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Australia


Name
  
Elaine Schreiber

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Elaine Annette Schreiber (4 June 1939 – 11 June 2017) was an Australian Paralympic table tennis player and athlete. She contracted poliomyelitis as a child. At the 1964 Tokyo Games, she won a gold medal in the women's club throw A event, a silver medal in the women's javelin A event, and a bronze medal in the women's singles B event. At the 1968 Tel Aviv Games, she won a silver medal in the women's doubles C event with Marion O'Brien; she also competed but did not win any medals in athletic events at the 1968 games. She participated without winning medals in athletics events at both the 1972 Heidelberg and 1976 Toronto Games, and also participated in table tennis at the latter games.

In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal.

Schreiber died on 11 June 2017.

References

Elaine Schreiber Wikipedia