports: Flag bearers : Opening - Ryley Batt and Daniela di Toro Closing - Ellie Cole: Medals Ranked 8th: Gold 21 Silver 29 Bronze 30 Total 80: Summer Paralympics appearances
Australia would send athletes to every subsequent Paralympic Games, including the 1976 Winter Paralympics, although due to the organisers only allowing amputees, blind or visually impaired athletes, Australia's only representative skier Ron Finneran was unable to compete due to childhood Polio having impaired a leg and arm.
1998 – The Australian Paralympic Federation changed its name to the Australian Paralympic Committee. A new logo was created. [32] 2000 – Sydney hosted the 11th Summer Paralympics, the first Games held outside the Northern Hemisphere. Australia finished first on the medal tally winning 149 medals – 63 gold, 39 silver and 47 bronze medals.
The medal table of the 2020 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals that are won by their athletes during the competition. The 2020 Paralympics were the sixteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities.
Athletics at the XVI Paralympic Games Athletics pictogram of the 2020 Summer Paralympics Venue Tokyo National Stadium Dates 27 August – 5 September 2021 Competitors 1100 in 168 events from 129 nations ← 2016 2024 → Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics were held in the National Stadium in Tokyo. There was 167 medal events: 93 for men, 73 for women and one mixed event. It was the ...
McGrath celebrates gold medal in Men's VL3. at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Australia was represented by: Men - Curtis McGrath, Dylan Littlehales Women- Susan Seipel, Amanda Reynolds Coaches-Shaun Caven, Jake Michael Officials - Physiotherapist - Kate O'Connell [2]
At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics held in 2021. [7] Clarke was a finalist in the Women's 100m T38 where she came 5th. She then came 7th in the Women's 400m T38 with a time of 1:02.65 which was an Australian record. [8] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's 100m T38. [9]
The original schedule was from 25 August to 10 September 2020. To postpone the Paralympics until 2021, all events were delayed by 364 days (one day less than a full year to preserve the same days of the week), giving a new schedule of 24 August to 9 September 2021.