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href="#Medals_by_winter_sport_1980–2022"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Medals by winter sport 1980–2022</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medals_by_winter_sport_1980–2022-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Summary_of_Australia's_involvement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Summary_of_Australia's_involvement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Summary of Australia's involvement</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Summary_of_Australia's_involvement-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Summary of Australia's involvement subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Summary_of_Australia's_involvement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-1960_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1960_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>1960 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1960_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1964_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1964_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>1964 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1964_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1968_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1968_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>1968 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1968_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1972_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1972_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>1972 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1972_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1976_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1976_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>1976 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1976_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1976_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1976_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>1976 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1976_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1980_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1980_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7</span> <span>1980 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1980_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1980_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1980_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.8</span> <span>1980 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1980_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1984_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1984_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.9</span> <span>1984 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1984_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1984_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1984_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.10</span> <span>1984 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1984_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1988_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1988_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.11</span> <span>1988 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1988_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1988_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1988_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.12</span> <span>1988 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1988_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1992_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1992_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.13</span> <span>1992 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1992_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1992_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1992_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.14</span> <span>1992 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1992_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1994_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1994_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.15</span> <span>1994 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1994_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1996_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1996_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.16</span> <span>1996 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1996_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1998_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1998_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.17</span> <span>1998 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1998_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2000_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2000_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.18</span> <span>2000 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2000_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2002_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2002_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.19</span> <span>2002 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2002_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2004_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2004_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.20</span> <span>2004 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2004_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2006_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2006_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.21</span> <span>2006 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2006_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.22</span> <span>2008 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2010_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2010_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.23</span> <span>2010 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2010_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2012_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2012_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.24</span> <span>2012 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2012_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2014_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2014_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.25</span> <span>2014 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2014_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2016_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2016_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.26</span> <span>2016 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2016_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2018_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2018_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.27</span> <span>2018 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2018_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2020_Summer_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2020_Summer_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.28</span> <span>2020 Summer Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2020_Summer_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2022_Winter_Paralympics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2022_Winter_Paralympics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.29</span> <span>2022 Winter Paralympics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2022_Winter_Paralympics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Interesting_facts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interesting_facts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Interesting facts</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Interesting_facts-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Interesting facts subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Interesting_facts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-First_Gold_medallists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First_Gold_medallists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>First Gold medallists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First_Gold_medallists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dual_Summer_/_Winter_Paralympic_medallists" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dual_Summer_/_Winter_Paralympic_medallists"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Dual Summer / Winter Paralympic medallists</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dual_Summer_/_Winter_Paralympic_medallists-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dual_Summer_/_Winter_Paralympians" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dual_Summer_/_Winter_Paralympians"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Dual Summer / Winter Paralympians</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dual_Summer_/_Winter_Paralympians-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dual_Olympian/Paralympian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dual_Olympian/Paralympian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Dual Olympian/Paralympian</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dual_Olympian/Paralympian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Multi-sports_Australian_Paralympians" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Multi-sports_Australian_Paralympians"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Multi-sports Australian Paralympians</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Multi-sports_Australian_Paralympians-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" 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data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr style="font-weight: bold;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_IOC_country_codes" title="List of IOC country codes">IPC code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">AUS</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/National_Paralympic_Committee" title="National Paralympic Committee">NPC</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paralympics_Australia" title="Paralympics Australia">Paralympics Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.paralympic.org.au">www<wbr />.paralympic<wbr />.org<wbr />.au</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Medals<br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Ranked 6th</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><dl style="position: relative; margin: 0; min-width: 14em; height: 3em; text-align: center; background: linear-gradient(to right, gold 25%, silver 25%, silver 50%, #c96 50%, #c96 75%, transparent 75%);"> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 0%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Gold</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 0%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">389</dd> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 25%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Silver</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 25%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">422</dd> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 50%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Bronze</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 50%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">394</dd> <dt style="position: absolute; left: 75%; top: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%;">Total</dt> <dd style="position: absolute; left: 75%; bottom: 0.1em; margin: 0; width: 25%; font-size: 125%;">1,205</dd> </dl></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Summer appearances</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1960_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1960 Summer Paralympics">1960</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1964_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1964 Summer Paralympics">1964</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1968_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1968 Summer Paralympics">1968</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1972_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1972 Summer Paralympics">1972</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1976_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1976 Summer Paralympics">1976</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1980_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1980 Summer Paralympics">1980</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1984_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1984 Summer Paralympics">1984</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1988_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1988 Summer Paralympics">1988</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1992_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1992 Summer Paralympics">1992</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1996_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics">1996</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2000_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics">2000</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2004_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics">2004</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics">2008</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics">2012</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">2016</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2020_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics">2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2024_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics">2024</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Winter appearances</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1976_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1976 Winter Paralympics">1976</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1980_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1980 Winter Paralympics">1980</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1984_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1984 Winter Paralympics">1984</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1988_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1988 Winter Paralympics">1988</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1992_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1992 Winter Paralympics">1992</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1994_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1994 Winter Paralympics">1994</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1998_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1998 Winter Paralympics">1998</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2002_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2002 Winter Paralympics">2002</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2006_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2006 Winter Paralympics">2006</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2010_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2010 Winter Paralympics">2010</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2014_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2018_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics">2018</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2022_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2022 Winter Paralympics">2022</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> has participated officially in every <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic Games</a> since its inauguration in 1960 with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/1976_Winter_Paralympics" title="1976 Winter Paralympics">1976 Winter Paralympics</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic Games</a> are held every four years, following the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a> and are governed by the <a href="/wiki/International_Paralympic_Committee" title="International Paralympic Committee">International Paralympic Committee</a> (IPC). The Paralympic Games have been contractually tied to the Olympic Games since 2001, however, they have taken place at the same venues since the 1988 Seoul Summer Games and the 1992 Albertville Winter Games.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In order to compete at the Paralympics, athletes must have an eligible impairment that leads to a permanent activity limitation, and athletes will compete in the <a href="/wiki/Disability_sport_classification" title="Disability sport classification">classification</a> appropriate to their impairment.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These impairments are physical, vision and intellectual impairments. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Paralympics_Australia" title="Paralympics Australia">Paralympics Australia</a>, established in 1990, is responsible for selecting and preparing the Australian Paralympic Teams for both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. This committee assists with funding the athletes and competition in addition to talent identification.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Many of Australia's gold medals have come from <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_athletics" class="mw-redirect" title="Paralympic athletics">Athletics</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-IPC_Historical_Results_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPC_Historical_Results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a sport which has been popular amongst Australian Paralympic athletes, such as <a href="/wiki/Tim_Sullivan_(athlete)" title="Tim Sullivan (athlete)">Tim Sullivan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louise_Sauvage" title="Louise Sauvage">Louise Sauvage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other sport from which many medals have come is <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_swimming" class="mw-redirect" title="Paralympic swimming">Swimming</a>.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:141100_-_Paralympic_Flame_cauldron_alight_3_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_cauldron_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/141100_-_Paralympic_Flame_cauldron_alight_3_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_cauldron_photo.jpg/220px-141100_-_Paralympic_Flame_cauldron_alight_3_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_cauldron_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="342" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/141100_-_Paralympic_Flame_cauldron_alight_3_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_cauldron_photo.jpg/330px-141100_-_Paralympic_Flame_cauldron_alight_3_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_cauldron_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/141100_-_Paralympic_Flame_cauldron_alight_3_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_cauldron_photo.jpg/440px-141100_-_Paralympic_Flame_cauldron_alight_3_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_cauldron_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1519" data-file-height="2362" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_symbols" title="Paralympic symbols">Paralympic Flame</a> alight in Sydney at the <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Paralympics" title="2000 Summer Paralympics">2000 Summer Paralympic Games</a>.</figcaption></figure><p><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> has hosted the Paralympic Games on one occasion in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a>, the capital city of <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> hosted the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Paralympic_Games" title="Summer Paralympic Games">Summer Paralympics</a> from 23 to 31 October 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were 3879 participants from 123 countries across 19 <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_sports" title="Paralympic sports">sports</a> and 550 events.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia won the most medals with 149 overall.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Paralympic Games had their beginnings in the <a href="/wiki/World_Abilitysport_Games" title="World Abilitysport Games">Stoke Mandeville Games</a>, held at the <a href="/wiki/Stoke_Mandeville_Hospital" title="Stoke Mandeville Hospital">Stoke Mandeville Hospital</a>, a spinal hospital in the United Kingdom. The first Games was in 1948, originally designed for patients of the hospital. The first Australian representative was 19 year old <a href="/wiki/Charlene_Todman" title="Charlene Todman">Charlene Todman</a>, who had travelled to the hospital due to a lack of suitable care for spinal injuries in Australia at the time, competing in Archery at the 1951 games.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The annual Stoke Mandeville Games would stage their first event in a new host city in 1960, with Rome hosting the <a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Paralympics" title="1960 Summer Paralympics">9th International Stoke Mandeville Games</a>. The aim was to continue to host the annual games in Stoke Mandeville and every four years in a new host city, akin to the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics</a>, with the closing ceremony of the <a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">1960 Summer Olympics</a> also in Rome having occurred only six days earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia sent 12 representatives, with the team having to raise £10,000 to fund their travel. Representatives were also expected to compete in multiple events, with <a href="/wiki/Ross_Sutton" title="Ross Sutton">Ross Sutton</a> who had been paralysed in a <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Moth" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiger Moth">Tiger Moth</a> crash two years earlier, earning Australia's first Gold Medal in Archery. Australia would leave with three Gold Medals.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australia would send athletes to every subsequent Paralympic Games, including the <a href="/wiki/1976_Winter_Paralympics" title="1976 Winter Paralympics">1976 Winter Paralympics</a>, although due to the organisers only allowing amputees, blind or visually impaired athletes, Australia's only representative skier <a href="/wiki/Ron_Finneran" title="Ron Finneran">Ron Finneran</a> was unable to compete due to childhood <a href="/wiki/Polio" title="Polio">Polio</a> having impaired a leg and arm. After arguing with <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Guttmann" title="Ludwig Guttmann">Ludwig Guttmann</a>, the head of the Paralympic movement, and almost coming to blows. Finneran carried the Australian flag at the Opening Ceremony and tested the courses before competition.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australia hosted the <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Paralympics" title="2000 Summer Paralympics">2000 Summer Paralympics</a> in Sydney, topping the Medal tally for the first time with 63 golds and is scheduled to host the <a href="/wiki/2032_Summer_Paralympics" title="2032 Summer Paralympics">2032 Summer Paralympics</a> in Brisbane.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summer_Games">Summer Games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Summer Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xx1164_-_Ceeney_and_Edmondson_handshake_Tokyo_Games_-_3a_-_Scan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Xx1164_-_Ceeney_and_Edmondson_handshake_Tokyo_Games_-_3a_-_Scan.jpg/220px-Xx1164_-_Ceeney_and_Edmondson_handshake_Tokyo_Games_-_3a_-_Scan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Xx1164_-_Ceeney_and_Edmondson_handshake_Tokyo_Games_-_3a_-_Scan.jpg/330px-Xx1164_-_Ceeney_and_Edmondson_handshake_Tokyo_Games_-_3a_-_Scan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Xx1164_-_Ceeney_and_Edmondson_handshake_Tokyo_Games_-_3a_-_Scan.jpg/440px-Xx1164_-_Ceeney_and_Edmondson_handshake_Tokyo_Games_-_3a_-_Scan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="545" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Daphne_Ceeney" title="Daphne Ceeney">Daphne Ceeney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Edmondson" title="Elizabeth Edmondson">Elizabeth Edmondson</a> shake hands after Edmondson won gold and Ceeney silver in the 50 m prone swimming event in Tokyo at the <a href="/wiki/1964_Summer_Paralympics" title="1964 Summer Paralympics">1964 Summer Paralympic Games</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #AAAAAA;background-color:#ccf; color:black;"> </span> Host country (Australia)</span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medal_table">Medal table</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Medal table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:10em;">Games </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:gold; font-weight:bold;">Gold </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:silver; font-weight:bold;">Silver </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966; font-weight:bold;">Bronze </th> <th scope="col">Total </th> <th style="width:3em; font-weight:bold;">Rank </th> <th style="width:3em; font-weight:bold;">Competitors </th> <th style="width:3em; font-weight:bold;">Officials </th> <th style="width:3em; font-weight:bold;">Flag Bearer Opening </th> <th style="width:3em; font-weight:bold;">Flag Bearer Closing </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Paralympics" title="1960 Summer Paralympics">1960 Rome</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>10</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Betts" title="Kevin Betts">Kevin Betts</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1964_Summer_Paralympics" title="1964 Summer Paralympics">1964 Tokyo</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>11</td> <td>7</td> <td>30</td> <td>4</td> <td>17</td> <td>9</td> <td>Not a team member </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1968_Summer_Paralympics" title="1968 Summer Paralympics">1968 Tel-Aviv</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>16</td> <td>7</td> <td>38</td> <td>4</td> <td>35</td> <td>18</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1972_Summer_Paralympics" title="1972 Summer Paralympics">1972 Heidelberg</a></td> <td>6</td> <td>9</td> <td>10</td> <td>25</td> <td>11</td> <td>37</td> <td></td> <td>Not a team member </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1976_Summer_Paralympics" title="1976 Summer Paralympics">1976 Toronto</a></td> <td>16</td> <td>18</td> <td>7</td> <td>41</td> <td>11</td> <td>46</td> <td></td> <td>Not a team member </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Paralympics" title="1980 Summer Paralympics">1980 Arnhem</a></td> <td>12</td> <td>21</td> <td>22</td> <td>55</td> <td>14</td> <td>53</td> <td></td> <td>Not a team member</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1984_Summer_Paralympics" title="1984 Summer Paralympics">1984 Stoke Mandeville / <br /> New York</a></td> <td>49</td> <td><b>54</b></td> <td><b>51</b></td> <td><b>154</b></td> <td>8</td> <td>108</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carol_Young_(swimmer)" title="Carol Young (swimmer)">Carol Young</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Bird_(Paralympian)" title="Paul Bird (Paralympian)">Paul Bird</a> (NY) <p>Non team member (SM) </p> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1988_Summer_Paralympics" title="1988 Summer Paralympics">1988 Seoul</a></td> <td>23</td> <td>34</td> <td>38</td> <td>95</td> <td>10</td> <td>175</td> <td>47</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Croft" title="Paul Croft">Paul Croft</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Nugent" title="Rodney Nugent">Rodney Nugent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Paralympics" title="1992 Summer Paralympics">1992 Barcelona and Madrid</a></td> <td>37</td> <td>37</td> <td>34</td> <td>108</td> <td>5</td> <td>134</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Terry_Giddy" title="Terry Giddy">Terry Giddy</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Priya_Cooper" title="Priya Cooper">Priya Cooper</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Paralympics" title="1996 Summer Paralympics">1996 Atlanta</a></td> <td>42</td> <td>37</td> <td>27</td> <td>106</td> <td>2</td> <td>161</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Kosmala" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth Kosmala">Elizabeth Kosmala</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Priya_Cooper" title="Priya Cooper">Priya Cooper</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="ccccff"> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Paralympics" title="2000 Summer Paralympics">2000 Sydney</a></td> <td><b>63 </b></td> <td>39</td> <td>47</td> <td>149</td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td>286</td> <td>148</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Burkett" title="Brendan Burkett">Brendan Burkett</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Neil_Fuller" title="Neil Fuller">Neil Fuller</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Paralympics" title="2004 Summer Paralympics">2004 Athens</a></td> <td>26</td> <td>39</td> <td>36</td> <td>101</td> <td>5</td> <td>152</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Louise_Sauvage" title="Louise Sauvage">Louise Sauvage</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Cowdrey" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Cowdrey">Matthew Cowdrey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Paralympics" title="2008 Summer Paralympics">2008 Beijing</a></td> <td>23</td> <td>29</td> <td>27</td> <td>79</td> <td>5</td> <td>161</td> <td>122</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Short" title="Russell Short">Russell Short</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Cowdrey" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Cowdrey">Matthew Cowdrey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012 London</a></td> <td>32</td> <td>23</td> <td>30</td> <td>85</td> <td>5</td> <td>160</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Smith_(Paralympian)" title="Greg Smith (Paralympian)">Greg Smith</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Evan_O%27Hanlon" title="Evan O'Hanlon">Evan O'Hanlon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="2016 Summer Paralympics">2016 Rio</a></td> <td>22</td> <td>30</td> <td>29</td> <td>81</td> <td>5</td> <td>176</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brad_Ness" title="Brad Ness">Brad Ness</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Curtis_McGrath" title="Curtis McGrath">Curtis McGrath</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Paralympics" title="2020 Summer Paralympics">2020 Tokyo</a></td> <td>21</td> <td>29</td> <td>30</td> <td>80</td> <td>8</td> <td>179</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryley_Batt" title="Ryley Batt">Ryley Batt</a> & <br /><a href="/wiki/Daniela_di_Toro" class="mw-redirect" title="Daniela di Toro">Daniela di Toro</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ellie_Cole" title="Ellie Cole">Ellie Cole</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><i><a href="/wiki/2024_Summer_Paralympics" title="2024 Summer Paralympics">2024 Paris</a></i></td> <td><i>18</i></td> <td><i>17</i></td> <td><i>28</i></td> <td><i>63</i></td> <td><i>9</i></td> <td>159</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madison_de_Rozario" title="Madison de Rozario">Madison de Rozario</a> & <a href="/wiki/Brenden_Hall" title="Brenden Hall">Brenden Hall</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lauren_Parker" title="Lauren Parker">Lauren Parker</a> & <span data-sort-value="Turner, James"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/James_Turner_(parathlete)" title="James Turner (parathlete)">James Turner</a></span></span></span> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" align="center"> <th>Total</th> <th>407</th> <th>439</th> <th>422</th> <th>1268 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xx1168_-_Tony_South_receives_1968_gold_medal_-_3b_-_scan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Xx1168_-_Tony_South_receives_1968_gold_medal_-_3b_-_scan.jpg/220px-Xx1168_-_Tony_South_receives_1968_gold_medal_-_3b_-_scan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Xx1168_-_Tony_South_receives_1968_gold_medal_-_3b_-_scan.jpg/330px-Xx1168_-_Tony_South_receives_1968_gold_medal_-_3b_-_scan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Xx1168_-_Tony_South_receives_1968_gold_medal_-_3b_-_scan.jpg/440px-Xx1168_-_Tony_South_receives_1968_gold_medal_-_3b_-_scan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2121" data-file-height="1482" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tony_South" title="Tony South">Tony South</a> receives his gold medal for the archery Albion Round in Tel-Aviv at the <a href="/wiki/1968_Summer_Paralympics" title="1968 Summer Paralympics">1968 Summer Paralympics</a> from the founder of the Paralympic movement, <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Guttmann" title="Ludwig Guttmann">Ludwig Guttmann</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:231000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_800m_T52_final_Greg_Smith_gold_thumbs_up_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/231000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_800m_T52_final_Greg_Smith_gold_thumbs_up_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg/220px-231000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_800m_T52_final_Greg_Smith_gold_thumbs_up_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/231000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_800m_T52_final_Greg_Smith_gold_thumbs_up_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg/330px-231000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_800m_T52_final_Greg_Smith_gold_thumbs_up_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/231000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_800m_T52_final_Greg_Smith_gold_thumbs_up_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg/440px-231000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_800m_T52_final_Greg_Smith_gold_thumbs_up_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2001" data-file-height="1312" /></a><figcaption>In Paralympic sport, Australia has been most successful in Athletics. <a href="/wiki/Greg_Smith_(Paralympian)" title="Greg Smith (Paralympian)">Greg Smith</a> gives the crowd a "thumbs up" after winning gold at the 800 m T52 final at the <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Paralympics" title="2000 Summer Paralympics">2000 Summer Paralympic Games</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Sydney</a> on Day 04.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medals_by_summer_sport_1960–2020"><span id="Medals_by_summer_sport_1960.E2.80.932020"></span>Medals by summer sport 1960–2020</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Medals by summer sport 1960–2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1253789634">@media screen{.mw-parser-output .sticky-header>thead>tr:first-child,.mw-parser-output .sticky-header>caption+tbody>tr:first-child,.mw-parser-output .sticky-header>tbody:first-child>tr:first-child,.mw-parser-output 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style="width:4em;background-color:silver;color:#333">Silver</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:#c96;color:#333">Bronze</th><th scope="col" style="width:4em">Total</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Athletics_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Athletics_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Athletics_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Athletics_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Athletics_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Athletics_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Athletics_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Athletics_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Athletics at the Summer Paralympics">Athletics</a></th><td>160</td><td>166</td><td>171</td><td>497</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Swimming_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Swimming_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Swimming_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Swimming_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Swimming_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Swimming_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Swimming_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Swimming_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Swimming at the Summer Paralympics">Swimming</a></th><td>142</td><td>168</td><td>170</td><td>480</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cycling_(road)_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Cycling_%28road%29_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Cycling_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Cycling at the Summer Paralympics">Cycling</a></th><td>45</td><td>39</td><td>37</td><td>121</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shooting_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Shooting_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Shooting_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Shooting_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Shooting_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Shooting_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Shooting_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Shooting_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Shooting at the Summer Paralympics">Shooting</a></th><td>15</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>25</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lawn_bowls_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Lawn_bowls_pictogram.svg/20px-Lawn_bowls_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Lawn_bowls_pictogram.svg/30px-Lawn_bowls_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Lawn_bowls_pictogram.svg/40px-Lawn_bowls_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Lawn_bowls_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Lawn bowls at the Summer Paralympics">Lawn bowls</a></th><td>8</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Table_tennis_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Table_tennis_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Table_tennis_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Table_tennis_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Table_tennis_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Table_tennis_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Table_tennis_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Table_tennis_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics">Table tennis</a></th><td>6</td><td>7</td><td>6</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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tennis</a></th><td>4</td><td>5</td><td>3</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Weightlifting_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Weightlifting_pictogram.svg/20px-Weightlifting_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Weightlifting_pictogram.svg/30px-Weightlifting_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Weightlifting_pictogram.svg/40px-Weightlifting_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Weightlifting_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Weightlifting at the Summer Paralympics">Weightlifting</a></th><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paracanoe_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Paracanoe_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Paracanoe_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Paracanoe_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Paracanoe_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Paracanoe_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Paracanoe_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Paracanoe_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Paracanoe at the Summer Paralympics">Paracanoe</a></th><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sailing_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sailing_pictogram.svg/20px-Sailing_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sailing_pictogram.svg/30px-Sailing_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sailing_pictogram.svg/40px-Sailing_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Sailing_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Sailing at the Summer Paralympics">Sailing</a></th><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Archery_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Archery_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Archery_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Archery_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Archery_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Archery_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Archery_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Archery_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Archery at the Summer Paralympics">Archery</a></th><td>3</td><td>9</td><td>4</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Equestrian_Dressage_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Equestrian_Dressage_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Equestrian_Dressage_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Equestrian_Dressage_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Equestrian_Dressage_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Equestrian_Dressage_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Equestrian_Dressage_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Equestrian_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Equestrian at the Summer Paralympics">Equestrian</a></th><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wheelchair_basketball_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Wheelchair_basketball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Wheelchair_basketball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Wheelchair_basketball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Wheelchair_basketball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Wheelchair_basketball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Wheelchair_basketball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics">Wheelchair basketball</a></th><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wheelchair_rugby_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Wheelchair_rugby_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Wheelchair_rugby_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Wheelchair_rugby_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Wheelchair_rugby_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Wheelchair_rugby_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Wheelchair_rugby_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_rugby_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics">Wheelchair rugby</a></th><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Triathlon_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Triathlon_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Triathlon_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Triathlon_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Triathlon_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Triathlon_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Triathlon_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Paratriathlon_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Paratriathlon at the Summer Paralympics">Triathlon</a></th><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rowing_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Rowing_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Rowing_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Rowing_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Rowing_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Rowing_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Rowing_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Rowing_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Rowing at the Summer Paralympics">Rowing</a></th><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Darchery_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Darchery_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Darchery_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Darchery_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Darchery_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Darchery_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Darchery_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Dartchery_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Dartchery at the Summer Paralympics">Dartchery</a></th><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Judo_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Judo_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Judo_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Judo_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Judo_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Judo_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Judo_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Judo_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Judo at the Summer Paralympics">Judo</a></th><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Powerlifting_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Powerlifting_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Powerlifting_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Powerlifting_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Powerlifting_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Powerlifting_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Powerlifting_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Powerlifting_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Powerlifting at the Summer Paralympics">Powerlifting</a></th><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boccia_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Boccia_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Boccia_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Boccia_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Boccia_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Boccia_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Boccia_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Boccia_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Boccia at the Summer Paralympics">Boccia</a></th><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Snooker_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Snooker_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Snooker_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Snooker_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Snooker_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Snooker_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Snooker_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Snooker_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Snooker at the Summer Paralympics">Snooker</a></th><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wheelchair_fencing_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Wheelchair_fencing_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Wheelchair_fencing_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Wheelchair_fencing_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Wheelchair_fencing_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Wheelchair_fencing_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Wheelchair_fencing_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_fencing_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Wheelchair fencing at the Summer Paralympics">Wheelchair fencing</a></th><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Taekwondo_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Taekwondo_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Taekwondo_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Taekwondo_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Taekwondo_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Taekwondo_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Taekwondo_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Parataekwondo_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Parataekwondo at the Summer Paralympics">Parataekwondo</a></th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="font-weight:bold">Totals (23 entries)</th><th style="font-weight:bold">407</th><th style="font-weight:bold">439</th><th style="font-weight:bold">422</th><th style="font-weight:bold">1,268</th></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style="">Source: <sup id="cite_ref-IPC_Historical_Results_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPC_Historical_Results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <p>Best results in non-medalling sports: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4">Summer </th></tr> <tr> <td>Sport </td> <td>Rank </td> <td>Athlete </td> <td>Event & Year </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wheelchair_badminton_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Wheelchair_badminton_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Wheelchair_badminton_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Wheelchair_badminton_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Wheelchair_badminton_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Wheelchair_badminton_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Wheelchair_badminton_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Badminton_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Badminton at the Summer Paralympics">Badminton</a></td> <td>9th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grant_Manzoney" title="Grant Manzoney">Grant Manzoney</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Badminton_at_the_2020_Summer_Paralympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles_WH2" title="Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles WH2">Men's singles WH2 in 2020</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Football_5-a-side_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Football_5-a-side_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/20px-Football_5-a-side_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Football_5-a-side_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/30px-Football_5-a-side_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Football_5-a-side_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/40px-Football_5-a-side_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Football_5-a-side_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Football 5-a-side at the Summer Paralympics">Football 5-a-side</a></td> <td colspan="3"><i>Did not participate</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Goalball_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Goalball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/25px-Goalball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Goalball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/38px-Goalball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Goalball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/50px-Goalball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Goalball_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Goalball at the Summer Paralympics">Goalball</a></td> <td>4th</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_goalball_team" title="Australia men's national goalball team">Australia men's team</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Goalball_at_the_1996_Summer_Paralympics#Men's_tournament" title="Goalball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics">Men's tournament in 1996</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sitting_volleyball_pictogram_(Paralympics).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Sitting_volleyball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/25px-Sitting_volleyball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Sitting_volleyball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/38px-Sitting_volleyball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Sitting_volleyball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg/50px-Sitting_volleyball_pictogram_%28Paralympics%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Volleyball_at_the_Summer_Paralympics" title="Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics">Volleyball</a></td> <td>8th</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_men%27s_national_sitting_volleyball_team&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Australia men's national sitting volleyball team (page does not exist)">Australia men's team</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Volleyball_at_the_2000_Summer_Paralympics" title="Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics">Men's tournament in 2000</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winter_Games">Winter Games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Winter Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medal_table_2">Medal table</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Medal table"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:10em;">Games </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:gold; font-weight:bold;">Gold </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:silver; font-weight:bold;">Silver </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966; font-weight:bold;">Bronze </th> <th scope="col">Total </th> <th style="width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;">Rank </th> <th style="width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;">Competitors </th> <th style="width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;">Officials </th> <th style="width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;">Flag Bearer Opening </th> <th style="width:4.5em; font-weight:bold;">Flag Bearer Closing </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1976_Winter_Paralympics" title="1976 Winter Paralympics">1976 Örnsköldsvik</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>-</td> <td>0*<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_id4none"><a href="#endnote_id4none">[^]</a></sup></td> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Finneran" title="Ron Finneran">Ron Finneran</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1980_Winter_Paralympics" title="1980 Winter Paralympics">1980 Geilo</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>-</td> <td>2</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1984_Winter_Paralympics" title="1984 Winter Paralympics">1984 Innsbruck</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>-</td> <td>3</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1988_Winter_Paralympics" title="1988 Winter Paralympics">1988 Innsbruck</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>-</td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1992_Winter_Paralympics" title="1992 Winter Paralympics">1992 Tignes-Albertville</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1994_Winter_Paralympics" title="1994 Winter Paralympics">1994 Lillehammer</a></td> <td>3</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><b>4</b></td> <td><b>9</b></td> <td>9</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/1998_Winter_Paralympics" title="1998 Winter Paralympics">1998 Nagano</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>16</td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Patterson_(skier)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Patterson (skier)">James Patterson</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2002_Winter_Paralympics" title="2002 Winter Paralympics">2002 Salt Lake City</a></td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>7</td> <td>8</td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Milton_(skier)" title="Michael Milton (skier)">Michael Milton</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bart_Bunting" title="Bart Bunting">Bart Bunting</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Paralympics" title="2006 Winter Paralympics">2006 Turin</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>13</td> <td>10</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Milton_(skier)" title="Michael Milton (skier)">Michael Milton</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toby_Kane" title="Toby Kane">Toby Kane</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Paralympics" title="2010 Winter Paralympics">2010 Vancouver</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>16</td> <td>11</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Toby_Kane" title="Toby Kane">Toby Kane</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Rahles-Rahbula" title="Cameron Rahles-Rahbula">Cameron Rahles-Rahbula</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Paralympics" title="2014 Winter Paralympics">2014 Sochi</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>19</td> <td>7</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Rahles-Rahbula" title="Cameron Rahles-Rahbula">Cameron Rahles-Rahbula</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Tudhope" title="Ben Tudhope">Ben Tudhope</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2018_Winter_Paralympics" title="2018 Winter Paralympics">2018 PyeongChang</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>4</td> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joany_Badenhorst" title="Joany Badenhorst">Joany Badenhorst</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Perrine" title="Melissa Perrine">Melissa Perrine</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/2022_Winter_Paralympics" title="2022 Winter Paralympics">2022 Beijing</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>17</td> <td>9</td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Perrine" title="Melissa Perrine">Melissa Perrine</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Gourley" title="Mitchell Gourley">Mitchell Gourley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Tudhope" title="Ben Tudhope">Ben Tudhope</a> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" align="center"> <th>Total</th> <th>12</th> <th>6</th> <th>17</th> <th>35 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Notes</b>:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_id4none"><a href="#ref_id4none"><b><sup>^</sup></b></a></span> Ron Finneran attended and was expected to compete, carrying the flag during the Opening Ceremony, but due to the Paralympics lacking a limb impairment category other than amputee, he was excluded, and instead acted as an official at the games.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medals_by_winter_sport_1980–2022"><span id="Medals_by_winter_sport_1980.E2.80.932022"></span>Medals by winter sport 1980–2022</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Medals by winter sport 1980–2022"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1253789634"><table class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi plainrowheaders jquery-tablesorter" style="text-align:center"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Sport</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:gold;color:#333">Gold</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:silver;color:#333">Silver</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:#c96;color:#333">Bronze</th><th scope="col" style="width:4em">Total</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alpine_skiing_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Alpine_skiing_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg/20px-Alpine_skiing_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Alpine_skiing_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg/30px-Alpine_skiing_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Alpine_skiing_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg/40px-Alpine_skiing_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Alpine_skiing_at_the_Winter_Paralympics" title="Alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics">Alpine skiing</a></th><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>15</td><td>32</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Snowboarding_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Snowboarding_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg/20px-Snowboarding_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Snowboarding_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg/30px-Snowboarding_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Snowboarding_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg/40px-Snowboarding_-_Paralympic_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Snowboarding_at_the_Winter_Paralympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Snowboarding at the Winter Paralympics">Snowboarding</a></th><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="font-weight:bold">Totals (2 entries)</th><th style="font-weight:bold">12</th><th style="font-weight:bold">6</th><th style="font-weight:bold">17</th><th style="font-weight:bold">35</th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Summary_of_Australia's_involvement"><span id="Summary_of_Australia.27s_involvement"></span>Summary of Australia's involvement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Summary of Australia's involvement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xx0960_-_Australian_team_Singapore_en_route_to_Rome_-_3a_-_Scan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Xx0960_-_Australian_team_Singapore_en_route_to_Rome_-_3a_-_Scan.JPG/180px-Xx0960_-_Australian_team_Singapore_en_route_to_Rome_-_3a_-_Scan.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Xx0960_-_Australian_team_Singapore_en_route_to_Rome_-_3a_-_Scan.JPG/270px-Xx0960_-_Australian_team_Singapore_en_route_to_Rome_-_3a_-_Scan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Xx0960_-_Australian_team_Singapore_en_route_to_Rome_-_3a_-_Scan.JPG/360px-Xx0960_-_Australian_team_Singapore_en_route_to_Rome_-_3a_-_Scan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="773" data-file-height="499" /></a><figcaption>Australian team in Singapore en route to Rome for the <a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Paralympics" title="1960 Summer Paralympics">1960 Summer Paralympics</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1960_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1960 Summer Paralympics">1960 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1960 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Athlete, <a href="/wiki/Daphne_Ceeney" title="Daphne Ceeney">Daphne Hilton (Ceeney)</a> was Australia's first ever swimmer who competed at the Rome 1960 Games.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This games were the only Paralympic Games in which Australia did not win a gold medal in athletics.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1964_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1964_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1964 Summer Paralympics">1964 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 1964 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the games in Tokyo, Australia was able to send a large contingent of athletes as a result of the shorter than typical journey.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia placed fourth with a total of 31 overall medals; 12 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 9 bronze medals. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1968_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1968_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1968 Summer Paralympics">1968 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 1968 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australia placed fourth again, with 38 overall medals; 15 gold, 16 silver and 7 bronze.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lorraine_Dodd" title="Lorraine Dodd">Lorraine Dodd</a> was an outstanding athlete at these games, setting three Swimming records for her class, all on the same day. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1972_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1972_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1972 Summer Paralympics">1972 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: 1972 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Australian won 25 medals - 6 gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze medals in six sports. Australia finished 11th on the gold medal table and 9th on the total medal table.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Libby_Kosmala" title="Libby Kosmala">Elizabeth "Libby" Kosmala</a> competed in her first Paralympics, and won a bronze medal in swimming in the Women's 3x50 m Medley Relay 2–4 event, and participated in other swimming and athletics events.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xx0876_-_Eric_Russell_with_Ludwig_Guttmann_at_1976_Paralympics_-_3b_-_Scan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Xx0876_-_Eric_Russell_with_Ludwig_Guttmann_at_1976_Paralympics_-_3b_-_Scan.jpg/150px-Xx0876_-_Eric_Russell_with_Ludwig_Guttmann_at_1976_Paralympics_-_3b_-_Scan.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Xx0876_-_Eric_Russell_with_Ludwig_Guttmann_at_1976_Paralympics_-_3b_-_Scan.jpg/225px-Xx0876_-_Eric_Russell_with_Ludwig_Guttmann_at_1976_Paralympics_-_3b_-_Scan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Xx0876_-_Eric_Russell_with_Ludwig_Guttmann_at_1976_Paralympics_-_3b_-_Scan.jpg/300px-Xx0876_-_Eric_Russell_with_Ludwig_Guttmann_at_1976_Paralympics_-_3b_-_Scan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1718" data-file-height="2362" /></a><figcaption>Australian athlete <a href="/wiki/Eric_Russell_(athlete)" title="Eric Russell (athlete)">Eric Russell</a> with <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Guttmann" title="Ludwig Guttmann">Ludwig Guttmann</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1976_Summer_Paralympics" title="1976 Summer Paralympics">1976 Summer Paralympics</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1976_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1976_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1976 Summer Paralympics">1976 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: 1976 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paralympic_Games" title="Paralympic Games">Paralympic Games</a> both aim to be apolitical; despite this, at the <a href="/wiki/1976_Summer_Paralympics" title="1976 Summer Paralympics">1976 Paralympic Games</a>, politics intruded into the games. <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">Apartheid practices</a> in South Africa brought controversy with the country's invitation to and inclusion in the games. Australian athlete, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Russell_(athlete)" title="Eric Russell (athlete)">Eric Russell</a> took a stance against politics at the Paralympic Games when he refused his gold medal in the class 3 discus event as a protest. He later accepted the medal from <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Guttmann" title="Ludwig Guttmann">Dr Guttman</a> after a press conference, explaining his position.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the first time, television coverage of the Paralympics was broadcast daily to more than 600,000 viewers around the world.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1976_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1976_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1976 Winter Paralympics">1976 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: 1976 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> This Paralympic Games were the first Winter Paralympic Games. Australia was represented by one athlete, <a href="/wiki/Ron_Finneran" title="Ron Finneran">Ron Finneran</a>; however, he was disqualified as his disability did not meet event classifications.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1980_Amputee_Team_-_Holland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/1980_Amputee_Team_-_Holland.jpg/220px-1980_Amputee_Team_-_Holland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/1980_Amputee_Team_-_Holland.jpg/330px-1980_Amputee_Team_-_Holland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/1980_Amputee_Team_-_Holland.jpg/440px-1980_Amputee_Team_-_Holland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1477" data-file-height="1116" /></a><figcaption>The Australian Team at the <a href="/wiki/1980_Summer_Paralympics" title="1980 Summer Paralympics">1980 Summer Paralympic Games</a>, in The Netherlands.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1980_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1980 Winter Paralympics">1980 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 1980 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is the first Winter Paralympics that Australia competed in, but did not medal.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia had two competitors, <a href="/wiki/Kyrra_Grunnsund" title="Kyrra Grunnsund">Kyrra Grunnsund</a> and Peter Rickards, who participated in Slalom and Middle Distance Alpine Skiing respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1980_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1980 Summer Paralympics">1980 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 1980 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was the 6th Summer Paralympic game in which Australia competed. Australia won 55 medals – 12 gold, 21 silver and 22 bronze medals. Australia competed in 10 sports and won medals in 6 sports. It finished 14th on the gold medal table and 9th on the total medal table.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1984_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1984_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1984 Winter Paralympics">1984 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 1984 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australia did not win a medal, but was strongly represented by Rodney Mills in cross-country and <a href="/wiki/Kyrra_Grunnsund" title="Kyrra Grunnsund">Kyrra Grunnsund</a> and Andrew Temple in the alpine events of slalom, giant slalom and downhill.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xx0684_-_Australian_amputee_team_1984_Paralympics_New_York_-_3b_-_Cropped_scan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Xx0684_-_Australian_amputee_team_1984_Paralympics_New_York_-_3b_-_Cropped_scan.jpg/220px-Xx0684_-_Australian_amputee_team_1984_Paralympics_New_York_-_3b_-_Cropped_scan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Xx0684_-_Australian_amputee_team_1984_Paralympics_New_York_-_3b_-_Cropped_scan.jpg/330px-Xx0684_-_Australian_amputee_team_1984_Paralympics_New_York_-_3b_-_Cropped_scan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Xx0684_-_Australian_amputee_team_1984_Paralympics_New_York_-_3b_-_Cropped_scan.jpg/440px-Xx0684_-_Australian_amputee_team_1984_Paralympics_New_York_-_3b_-_Cropped_scan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1361" /></a><figcaption>The Australian amputee team at the <a href="/wiki/1984_Summer_Paralympics" title="1984 Summer Paralympics">1984 New York Paralympic Games</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1984_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1984_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1984 Summer Paralympics">1984 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 1984 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1984, Australia more than doubled its previous highest medal count with a tally of 154 medals. For the first time, four Cerebral Palsy athletes and one "Les Autres" athlete participated in the Games. Each won medals: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Walden_(swimmer)" title="Robert Walden (swimmer)">Robert Walden</a> (swimming) won four gold medals, <a href="/wiki/Terry_Biggs" title="Terry Biggs">Terry Biggs</a> (table tennis) won a gold medal, <a href="/wiki/Lyn_Coleman" title="Lyn Coleman">Lyn Coleman</a> (cycling) won silver medal and <a href="/wiki/Malcom_Chalmers" title="Malcom Chalmers">Malcom Chalmers</a> (swimming) won a gold, silver and two bronze medals.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xx0188_-_1988_winter_paralympics_-_3b_-_scans_(11).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Xx0188_-_1988_winter_paralympics_-_3b_-_scans_%2811%29.jpg/220px-Xx0188_-_1988_winter_paralympics_-_3b_-_scans_%2811%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Xx0188_-_1988_winter_paralympics_-_3b_-_scans_%2811%29.jpg/330px-Xx0188_-_1988_winter_paralympics_-_3b_-_scans_%2811%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Xx0188_-_1988_winter_paralympics_-_3b_-_scans_%2811%29.jpg/440px-Xx0188_-_1988_winter_paralympics_-_3b_-_scans_%2811%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1540" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Michael_Milton_(skier)" title="Michael Milton (skier)">Michael Milton</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1988_Winter_Paralympics" title="1988 Winter Paralympics">1988 Winter Paralympics</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1988_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1988_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1988 Winter Paralympics">1988 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 1988 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australia sent five athletes; however, failed to medal.<sup id="cite_ref-IPC_Historical_Results_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPC_Historical_Results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These athletes were Michael Collins, <a href="/wiki/Kyrra_Grunnsund" title="Kyrra Grunnsund">Kyrra Grunnsund</a>, Evan Hodge, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Milton_(skier)" title="Michael Milton (skier)">Michael Milton</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Munk" title="David Munk">David Munk</a>, who all competed in both men's downhill, men's giant slalom and men's slalom, except <a href="/wiki/David_Munk" title="David Munk">Munk</a> who only competed in the latter two events.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1988_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1988_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1988 Summer Paralympics">1988 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 1988 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australia competed in 16 events, achieving 23 gold medals in three sports, Athletics, Swimming and Lawn Bowls.<sup id="cite_ref-IPC_Historical_Results_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPC_Historical_Results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Overall, Australia received 95 medals, 23 gold, 34 silver and 38 bronze. Australian athletes broke eight records during the Games.<sup id="cite_ref-IPC_Historical_Results_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPC_Historical_Results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1992_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1992_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1992 Winter Paralympics">1992 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: 1992 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australia's first ever gold medal at an <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games" title="Summer Olympic Games">Olympic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Winter_Paralympic_Games" title="Winter Paralympic Games">Paralympic Winter Games</a> was won by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Milton_(skier)" title="Michael Milton (skier)">Michael Milton</a> when he won the LW2 Slalom event.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are no accurate results for the Australian Paralympic team performances at Winter Games previous to 1992; however, it is known that no-one medalled for Australia until the 1992 Paralympics.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Opening_ceremony_of_1992_Paralympic_Games.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Opening_ceremony_of_1992_Paralympic_Games.jpg/220px-Opening_ceremony_of_1992_Paralympic_Games.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Opening_ceremony_of_1992_Paralympic_Games.jpg/330px-Opening_ceremony_of_1992_Paralympic_Games.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Opening_ceremony_of_1992_Paralympic_Games.jpg/440px-Opening_ceremony_of_1992_Paralympic_Games.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1407" /></a><figcaption>Australian Team marching at the opening ceremony at the Barcelona <a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Paralympics" title="1992 Summer Paralympics">1992 Paralympic Games</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1992_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1992_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1992 Summer Paralympics">1992 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 1992 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The ID Australian men's swimming team was totally dominant in Madrid, with <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Walker_(swimmer)" title="Joseph Walker (swimmer)">Joseph Walker</a> being the undoubted star winning nine gold medals (five individual, four relay) from all events that him competed and setting two world records.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dd0394-_Lillehammer_Winter_Games,_M.Milton-_3b-_scanned_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Dd0394-_Lillehammer_Winter_Games%2C_M.Milton-_3b-_scanned_photo.jpg/220px-Dd0394-_Lillehammer_Winter_Games%2C_M.Milton-_3b-_scanned_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Dd0394-_Lillehammer_Winter_Games%2C_M.Milton-_3b-_scanned_photo.jpg/330px-Dd0394-_Lillehammer_Winter_Games%2C_M.Milton-_3b-_scanned_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Dd0394-_Lillehammer_Winter_Games%2C_M.Milton-_3b-_scanned_photo.jpg/440px-Dd0394-_Lillehammer_Winter_Games%2C_M.Milton-_3b-_scanned_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1568" /></a><figcaption>Australian Paralympian <a href="/wiki/Michael_Milton_(skier)" title="Michael Milton (skier)">Michael Milton</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1994_Winter_Paralympics" title="1994 Winter Paralympics">1994 Winter Games</a> in Lillehammer</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1994_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1994 Winter Paralympics">1994 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 1994 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Australia's most successful Winter Paralympic Games remain the <a href="/wiki/1994_Winter_Paralympics" title="1994 Winter Paralympics">1994 Winter Paralympic Games</a>, when five athletes took the podium on 9 different occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:68_ACPS_Atlanta_1996_Basketball_Troy_Sachs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/68_ACPS_Atlanta_1996_Basketball_Troy_Sachs.jpg/150px-68_ACPS_Atlanta_1996_Basketball_Troy_Sachs.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/68_ACPS_Atlanta_1996_Basketball_Troy_Sachs.jpg/225px-68_ACPS_Atlanta_1996_Basketball_Troy_Sachs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/68_ACPS_Atlanta_1996_Basketball_Troy_Sachs.jpg/300px-68_ACPS_Atlanta_1996_Basketball_Troy_Sachs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1526" data-file-height="2362" /></a><figcaption>Australian men's <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_basketball" title="Wheelchair basketball">wheelchair basketballer</a> <a href="/wiki/Troy_Sachs" title="Troy Sachs">Troy Sachs</a> as he passes the ball in the gold medal game against Great Britain at the <a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Paralympics" title="1996 Summer Paralympics">1996 Paralympic Games</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1996_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1996_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics">1996 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 1996 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australia was ranked 2nd in the final medal table with 106 overall medals; 42 gold; 37 silver; 27 bronze. This success has been attributed to the introduction of the Australian Paralympic Committee's Paralympic Preparation Program.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia's team was half that of the host nation who lead the final medal table.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_basketball" title="Wheelchair basketball">Wheelchair Basketball</a> match, Australia vs <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_1996_Summer_Paralympics" title="Great Britain at the 1996 Summer Paralympics">Great Britain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Troy_Sachs" title="Troy Sachs">Troy Sachs</a> recorded the highest number of individual points scored.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sachs scored 42 points in a single game for Australia at the <a href="/wiki/1996_Summer_Paralympics" title="1996 Summer Paralympics">Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games</a>, which remains the highest ever individual score by a basketballer at the Paralympic Games. He is also Australia's most awarded basketballer with two gold and one silver medal.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the Atlanta Summer Paralympics, there was the largest athletics away gold medal haul to date of 19 Gold medals.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1998_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_1998_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 1998 Winter Paralympics">1998 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 1998 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Australia collected two medals, one gold and one bronze, from the 1998 Games after sending four competitors. <a href="/wiki/James_Patterson_(skier)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Patterson (skier)">James Patterson</a> competed in Alpine Skiing, winning gold in the men's downhill and bronze in men's slalom. </p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:281000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_Louise_Sauvage_action_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/281000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_Louise_Sauvage_action_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg/200px-281000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_Louise_Sauvage_action_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/281000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_Louise_Sauvage_action_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg/300px-281000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_Louise_Sauvage_action_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/281000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_Louise_Sauvage_action_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg/400px-281000_-_Athletics_wheelchair_racing_Louise_Sauvage_action_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_race_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1579" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Louise_Sauvage" title="Louise Sauvage">Louise Sauvage</a> in action at the <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Paralympics" title="2000 Summer Paralympics">2000 Paralympic Games</a> in Sydney</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2000_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics">2000 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 2000 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Paralympics" title="2000 Summer Paralympics">2000 Sydney Summer Paralympic Games</a> are Australia's most successful Paralympic games to date. In the final medal tally, Australia was ranked first with 149 overall medals; 63 gold, 39 silver, and 47 bronze medals.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia was represented by their largest team ever. The success of the team combined with extensive media coverage went a long way to changing public attitudes towards Paralympic athletes and understanding them as elite sportspeople.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Australian values were represented well and truly throughout the Opening and Closing Ceremonies with a distinctly Aboriginal feel at the Opening ceremony and in true Australian traditions, a party atmosphere to the closing ceremony. At the Opening Ceremony, the Paralympic flame was lit by <a href="/wiki/Louise_Sauvage" title="Louise Sauvage">Louise Sauvage</a>, one of Australia's biggest Paralympic athlete. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Louise_Sauvage" title="Louise Sauvage">Sauvage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Sullivan_(athlete)" title="Tim Sullivan (athlete)">Tim Sullivan</a> both competed in this games and found outstanding success in their individual events. <a href="/wiki/Tim_Sullivan_(athlete)" title="Tim Sullivan (athlete)">Sullivan</a> is Australia's most successful athletics athlete at a single Games, winning five gold medals in Sydney 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2002_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2002 Winter Paralympics">2002 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 2002 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australia's best performance at Winter Paralympics winning six gold and one bronze medal at the <a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2002_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2002 Winter Paralympics">2002 Winter Paralympics</a>. Of these medals, four were won by Michael Milton. Milton becoming the first athlete in his class to claim a clean sweep of gold medals across the four alpine disciplines when he won gold in all four of his events – <a href="/wiki/Downhill_(ski_competition)" title="Downhill (ski competition)">Downhill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slalom_skiing" title="Slalom skiing">slalom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giant_slalom" title="Giant slalom">giant slalom</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Super-G" title="Super-G">super-G</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paralympics_Opening_Ceremony.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Paralympics_Opening_Ceremony.jpg/220px-Paralympics_Opening_Ceremony.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Paralympics_Opening_Ceremony.jpg/330px-Paralympics_Opening_Ceremony.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Paralympics_Opening_Ceremony.jpg/440px-Paralympics_Opening_Ceremony.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1977" data-file-height="1039" /></a><figcaption>Paralympics Opening Ceremony in Athens at the <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Paralympics" title="2004 Summer Paralympics">2004 Summer Paralympics</a>. </figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2004_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics">2004 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: 2004 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Paralympics" title="2004 Summer Paralympics">2004 Paralympics</a>, Australia was represented by a considerably smaller team than that of the <a href="/wiki/2000_Summer_Paralympics" title="2000 Summer Paralympics">2000 Summer Paralympics</a> in Sydney; however, ranked second overall medals behind China.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reduced team number was as a result of a strict selection criterion set by the APC and sports meant that only athletes with the potential to win a medal were on the Australian team.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2006_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2006 Winter Paralympics">2006 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: 2006 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australia took 10 athletes to compete in 3 sports and acquired a silver and a bronze medal to finish equal 13th on the overall medal table. Michael Milton won a silver medal in his event in his fifth and final Winter Paralympic Games, retiring as Australia's most successful Winter Paralympian ever.<sup id="cite_ref-IPC_Historical_Results_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IPC_Historical_Results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Emily Jansen competed, as Australia's first female competitor at a Winter Paralympics, in two of the four alpine events.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics">2008 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: 2008 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Australia ranked fourth overall behind China, Great Britain, and USA in the gold medal table.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Beijing Games were the biggest ever with more athletes and countries competing across more sports than ever before. Australia sent their biggest delegation to an away Games to date with 167 athletes, 95 males and 72 females, who competed in 13 out of the 20 sports contested.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Adaptive_rowing" class="mw-redirect" title="Adaptive rowing">Rowing</a> was added to the Paralympic program with the Australian doubles crew winning silver.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tim_Sullivan_(athlete)" title="Tim Sullivan (athlete)">Timothy Sullivan</a> became Australia's leading gold medallist in Paralympic History, winning 10 gold medals.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jessica_Gallagher_and_guide_Christian_Geiger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Jessica_Gallagher_and_guide_Christian_Geiger.jpg/175px-Jessica_Gallagher_and_guide_Christian_Geiger.jpg" decoding="async" width="175" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Jessica_Gallagher_and_guide_Christian_Geiger.jpg/262px-Jessica_Gallagher_and_guide_Christian_Geiger.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Jessica_Gallagher_and_guide_Christian_Geiger.jpg/350px-Jessica_Gallagher_and_guide_Christian_Geiger.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2322" data-file-height="4128" /></a><figcaption>Australian Skier <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Gallagher" title="Jessica Gallagher">Jessica Gallagher</a> (right) and guide <a href="/wiki/Christian_Geiger" title="Christian Geiger">Christian Geiger</a> (left), 2014 Australian Paralympic Team Athlete.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2010_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2010 Winter Paralympics">2010 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: 2010 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australia took its largest team to date, of 14 athletes and their guides, to the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the large team, Australia finished 16th on the overall medal tally, winning four medals.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia had their first Australian female to win a medal at the Paralympic Winter Games, when <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Gallagher" title="Jessica Gallagher">Jessica Gallagher</a> won bronze in the slalom.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics">2012 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: 2012 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:010912_-_Matthew_Cowdrey_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_(02).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/010912_-_Matthew_Cowdrey_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%2802%29.jpg/220px-010912_-_Matthew_Cowdrey_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%2802%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/010912_-_Matthew_Cowdrey_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%2802%29.jpg/330px-010912_-_Matthew_Cowdrey_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%2802%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/010912_-_Matthew_Cowdrey_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%2802%29.jpg/440px-010912_-_Matthew_Cowdrey_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%2802%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3222" data-file-height="2362" /></a><figcaption>Australian Paralympic team member <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Cowdrey" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Cowdrey">Matthew Cowdrey</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012 Summer Paralympic Games</a> in London</figcaption></figure><p>Australia finished fifth in the medal tally with 32 gold, 23 silver and 30 bronze medals, which medals that were won in nine of the 13 sports contested by Australian athletes.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australia achieved 16 world records and 35 Paralympic Records with performances from such athletes as: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Hodgetts" title="Todd Hodgetts">Todd Hodgetts</a> (Shot Put), <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Cartwright" title="Kelly Cartwright">Kelly Cartwright</a> (Long Jump), <a href="/wiki/Susan_Powell_(cyclist)" title="Susan Powell (cyclist)">Susan Powell</a> (Individual Pursuit), <a href="/wiki/Bradley_Mark" title="Bradley Mark">Bradley Mark</a> (10m Air Rifle), <a href="/wiki/Brenden_Hall" title="Brenden Hall">Brenden Hall</a> (400m Freestyle) and <a href="/wiki/Blake_Cochrane" title="Blake Cochrane">Blake Cochrane</a> (100m Breaststroke). In total Australia had 93 medallists of which 25 were multi-medallists, while gold medallist there was 40 and eight of these were multi-gold medallists.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>London was the best performance by Australia's Paralympic swim team since 1984. Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay swim team achieved Australia's 1000th Summer Paralympic Games medal (Australia's 41st of the Games). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Freney" title="Jacqueline Freney">Jacqueline Freney</a> was the most successful athlete from any nation, winning eight gold medals from eight events while her swimming teammate <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Cowdrey" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Cowdrey">Matthew Cowdrey</a> became the most successful Australian Paralympian of all-time by winning his 13th career gold medal at his third Games.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Matthew Cowdrey won gold on day seven in Men's 50m Freestyle S9 Final, also breaking the world record which still stands at 25.13seconds. The victory gave Cowdrey (SA) his 13th career gold medal from three Games.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> The <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_wheelchair_rugby_team" title="Australia national wheelchair rugby team">Australian wheelchair rugby team</a> won its first Paralympic gold medal after claiming silver at the last two major tournaments (Beijing 2008, World Champs 2010).</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2014_Opening_ceremony.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/2014_Opening_ceremony.jpg/220px-2014_Opening_ceremony.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/2014_Opening_ceremony.jpg/330px-2014_Opening_ceremony.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/2014_Opening_ceremony.jpg/440px-2014_Opening_ceremony.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="637" /></a><figcaption>The Australian Team marches at the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Paralympics" title="2014 Winter Paralympics">2014 Paralympic Winter Games</a>, led by flagbearer <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Rahles-Rahbula" title="Cameron Rahles-Rahbula">Cameron Rahles-Rahbula</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The youngest competitor in the London Games, 13-year-old & 300 days <a href="/wiki/Maddison_Elliott" title="Maddison Elliott">Maddison Elliott</a> from Newcastle, NSW, claimed one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals and had the pleasure of presenting <a href="/wiki/Prince_Harry" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Harry">Prince Harry</a> with Australian's Paralympian toy Mascot “Lizzie” the Frill-necked Lizard.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2014_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2014_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics">2014 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: 2014 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Australia came away from these games with two medals, a disappointing result. Australian Paralympic Chief Executive Jason Hellwig said that 'we were absolutely disappointed we didn't get the mission done to win that gold medal', however, he also described it as the most satisfying he had experienced because of the hardship the team had gone through.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A possible reason for the Australian Team's disappointing performance was the death of team member <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Robinson_(snowboarder)" title="Matthew Robinson (snowboarder)">Matthew Robinson</a>, some weeks prior to the Games after an accident at the <a href="/wiki/IPC_Alpine_Skiing_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup">IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/La_Molina_(ski_resort)" title="La Molina (ski resort)">La Molina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Katie_Kelly_and_guide_in_Rio_2016.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Katie_Kelly_and_guide_in_Rio_2016.jpg/220px-Katie_Kelly_and_guide_in_Rio_2016.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Katie_Kelly_and_guide_in_Rio_2016.jpg/330px-Katie_Kelly_and_guide_in_Rio_2016.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Katie_Kelly_and_guide_in_Rio_2016.jpg/440px-Katie_Kelly_and_guide_in_Rio_2016.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5568" data-file-height="3712" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Katie_Kelly_(paratriathlete)" title="Katie Kelly (paratriathlete)">Katie Kelly</a> & her guide <a href="/wiki/Michellie_Jones" title="Michellie Jones">Michellie Jones</a> competing in <a href="/wiki/Paratriathlon_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Paratriathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Paratriathlon</a> class PT4, PT2 e PT5, in Copacabana Beach, Rio at the <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="2016 Summer Paralympics">2016 Summer Paralympics</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">2016 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: 2016 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Australian team comprised 177 athletes of which 103 are men and 74 are women.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Incredibly 89 athletes (50%) made their Paralympic debut in 2016. The average age of athletes on the Aussie team 2016 is 29.2 years. The average age of the male athletes is 29.1 years and the average age of female athletes is 29.4 years.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Rio there were an extraordinary eight Australian athletes who had competed in two or more different sports: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dylan_Alcott" title="Dylan Alcott">Dylan Alcott</a> competed in his third Paralympic games in two different sports, wheelchair basketball in 2008 and 2012 and wheelchair tennis. Alcott was successful in his transition from wheelchair basketball to wheelchair tennis, winning two gold medals in both the men's quad wheelchair tennis doubles and singles.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became the fifth Australian Paralympian to win gold medals in two sports.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniela_Di_Toro" title="Daniela Di Toro">Daniela Di Toro</a> competed in her sixth Paralympics, having competed in <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_tennis" title="Wheelchair tennis">wheelchair tennis</a> from 1996 to 2012, winning silver and bronze medal each in 2000 and 2004 respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the Rio Paralympics, Daniela competed in <a href="/wiki/Para_table_tennis" title="Para table tennis">table tennis</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Gallagher" title="Jessica Gallagher">Jessica Gallagher</a> won bronze in her fourth Paralympics in a third Paralympic sport, cycling, after competing in alpine skiing (2010 and 2014 winning bronze both times), and athletics (2012).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_41-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>At 74 years of age, <a href="/wiki/Libby_Kosmala" title="Libby Kosmala">Libby Kosmala</a> was the oldest athlete selected for the <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="2016 Summer Paralympics">2016 Summer Paralympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_41-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Rio Paralympics was Kosmala's twelfth Games, having previously competed in athletics, swimming, and shooting at the Paralympic Games since 1972. Kosmala won 9 gold and 1 silver medals over that time.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_McLean" title="Claire McLean">Claire McLean</a> competed in <a href="/wiki/Paratriathlon_at_the_2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="Paratriathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics">Paratriathlon</a> in Rio but had previously competed in cycling at the 2004 Athens Paralympics, placing silver.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kieran_Modra" title="Kieran Modra">Kieran Modra</a> won bronze in the men's B road time trial in his eighth Paralympics, having competed in athletics in 1988, swimming in 1992 (winning 2 bronze), and cycling from 1996 to 2016 (winning 5 golds, and 2 silvers in that time).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_41-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Previously, <a href="/wiki/Liesl_Tesch" title="Liesl Tesch">Liesl Tesch</a> competed in <a href="/wiki/Wheelchair_basketball" title="Wheelchair basketball">wheelchair basketball</a> from 1992 to 2008 (winning 2 silver and 1 bronze medals). In 2012 and 2016, Tesch transitioned to sailing, winning a gold medal each time.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_41-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Reid" title="Amanda Reid">Amanda Reid</a> medalled silver in cycling in Rio after previously swimming in London.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_19-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_41-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:310812_-_Brenden_Hall_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_(02).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/310812_-_Brenden_Hall_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%2802%29.jpg/220px-310812_-_Brenden_Hall_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%2802%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/310812_-_Brenden_Hall_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%2802%29.jpg/330px-310812_-_Brenden_Hall_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%2802%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/310812_-_Brenden_Hall_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%2802%29.jpg/440px-310812_-_Brenden_Hall_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics_%2802%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3661" data-file-height="2362" /></a><figcaption>Australian Paralympic team member <a href="/wiki/Brenden_Hall" title="Brenden Hall">Brenden Hall</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012 Summer Paralympic Games</a> in London.</figcaption></figure> <p>Notable achievements at the Games </p> <ul><li>Australia won its first medal in archery since 1968, when <a href="/wiki/Jonathon_Milne" title="Jonathon Milne">Jonathon Milne</a> won bronze in the men's archery individual compound W1.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Paracanoe was debuted at the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics and resulted in Curtis McGarth becoming Australia's first gold medallist in the sport.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Paratriathlon also debuted, resulting in Katie Kelly and her guide Michellie Jones won the gold medal.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Back-to-back winners of their events from the London 2012 Paralympic Games were: <a href="/wiki/Ellie_Cole" title="Ellie Cole">Ellie Cole</a> (swimming), <a href="/wiki/Brenden_Hall" title="Brenden Hall">Brenden Hall</a> (swimming), <a href="/wiki/David_Nicholas" title="David Nicholas">David Nicholas</a> (cycling), <a href="/wiki/Carol_Cooke" title="Carol Cooke">Carol Cooke</a> (cycling), <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Fitzgibbon" title="Daniel Fitzgibbon">Daniel Fitzgibbon</a> / <a href="/wiki/Liesl_Tesch" title="Liesl Tesch">Liesl Tesch</a> (sailing) and the <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_wheelchair_rugby_team" title="Australia national wheelchair rugby team">wheelchair rugby team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2018_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics">2018 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: 2018 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Team of 12 athletes and three guides represented Australia. In snowboarding <a href="/wiki/Simon_Patmore" title="Simon Patmore">Simon Patmore</a> won a gold and bronze medal and in alpine skiing <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Perrine" title="Melissa Perrine">Melissa Perrine</a> won two bronze medals. Australia was ranked 15th on the medal table. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_Summer_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2020_Summer_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics">2020 Summer Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: 2020 Summer Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:230821_Flagbearer_announcement_Di_Toro_Batt_Tokyo_KM_edit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Daniela di Toro and Ryley Batt in wheelchairs jointly holding the Australian flag." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/230821_Flagbearer_announcement_Di_Toro_Batt_Tokyo_KM_edit.jpg/220px-230821_Flagbearer_announcement_Di_Toro_Batt_Tokyo_KM_edit.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/230821_Flagbearer_announcement_Di_Toro_Batt_Tokyo_KM_edit.jpg/330px-230821_Flagbearer_announcement_Di_Toro_Batt_Tokyo_KM_edit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/230821_Flagbearer_announcement_Di_Toro_Batt_Tokyo_KM_edit.jpg/440px-230821_Flagbearer_announcement_Di_Toro_Batt_Tokyo_KM_edit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1412" data-file-height="1884" /></a><figcaption>Daniela di Toro and Ryley Batt at the announcement that they would jointly carry the Australian flag in the opening ceremony at the Tokyo Paralympics.</figcaption></figure> <p>Australia sent its largest away team - 179 athletes to a Summer Paralympics. Australia finished eighth on the gold medal table and sixth on the total medals table. The Games were postponed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Badminton and taekwondo made their Paralympic debuts.<br /> </p> <ul><li>Multiple gold medallists: <a href="/wiki/William_Martin_(swimmer)" title="William Martin (swimmer)">William Martin</a> (swimming) - 3 gold, 1 silver ; <a href="/wiki/Madison_de_Rozario" title="Madison de Rozario">Madison de Rozario</a> (athletics) - 2 gold, 1 bronze ; <a href="/wiki/Curtis_McGrath" title="Curtis McGrath">Curtis McGrath</a> (canoeing) - 2 gold ; <a href="/wiki/Ben_Popham" title="Ben Popham">Ben Popham</a> (swimming) - 2 gold, 1 silver ; <a href="/wiki/Rowan_Crothers" title="Rowan Crothers">Rowan Crothers</a> (swimming) - 2 gold, 1 silver.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellie_Cole" title="Ellie Cole">Ellie Cole</a> with two bronze medals became Australia's leading female Paralympic medallist with 17 medals - 6 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze.</li> <li>Gold medallists repeating Rio Paralympics gold - <a href="/wiki/James_Turner_(parathlete)" title="James Turner (parathlete)">James Turner</a> (athletics), <a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Low" title="Vanessa Low">Vanessa Low</a> (athletics), <a href="/wiki/Curtis_McGrath" title="Curtis McGrath">Curtis McGrath</a> (canoeing), <a href="/wiki/Lakeisha_Patterson" title="Lakeisha Patterson">Lakeisha Patterson</a> (swimming), <a href="/wiki/Rachael_Watson" title="Rachael Watson">Rachael Watson</a> (swimming), <a href="/wiki/Dylan_Alcott" title="Dylan Alcott">Dylan Alcott</a> (wheelchair tennis).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2022_Winter_Paralympics"><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_2022_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the 2022 Winter Paralympics">2022 Winter Paralympics</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: 2022 Winter Paralympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Team of 7 athletes and two guides represented Australia. In snowboarding <a href="/wiki/Ben_Tudhope" title="Ben Tudhope">Ben Tudhope</a> won a bronze medal. Australia was ranked 17th on the medal table. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interesting_facts">Interesting facts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Interesting facts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gallagher_and_Janssen_on_the_blocks.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Gallagher_and_Janssen_on_the_blocks.jpg/220px-Gallagher_and_Janssen_on_the_blocks.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Gallagher_and_Janssen_on_the_blocks.jpg/330px-Gallagher_and_Janssen_on_the_blocks.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Gallagher_and_Janssen_on_the_blocks.jpg/440px-Gallagher_and_Janssen_on_the_blocks.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3014" data-file-height="3450" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Gallagher" title="Jessica Gallagher">Jessica Gallagher</a> (left) and <a href="/wiki/Madison_Janssen" title="Madison Janssen">Madison Janssen</a> (right) prepare to race in the Women's B/VI 1000m time trial final in Rio at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Leading Australian Summer Paralympians 1960–2020<sup id="cite_ref-apc_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apc-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1253789634"><table class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi plainrowheaders jquery-tablesorter" style="text-align:center"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Athlete</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:gold;color:#333">Gold</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:silver;color:#333">Silver</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:#c96;color:#333">Bronze</th><th scope="col" style="width:4em">Total</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Cowdrey" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Cowdrey">Matthew Cowdrey</a></th><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>3</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Sullivan_(athlete)" class="mw-redirect" title="Timothy Sullivan (athlete)">Timothy Sullivan</a></th><td>10</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Louise_Sauvage" title="Louise Sauvage">Louise Sauvage</a></th><td>9</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Priya_Cooper" title="Priya Cooper">Priya Cooper</a></th><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Libby_Kosmala" title="Libby Kosmala">Libby Kosmala</a></th><td>9</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Freney" title="Jacqueline Freney">Jacqueline Freney</a></th><td>8</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Fuller" title="Neil Fuller">Neil Fuller</a></th><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Ellie_Cole" title="Ellie Cole">Ellie Cole</a></th><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>6</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Heath_Francis" title="Heath Francis">Heath Francis</a></th><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Tracey_Freeman" title="Tracey Freeman">Tracey Freeman</a></th><td>6</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Russell_Short" title="Russell Short">Russell Short</a></th><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Darren_Thrupp" title="Darren Thrupp">Darren Thrupp</a></th><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Siobhan_Paton" title="Siobhan Paton">Siobhan Paton</a></th><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Kingsley_Bugarin" title="Kingsley Bugarin">Kingsley Bugarin</a></th><td>5</td><td>8</td><td>6</td><td>19</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="font-weight:bold">Totals (14 entries)</th><th style="font-weight:bold">105</th><th style="font-weight:bold">46</th><th style="font-weight:bold">34</th><th style="font-weight:bold">185</th></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> <b>Leading Australian Winter Paralympic medallists 1976–2014</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1253789634"><table class="wikitable sortable sticky-header-multi plainrowheaders jquery-tablesorter" style="text-align:center"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Athlete</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:gold;color:#333">Gold</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:silver;color:#333">Silver</th><th scope="col" class="headerSort" style="width:4em;background-color:#c96;color:#333">Bronze</th><th scope="col" style="width:4em">Total</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Milton_(skier)" title="Michael Milton (skier)">Michael Milton</a></th><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Bart_Bunting" title="Bart Bunting">Bart Bunting</a>/<a href="/wiki/Nathan_Chivers" title="Nathan Chivers">Nathan Chivers</a> (Guide)</th><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Norton_(skier)" title="Michael Norton (skier)">Michael Norton</a></th><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/James_Patterson_(skier)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Patterson (skier)">James Patterson</a></th><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Marty_Mayberry" title="Marty Mayberry">Marty Mayberry</a></th><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Rahles-Rahbula" title="Cameron Rahles-Rahbula">Cameron Rahles-Rahbula</a></th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/David_Munk" title="David Munk">David Munk</a></th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Gallagher" title="Jessica Gallagher">Jessica Gallagher</a></th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="background-color:inherit;color:inherit;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Toby_Kane" title="Toby Kane">Toby Kane</a></th><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="font-weight:bold">Totals (9 entries)</th><th style="font-weight:bold">11</th><th style="font-weight:bold">6</th><th style="font-weight:bold">13</th><th style="font-weight:bold">30</th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Gold_medallists">First Gold medallists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: First Gold medallists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Sutton" title="Ross Sutton">Ross Sutton</a> won Australia's first gold medal at the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Paralympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer Paralympics">Summer Paralympics</a> in winning the Men's St Nicholas Round open archery at the <a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Paralympics" title="1960 Summer Paralympics">1960 Summer Paralympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-apcnews_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apcnews-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daphne_Ceeney" title="Daphne Ceeney">Daphne Ceeney</a> was Australia's first female gold medallist at the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Paralympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Summer Paralympics">Summer Paralympics</a>. She won two gold medals in swimming events at the <a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Paralympics" title="1960 Summer Paralympics">1960 Summer Paralympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-apcnews_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apcnews-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Milton_(skier)" title="Michael Milton (skier)">Michael Milton</a> became Australia's first <a href="/wiki/Winter_Paralympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Winter Paralympics">Winter Paralympics</a> gold medallist in winning at the Men's Slalom LW2 at the <a href="/wiki/1992_Winter_Paralympics" title="1992 Winter Paralympics">1992 Winter Paralympics</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dual_Summer_/_Winter_Paralympic_medallists"><span id="Dual_Summer_.2F_Winter_Paralympic_medallists"></span>Dual Summer / Winter Paralympic medallists</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Dual Summer / Winter Paralympic medallists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Gallagher" title="Jessica Gallagher">Jessica Gallagher</a> - Winter <a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Paralympics" title="2010 Winter Paralympics">2010</a> and <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Paralympics" title="2014 Winter Paralympics">2014</a> – bronze medals in alpine skiing; Summer <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="2016 Summer Paralympics">2016</a> – 1 bronze in cycling.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Patmore" title="Simon Patmore">Simon Patmore</a> - Summer <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012</a> - bronze medal in athletics ; Winter <a href="/wiki/2018_Winter_Paralympics" title="2018 Winter Paralympics">2018</a> - 1 gold, 1 bronze medal snowboarding.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dual_Summer_/_Winter_Paralympians"><span id="Dual_Summer_.2F_Winter_Paralympians"></span>Dual Summer / Winter Paralympians</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Dual Summer / Winter Paralympians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/2018_Winter_Paralympics" title="2018 Winter Paralympics">2018 Winter Paralympics</a>, the following Australian athletes have attended both Summer and Winter Games. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kyrra_Grunnsund" title="Kyrra Grunnsund">Kyrra Grunnsund</a> – Winter 1980–1992 (skiing) ; Summer 1992 (athletics)<sup id="cite_ref-australian_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-australian-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bonaccurso" title="Anthony Bonaccurso">Anthony Bonaccurso</a> – Winter <a href="/wiki/1988_Winter_Paralympics" title="1988 Winter Paralympics">1998</a> (skiing) ; Summer <a href="/wiki/2004_Summer_Paralympics" title="2004 Summer Paralympics">2004</a> (tennis)<sup id="cite_ref-australian_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-australian-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Milton_(skier)" title="Michael Milton (skier)">Michael Milton</a> – Winter 1988–<a href="/wiki/2006_Winter_Paralympics" title="2006 Winter Paralympics">2006</a> (skiing) ; Summer <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008</a> (cycling)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Monypenny" title="Dominic Monypenny">Dominic Monypenny</a> - Summer <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Paralympics" title="2008 Summer Paralympics">2008</a> (rowing) ; Winter <a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Paralympics" title="2010 Winter Paralympics">2010</a> (cross-country skiing)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Gallagher" title="Jessica Gallagher">Jessica Gallagher</a> – Winter <a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Paralympics" title="2010 Winter Paralympics">2010</a>–<a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Paralympics" title="2014 Winter Paralympics">2014</a> (skiing) ; Summer <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012</a> (athletics) ; Summer <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="2016 Summer Paralympics">2016</a> (cycling)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Patmore" title="Simon Patmore">Simon Patmore</a> - Summer <a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics" title="2012 Summer Paralympics">2012</a> (athletics) ; Winter <a href="/wiki/2018_Winter_Paralympics" title="2018 Winter Paralympics">2018</a> (snowboard)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rae_Anderson_(athlete)" title="Rae Anderson (athlete)">Rae Anderson</a> - Summer <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="2016 Summer Paralympics">2016</a> (athletics) ; Winter <a href="/wiki/2022_Winter_Paralympics" title="2022 Winter Paralympics">2022</a> (alpine skiing)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dual_Olympian/Paralympian"><span id="Dual_Olympian.2FParalympian"></span>Dual Olympian/Paralympian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Dual Olympian/Paralympian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Tapper" title="Melissa Tapper">Melissa Tapper</a>-Summer Olympics: <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016</a>-<a href="/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics" title="2024 Summer Olympics">2024</a>. (Table Tennis); Summer Paralympics: <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Paralympics" title="2016 Summer Paralympics">2016</a>-<a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Paralympics" title="2020 Summer Paralympics">2020</a>. (Table Tennis) One Silver, Two Bronze.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Multi-sports_Australian_Paralympians">Multi-sports Australian Paralympians</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Australia_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Multi-sports Australian Paralympians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_multi-sport_Australian_Paralympians" title="List of multi-sport Australian Paralympians">List of multi-sport Australian Paralympians</a> - includes those athletes that have competed in one or more sports at the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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title="Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the Paralympics">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_at_the_Paralympics" title="Suriname at the Paralympics">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_at_the_Paralympics" title="Trinidad and Tobago at the Paralympics">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_Paralympics" title="United States at the Paralympics">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguay_at_the_Paralympics" title="Uruguay at the Paralympics">Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuela_at_the_Paralympics" title="Venezuela at the Paralympics">Venezuela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Islands_at_the_Paralympics" title="Virgin Islands at the Paralympics">Virgin Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#D5E6FF;;width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_at_the_Paralympics" title="Afghanistan at the Paralympics">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain_at_the_Paralympics" title="Bahrain at the Paralympics">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_at_the_Paralympics" title="Bangladesh at the Paralympics">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutan_at_the_Paralympics" title="Bhutan at the Paralympics">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunei_at_the_Paralympics" title="Brunei at the Paralympics">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Cambodia at the Paralympics">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China_at_the_Paralympics" title="China at the Paralympics">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Timor_at_the_Paralympics" title="East Timor at the Paralympics">East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_at_the_Paralympics" title="Hong Kong at the Paralympics">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/India_at_the_Paralympics" title="India at the Paralympics">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indonesia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Indonesia at the Paralympics">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_at_the_Paralympics" title="Iran at the Paralympics">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_at_the_Paralympics" title="Iraq at the Paralympics">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_at_the_Paralympics" title="Japan at the Paralympics">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_at_the_Paralympics" title="Jordan at the Paralympics">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_at_the_Paralympics" title="Kazakhstan at the Paralympics">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait_at_the_Paralympics" title="Kuwait at the Paralympics">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan_at_the_Paralympics" title="Kyrgyzstan at the Paralympics">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laos_at_the_Paralympics" title="Laos at the Paralympics">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon_at_the_Paralympics" title="Lebanon at the Paralympics">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macau_at_the_Paralympics" title="Macau at the Paralympics">Macau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Malaysia at the Paralympics">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maldives_at_the_Paralympics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maldives at the Paralympics (page does not exist)">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongolia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Mongolia at the Paralympics">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar_at_the_Paralympics" title="Myanmar at the Paralympics">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal_at_the_Paralympics" title="Nepal at the Paralympics">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea_at_the_Paralympics" title="North Korea at the Paralympics">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oman_at_the_Paralympics" title="Oman at the Paralympics">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_at_the_Paralympics" title="Pakistan at the Paralympics">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palestine_at_the_Paralympics" title="Palestine at the Paralympics">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_at_the_Paralympics" title="Philippines at the Paralympics">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar_at_the_Paralympics" title="Qatar at the Paralympics">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Saudi Arabia at the Paralympics">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singapore_at_the_Paralympics" title="Singapore at the Paralympics">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Korea_at_the_Paralympics" title="South Korea at the Paralympics">South Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_at_the_Paralympics" title="Sri Lanka at the Paralympics">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syria_at_the_Paralympics" title="Syria at the Paralympics">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_at_the_Paralympics" title="Chinese Taipei at the Paralympics">Chinese Taipei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tajikistan_at_the_Paralympics" title="Tajikistan at the Paralympics">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thailand_at_the_Paralympics" title="Thailand at the Paralympics">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan_at_the_Paralympics" title="Turkmenistan at the Paralympics">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_at_the_Paralympics" title="United Arab Emirates at the Paralympics">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan_at_the_Paralympics" title="Uzbekistan at the Paralympics">Uzbekistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_at_the_Paralympics" title="Vietnam at the Paralympics">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yemen_at_the_Paralympics" title="Yemen at the Paralympics">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#D5E6FF;;width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania_at_the_Paralympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Albania at the Paralympics">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andorra_at_the_Paralympics" title="Andorra at the Paralympics">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Armenia at the Paralympics">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austria_at_the_Paralympics" title="Austria at the Paralympics">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_Paralympics" title="Azerbaijan at the Paralympics">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarus_at_the_Paralympics" title="Belarus at the Paralympics">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium_at_the_Paralympics" title="Belgium at the Paralympics">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_at_the_Paralympics" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Paralympics">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria_at_the_Paralympics" title="Bulgaria at the Paralympics">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Croatia at the Paralympics">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyprus_at_the_Paralympics" title="Cyprus at the Paralympics">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_at_the_Paralympics" title="Czech Republic at the Paralympics">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark_at_the_Paralympics" title="Denmark at the Paralympics">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Estonia at the Paralympics">Estonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands_at_the_Paralympics" title="Faroe Islands at the Paralympics">Faroe Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_at_the_Paralympics" title="Finland at the Paralympics">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France_at_the_Paralympics" title="France at the Paralympics">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Georgia at the Paralympics">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany_at_the_Paralympics" title="Germany at the Paralympics">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_at_the_Paralympics" title="Great Britain at the Paralympics">Great Britain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece_at_the_Paralympics" title="Greece at the Paralympics">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary_at_the_Paralympics" title="Hungary at the Paralympics">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iceland_at_the_Paralympics" title="Iceland at the Paralympics">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland_at_the_Paralympics" title="Ireland at the Paralympics">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Israel_at_the_Paralympics" title="Israel at the Paralympics">Israel</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italy_at_the_Paralympics" title="Italy at the Paralympics">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_at_the_Paralympics" title="Kosovo at the Paralympics">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Latvia at the Paralympics">Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liechtenstein_at_the_Paralympics" title="Liechtenstein at the Paralympics">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuania_at_the_Paralympics" title="Lithuania at the Paralympics">Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_at_the_Paralympics" title="Luxembourg at the Paralympics">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_at_the_Paralympics" title="Malta at the Paralympics">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moldova_at_the_Paralympics" title="Moldova at the Paralympics">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montenegro_at_the_Paralympics" title="Montenegro at the Paralympics">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands_at_the_Paralympics" title="Netherlands at the Paralympics">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia_at_the_Paralympics" title="North Macedonia at the Paralympics">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway_at_the_Paralympics" title="Norway at the Paralympics">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poland_at_the_Paralympics" title="Poland at the Paralympics">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portugal_at_the_Paralympics" title="Portugal at the Paralympics">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romania_at_the_Paralympics" title="Romania at the Paralympics">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Russia at the Paralympics">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Marino_at_the_Paralympics" title="San Marino at the Paralympics">San Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Serbia at the Paralympics">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Slovakia at the Paralympics">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovenia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Slovenia at the Paralympics">Slovenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spain_at_the_Paralympics" title="Spain at the Paralympics">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_at_the_Paralympics" title="Sweden at the Paralympics">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_at_the_Paralympics" title="Switzerland at the Paralympics">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey_at_the_Paralympics" title="Turkey at the Paralympics">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukraine_at_the_Paralympics" title="Ukraine at the Paralympics">Ukraine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#D5E6FF;;width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Australia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the Winter Paralympics">Winter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji_at_the_Paralympics" title="Fiji at the Paralympics">Fiji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiribati_at_the_Paralympics" title="Kiribati at the Paralympics">Kiribati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_at_the_Paralympics" title="New Zealand at the Paralympics">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_at_the_Paralympics" title="Papua New Guinea at the Paralympics">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoa_at_the_Paralympics" title="Samoa at the Paralympics">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands_at_the_Paralympics" title="Solomon Islands at the Paralympics">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tonga_at_the_Paralympics" title="Tonga at the Paralympics">Tonga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanuatu_at_the_Paralympics" title="Vanuatu at the Paralympics">Vanuatu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#D5E6FF;;width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Paralympians_at_the_Paralympic_Games" title="Independent Paralympians at the Paralympic Games">Independent Paralympic Participants</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Individual_Paralympic_Athletes_at_the_2000_Summer_Paralympics" title="Individual Paralympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Paralympics">Individual Paralympic Athletes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neutral_Paralympic_Athletes_at_the_2018_Winter_Paralympics" title="Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics">Neutral Paralympic Athletes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Refugee_Paralympic_Team" title="Refugee Paralympic Team">Refugee Paralympic Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Paralympic_Committee_athletes_at_the_2020_Summer_Paralympics" title="Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics">RPC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unified_Team_at_the_Paralympics" title="Unified Team at the Paralympics">Unified Team</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#D5E6FF;;width:1%">Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Czechoslovakia at the Paralympics">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Germany_at_the_Paralympics" class="mw-redirect" title="East Germany at the Paralympics">East Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhodesia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Rhodesia at the Paralympics">Rhodesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro_at_the_Paralympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbia and Montenegro at the Paralympics">Serbia and Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union_at_the_Paralympics" title="Soviet Union at the Paralympics">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yugoslavia_at_the_Paralympics" title="Yugoslavia at the Paralympics">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:#D5E6FF;"><div><sup><small>1</small></sup> Israel has been a member of the <a href="/wiki/European_Paralympic_Committee" title="European Paralympic Committee">European Paralympic Committee</a> (EOC) since 1994.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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href="/wiki/Australia_national_badminton_team" title="Australia national badminton team">Badminton</a></li> <li>Baseball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_baseball_team" title="Australia national baseball team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_under-19_baseball_team" title="Australia national under-19 baseball team">M U19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_under-18_baseball_team" title="Australia national under-18 baseball team">M U18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Schoolboys_national_baseball_team" title="Australian Schoolboys national baseball team">Schoolboys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_baseball_team" title="Australia women's national baseball team">W</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_Baseball5_team" title="Australia national Baseball5 team">Baseball5</a></li> <li>Basketball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national basketball team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_under-19_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national under-19 basketball team">M U19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_under-17_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national under-17 basketball team">M U17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_3x3_team" title="Australia men's national 3x3 team">M 3x3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_basketball_team" title="Australia women's national basketball team">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-19_basketball_team" title="Australia women's national under-19 basketball team">W U19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-17_basketball_team" title="Australia women's national under-17 basketball team">W U17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_3x3_team" title="Australia women's national 3x3 team">W 3x3</a></li></ul></li> <li>Beach handball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_beach_handball_team" title="Australia men's national beach handball team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_youth_beach_handball_team" title="Australia men's national youth beach handball team">M U17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_beach_handball_team" title="Australia women's national beach handball team">W</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_beach_soccer_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia national beach soccer team">Beach soccer</a></li> <li>Cricket <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_cricket_team" title="Australia national cricket team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_A_cricket_team" title="Australia A cricket team">Aus A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_under-19_cricket_team" title="Australia national under-19 cricket team">M U19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_XI" title="Prime Minister's XI">PM's XI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_cricket_team" title="Australia women's national cricket team">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-19_cricket_team" title="Australia women's national under-19 cricket team">W U19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_blind_cricket_team" title="Australia national blind cricket team">Blind</a></li></ul></li> <li>Field hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_field_hockey_team" title="Australia men's national field hockey team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_under-21_field_hockey_team" title="Australia men's national under-21 field hockey team">M U21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_field_hockey_team" title="Australia women's national field hockey team">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-21_field_hockey_team" title="Australia women's national under-21 field hockey team">W U21</a></li></ul></li> <li>Floorball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_under-19_floorball_team" title="Australia men's national under-19 floorball team">M U19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_floorball_team" title="Australia women's national floorball team">W</a></li></ul></li> <li>Futsal <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_futsal_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia national futsal team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_futsal_team" title="Australia women's national futsal team">W</a></li></ul></li> <li>Goalball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_goalball_team" title="Australia men's national goalball team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_goalball_team" title="Australia women's national goalball team">W</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_Australia_National_Squad" title="Golf Australia National Squad">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_American_football_team" title="Australia national American football team">Gridiron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_artistic_gymnastics_team" title="Australia women's national artistic gymnastics team">Gymnastics</a></li> <li>Handball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_handball_team" title="Australia men's national handball team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_junior_handball_team" title="Australia men's national junior handball team">M U21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_youth_handball_team" title="Australia men's national youth handball team">M U18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_handball_team" title="Australia women's national handball team">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_junior_handball_team" title="Australia women's national junior handball team">W U21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_youth_handball_team" title="Australia women's national youth handball team">W U18</a></li></ul></li> <li>Ice hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Australia men's national ice hockey team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_junior_ice_hockey_team" title="Australia men's national junior ice hockey team">M U20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_under-18_ice_hockey_team" title="Australia men's national under-18 ice hockey team">M U18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_para_ice_hockey_team" title="Australia men's national para ice hockey team">MPara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Australia women's national ice hockey team">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-18_ice_hockey_team" title="Australia women's national under-18 ice hockey team">W U18</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_indoor_hockey_team" title="Australia women's national indoor hockey team">Indoor hockey</a></li> <li>Inline hockey <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_inline_hockey_team" title="Australia men's national inline hockey team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_inline_hockey_team" title="Australia women's national inline hockey team">W</a></li></ul></li> <li>International rules <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_international_rules_football_team" title="Australia national international rules football team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_international_rules_football_team" title="Australia women's national international rules football team">W</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_korfball_team" title="Australia national korfball team">Korfball</a></li> <li>Lacrosse <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_lacrosse_team" title="Australia men's national lacrosse team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_indoor_lacrosse_team" title="Australia national indoor lacrosse team">Indoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_lacrosse_team" title="Australia women's national lacrosse team">W</a></li></ul></li> <li>Motorcycle Speedway <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_speedway_team" title="Australia national speedway team">Open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_under-21_speedway_team" title="Australia national under-21 speedway team"> U21</a></li></ul></li> <li>Netball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_netball_team" title="Australia men's national netball team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_netball_team" title="Australia national netball team">W</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_pitch_and_putt_team" title="Australia men's national pitch and putt team">Pitch and putt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_quadball_team" title="Australia national quadball team">Quadball</a></li> <li>Roller derby <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_men%27s_roller_derby_team" title="Australia national men's roller derby team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Team_Australia_(roller_derby)" title="Team Australia (roller derby)">W</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_roller_hockey_team" title="Australia national roller hockey team">Roller hockey</a></li> <li>Rugby league <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_league_team" title="Australia national rugby league team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_rugby_league_team" title="Australia women's national rugby league team">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_XIII" title="Prime Minister's XIII">PM's XIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_All_Stars_(rugby_league)" title="Indigenous All Stars (rugby league)">Indigenous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junior_Kangaroos" title="Junior Kangaroos">Junior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Schoolboys_rugby_league_team" title="Australian Schoolboys rugby league team">Schoolboys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_wheelchair_rugby_league_team" title="Australia national wheelchair rugby league team">Wheelchair</a></li></ul></li> <li>Rugby union <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_A_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia A national rugby union team">Aus A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_under-21_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national under-21 rugby union team">M U21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_under-20_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national under-20 rugby union team">M U20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_under-19_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national under-19 rugby union team">M U19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Schoolboys_rugby_union_team" title="Australian Schoolboys rugby union team">Schoolboys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Australia national rugby sevens team">M7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia women's national rugby union team">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="Australia women's national rugby sevens team">W7</a></li></ul></li> <li>Soccer <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national soccer team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_soccer_B_team" title="Australia men's national soccer B team">MB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_under-23_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national under-23 soccer team">M U23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_under-20_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national under-20 soccer team">M U20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_under-17_soccer_team" title="Australia men's national under-17 soccer team">M U17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_Paralympic_soccer_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Australia Paralympic soccer team">P7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national soccer team">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-23_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national under-23 soccer team">W U23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-20_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national under-20 soccer team">W U20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-17_soccer_team" title="Australia women's national under-17 soccer team">W U17</a></li></ul></li> <li>Softball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_softball_team" title="Australia men's national softball team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_softball_team" title="Australia women's national softball team">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_junior_national_softball_team" title="Australia men's junior national softball team">M U17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-18_softball_team" title="Australia women's national under-18 softball team">W U18</a></li></ul></li> <li>Squash <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_squash_team" title="Australia men's national squash team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_squash_team" title="Australia women's national squash team">W</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Swim_Team" title="Australian Swim Team">Swimming</a></li> <li>Tennis <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_Davis_Cup_team" title="Australia Davis Cup team">Davis Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_Billie_Jean_King_Cup_team" title="Australia Billie Jean King Cup team">Fed Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Hopman_Cup" title="Australia at the Hopman Cup">Hopman Cup</a></li></ul></li> <li>Volleyball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_volleyball_team" title="Australia men's national volleyball team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_volleyball_team" title="Australia women's national volleyball team">W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_under-18_volleyball_team" title="Australia women's national under-18 volleyball team">W U18</a></li></ul></li> <li>Water polo <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_water_polo_team" title="Australia men's national water polo team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_water_polo_team" title="Australia women's national water polo team">W</a></li></ul></li> <li>Wheelchair basketball <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_men%27s_national_wheelchair_basketball_team" title="Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team">M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_women%27s_national_wheelchair_basketball_team" title="Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team">W</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_wheelchair_rugby_team" title="Australia national wheelchair rugby team">Wheelchair rugby</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Olympics" title="Australia at the Olympics">Olympics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Winter_Olympics" title="Australia at the Winter Olympics">Winter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Paralympics</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the Winter Paralympics">Winter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Commonwealth_Games" title="Australia at the Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_FISU_World_University_Games" title="Australia at the FISU World University Games">Universiade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By state/territory</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_the_Australian_Capital_Territory" title="Sport in the Australian Capital Territory">ACT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_New_South_Wales" title="Sport in New South Wales">New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_the_Northern_Territory" title="Sport in the Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Queensland" title="Sport in Queensland">Queensland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_South_Australia" title="Sport in South Australia">South Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Tasmania" title="Sport in Tasmania">Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Victoria" title="Sport in Victoria">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Western_Australia" title="Sport in Western Australia">Western Australia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Team_sport" title="Team sport">Team sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_football_in_Australia" title="American football in Australia">American football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football_in_Australia" title="Australian rules football in Australia">Australian rules football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_in_Australia" title="Baseball in Australia">Baseball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basketball_in_Australia" title="Basketball in Australia">Basketball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_Australia" title="Cricket in Australia">Cricket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Field_hockey_in_Australia" title="Field hockey in Australia">Field hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Australia" title="Football in Australia">Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futsal_in_Australia" title="Futsal in Australia">Futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australasia_GAA" title="Australasia GAA">Gaelic Games</a> (Gaelic football, hurling)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Handball_Federation" title="Australian Handball Federation">Handball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_in_Australia" title="Ice hockey in Australia">Ice hockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacrosse_in_Australia" title="Lacrosse in Australia">Lacrosse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netball_in_Australia" title="Netball in Australia">Netball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quidditch_in_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Quidditch in Australia">Quidditch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_derby_in_Australia" title="Roller derby in Australia">Roller derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_league_in_Australia" title="Rugby league in Australia">Rugby league</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Australia" title="Rugby union in Australia">Rugby union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soccer_in_Australia" title="Soccer in Australia">Soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Softball_in_Australia" title="Softball in Australia">Softball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigoro" title="Vigoro">Vigoro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_polo_in_Australia" title="Water polo in Australia">Water polo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Individual_sport" title="Individual sport">Individual sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Athletics_in_Australia" title="Athletics in Australia">Athletics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badminton_Australia" title="Badminton Australia">Badminton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodybuilding_in_Australia" title="Bodybuilding in Australia">Bodybuilding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxing_in_Australia" title="Boxing in Australia">Boxing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campdrafting" title="Campdrafting">Campdrafting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_in_Australia" title="Chess in Australia">Chess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cycling_in_Australia" title="Cycling in Australia">Cycling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fives" title="Fives">Fives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf_in_Australia" title="Golf in Australia">Golf</a></li> <li>Horse racing (<a href="/wiki/Thoroughbred_racing_in_Australia" title="Thoroughbred racing in Australia">Thoroughbred</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harness_racing_in_Australia" title="Harness racing in Australia">harness</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Steeplechase_(horse_racing)#Australia" title="Steeplechase (horse racing)">steeplechase</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mixed_martial_arts_in_Australia" title="Mixed martial arts in Australia">Mixed martial arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motorsport_in_Australia" title="Motorsport in Australia">Motorsport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pickleball_in_Australia" title="Pickleball in Australia">Pickleball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_Australia" title="Professional wrestling in Australia">Pro wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_climbing_in_Australia" title="Rock climbing in Australia">Rock climbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amateur_wrestling_in_Australia" title="Amateur wrestling in Australia">Sport wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surfing_in_Australia" title="Surfing in Australia">Surfing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skeleton_sport_in_Australia" title="Skeleton sport in Australia">Skeleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skiing_in_Australia" title="Skiing in Australia">Skiing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swimming_in_Australia" title="Swimming in Australia">Swimming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennis_in_Australia" title="Tennis in Australia">Tennis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trugo" title="Trugo">Trugo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_chopping" class="mw-redirect" title="Wood chopping">Wood cutting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Olympics" title="Australia at the Olympics">Olympics</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Winter_Olympics" title="Australia at the Winter Olympics">Winter</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Paralympics</a> (<a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Winter_Paralympics" title="Australia at the Winter Paralympics">Winter</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Commonwealth_Games" title="Australia at the Commonwealth Games">Commonwealth Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_at_the_Baseball_World_Cup" title="Australia at the Baseball World Cup">Baseball World Cup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_national_cricket_team#Tournament_history" title="Australia national cricket team">Cricket World Cup</a></li> <li><a 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