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Paralympic athletics 2008 [9] Ken Moran: 0 1 0 Lawn bowls 1984 [9] Bruno Moretti: 1 3 0 Table tennis, Athletics 1968 [9] Michael Morley: 1 0 1 Athletics 1984 [9] Nick Morris: 1 0 0 Men's wheelchair basketball 1996 [9] Alison Mosely: 0 2 0 Wheelchair basketball 2000, 2004 [9] Christopher Mullins: 1 0 0 Athletics 2008 [9] David Munk: 0 0 2 Alpine ...
Australian Paralympic team member Brenden Hall at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in London. Notable achievements at the Games Australia won its first medal in archery since 1968, when Jonathon Milne won bronze in the men's archery individual compound W1.
Men's Wheelchair Basketball (Rollers) [5] 2012 Wheelchair Rugby Team (Steelers) Sailing SKUD18 Crew Daniel Fitzgibbon & Liesl Tesch [4] 2016 Australian Paralympic Sailing Team [7] Matthew Bugg (Single person 2.4mR), Daniel Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (Two person Skud 18), Colin Harrison, Russell Boaden, Jonathan Harris (Three person Sonar) 2020
Athletics events have been held at every Paralympic Games. At the end of the Beijing Games, athletics was Australia's most successful medal sport. Since 2001, Athletics Australia has the responsibility of preparing the Australian athletics team for the Paralympic Games. . [1] Notable Australian athletes include:
Pages in category "Paralympic gold medalists for Australia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 284 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Michael John Milton, OAM [1] (born 21 March 1973) is an Australian Paralympic skier, Paralympic cyclist and paratriathlete [2] with one leg. With 6 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals he is the most successful Australian Paralympic athlete in the Winter Games. In 2024, Milton was elevated to Legend of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
Paralympics Australia (PA) previously called the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) (1998–2019) [1] is the National Paralympic Committee in Australia for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the preparation and management of Australian teams that participate at the Summer Paralympics and the Winter Paralympics .
Australia has competed at every men's wheelchair basketball tournament at the Paralympic Games except 1964. [1] [2] [3] Kevin Coombs was Australia's first captain of the men's wheelchair basketball team. The Rollers qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics by winning the 2015 Asia Oceania Qualifying Tournament and finished sixth. [4]