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Paralympics Games representation: Eight - Daniela di Toro (tennis / table tennis); Seven – Angie Ballard (athletics); Six - Lei Li Na (table tennis), Tristan Knowles (wheelchair basketball), Shaun Norris (wheelchair basketball), Ryley Batt (wheelchair rugby) Ben Weekes (wheelchair tennis) [27] Sixty one athletes made their Paralympic Games debut.
Australian Paralympic team members are checked on arrival at the airport in Tokyo for the Tokyo Paralympics. Paralympics Australia required all Australian athletes and officials to have a COVID-19 vaccination to be considered for selection, whereas the Australian Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee only strongly ...
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 ]
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.
Australian Paralympic Committee announced a team of 44 athletes on 2 August 2016. [17] An additional two athletes - Tamsin Colley and Jessee Wyatt were added after the Russian suspension. [ 14 ] Emily Tapp was selected but forced to withdraw after a burnt leg did not heal in time for the Games.
McLoughlin is first woman hold the position for an Australian Winter Paralympics team and was the Chef de Mission for Australian teams at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Paralympics. [7] Melissa Perrine and Ben Tudhope were appointed team captains. [8] [5] Perrine and Mitchell Gourley carried the flag at the Opening Ceremony. [9]
Action shot of Willis-Roberts throwing the discus at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. Willis-Roberts was born in the Melbourne suburb of Preston. [3] She first competed at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics with the Australia women's national goalball team, when it finished seventh.
Brendan Burkett, Australian Paralympic swimmer was the opening ceremony flag bearer and Neil Fuller, Australian Paralympic athletics medalist was the closing ceremony flag bearer. [15] Australian athlete Louise Sauvage lit the Paralympic Cauldron at the opening ceremony. [16] The Chef de Mission was Paul Bird, a Paralympic medalist in 1980 and ...