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The Australian Paralympic Swim Team has competed at every Summer Paralympics, which started with the 1960 Summer Paralympic Games.
Contents
- 1960 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers
- Medal Tally
- Medallists
- Team Members
- 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Team members
- Medal tally
- 2000 Sydney Paralympics
- 2004 Athens Paralympics
- 2008 Beijing Paralympics
- References
Matthew Cowdrey at the 2012 London Games replaced Priya Cooper as Australia's most successful Paralympic swimmer, with a tally of 13 gold medals over three Paralympic Games (2004, 2008 and 2012). Cowdrey replaced Kingsley Bugarin for the record for holding the most number of medals in any sport, with 23 medals from 3 Paralympic Games (2004–2012). Jacqueline Freney won 8 gold medals at the 2012 London Games replacing Siobhan Paton as Australia's most successful Paralympic competitor at a single games.
1960 Summer Paralympics
Daphne Ceeney was Australia's first Paralympic Swim Team member. At the 1960 Summer Paralympics, Ceeney won gold in the Women's 50m Breaststroke and gold in the Women's 50m Crawl in the "complete class 5". At the same games, she also competed in the Archery and Athletics.
Swimmers
Medal Tally
The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished ninth on the medal table with a total of 2 medals.
Medallists
Medal Tally
The Australian Paralympic Swim Team finished second on the medal table with a total of 13 medals at the 1964 Summer Paralympics.
Team Members
Medal Tally
The Australian Swim Team won a total of 11 Medals at the 1968 Summer Paralympics finishing 6th in the Medal Standings.
Team Members
Men – Eric Boulter, Brian Chambers, Robert Morrison
Women – Pauline English, Pam Foley, Cherrie Ireland, Elizabeth Richards
Medal Tally
The Australian Swim Team finished 10th place in the Medal standings at the 1972 Summer Paralympics with 9 medals:
Team Members
Men – Robert Faulkner, G. Green, John Hind, Roy Kubig, Brian Sullivan
Women – Pauline English, Lyn Michael, Gail Nicholson
Medal Tally
The Australian Swim Team finished in 12th place on the medal tally at the 1976 Summer Paralympics with 10 Medals:
Team Members
Men - Rene Andres, Paul Bird, Peter Carroll, Gary Gudgeon, Peter Hill, Dennis Kennedy, David (Dave) Manera, David McPherson, Charlie Tapscott
Women – Carolyn Connors, Maureen Pybus
Medal Tally
The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished in 15th place on the medal tally at the 1980 Summer Paralympics with a total of 11 Medals:
1984 Summer Paralympics
The 1984 Summer Paralympics were Australia's most successful medal haul with a final tally of 74 medals.
Team members
Men – Paul Bird, Craig Blackburn, Kingsley Bugarin, Malcom Chalmers, Geoffrey Fowler, David Griffin, Gary Gudgeon, Gregory Hammond, Michael Kelly, Alan Morley, Michael Quinn, Wayne Ryding, Robert Staddon, Phillip Tracey, Robert Walden
Women – Helena Brunner, Lynette Coleman, Kerri-Anne Connor, Anne Currie, Therese Donovan, Rosemary Eames, Kerrie Engel, Meredith Evans, Deborah Holland, Ursula King, Tracey Lewis, Jan Miller, Mary-Anne Wallace, Carol Young
Coaches - G. Brown (Blind) Officials - J. Blackburn (Manager - Blind)
Medal Tally
The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished in 9th position in the medal standings at the 1984 Summer Paralympics with a total of 74 medals:
Team Members
Medal Tally
The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished in 14th position in the medal standings at the 1988 Summer Paralympics with a total of 31 medals:
Team members
Coaches – Anne Green (Amputee), Phil Jose (Cerebral palsy), Kerry Smith (Cerebral palsy)
Officials – Ian McDowell-Jones (Vision impaired Manager), Rowenna Toppenberg (blind escort)
Medal tally
The Australian Swim team finished in sixth position in the medal standings at the 1992 Summer Paralympics with a total of 35 medals.
Team members
Medal Tally
The Australian Swim team finished in 3rd place in the Medal Standings at the 1996 Summer Paralympics with a total of 44 medals:
2000 Sydney Paralympics
A total of 51 swimmers were selected to compete in the Australian Swim Team at the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games.
Team members
Medallists:
Medal Tally
The Australian Swim team finished 5th overall in the medal standings at the 2000 Summer Paralympics with 50 medals.
2004 Athens Paralympics
A total of 29 swimmers were selected in the Australian Swim team to compete at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
Matthew Cowdrey, in his first Paralympic Swim Team appearance, was Australia's best performing swimmer winning 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.
Team members
Swimmers::
Staff:
Medal Tally
The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished 10th overall with a total of 35 Medals.
2008 Beijing Paralympics
A total of 35 swimmers were selected to compete in the Australian Swim team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. This was the largest away team since the 1996 Summer Paralympics. Matthew Cowdrey (with 5 gold and 3 silver medals) and Peter Leek (with 3 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze) were the most successful of the Australian swimmers.
Many of the swimmers were new to the Paralympic team: 8 of the 17 male athletes and 11 of the 18 female athletes were competing in their first Paralympic Team.
Team Members
Swimmers:
Staff:
Medal Tally
The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished 7th on the Medal Tally with a total of 29 medals.
Team Members
Swimmers::
Staff
Coaches
Support Staff
Medal Tally
Australia finished second on the gold medal table and won a total of 37 medals.
Leading swimmers were – Jacqueline Freney won 8 gold medals, Matthew Cowdrey won 5 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal and Ellie Cole won 4 gold medals and 2 bronze medals.
Team Members
Swimmers::
Staff:
Coaches' - Angelo Basalo , Jan Cameron, Harley Connolly, Nathan Doyle, Lachlan Falvey, Rick Van Der Zant, Yuriy Vdovychenko
Support Staff -
Medal Tally
Leading swimmers were: Maddison Elliott five medals including three gold, Ellie Cole six medals including two gold]] and Lakeisha Patterson six medals including two gold.
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