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Tagged: gold medals

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Paralympian Kurt Fearnley
To coincide with the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, 3-time Paralympic gold medallist Kurt Fearnley AO shares his story.
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Rio 2016: Dylan Alcott – Wheelchair tennis
Elite athlete Dylan Alcott OAM has had spectacular success, winning gold medals for both wheelchair tennis and basketball. He has also won the French and US Open, Wimbledon and Australian Open grand...
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Beijing 2008: Kurt Fearnley – wheelchair racing
Kurt Fearnley AO is one of Australia’s most recognised and successful athletes. Fearnley won an impressive 13 medals across 5 Paralympics wheelchair racing events from Sydney 2000 to Rio 2016 – 3 of...
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Rio 2016: Ryley Batt – Wheelchair Rugby
Ryley Batt OAM is one of the greatest wheelchair rugby players the world has ever seen. The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics will be his fifth Paralympic Games. To date he’s won 3 Paralympic medals, 2 of them...
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London 2012: Matt Cowdrey, Maddison Elliott – Paralympic swimming
Swimmer Matt Cowdrey OAM holds the record for the most medals won by an Australian Paralympic athlete with 23 medals in total, 13 of them gold. He competed at 3 Paralympic Games – Athens 2004, Bejing...
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Sydney 2000: Louise Sauvage, Siobhan Paton and wheelchair rugby
This round-up of the final day of the Sydney 2000 Paralympics from New 10 Perth News, broadcast on 29 October 2000, highlights two of the 'golden girls' of the outstanding 2000 Paralympic team....
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London 2012: Liesl Tesch and Daniel Fitzgibbon – Paralympic sailing
Today host Karl Stefanovic introduces this profile on the Paralympic sailing dream team of Liesl Tesch AM MP and Daniel Fitzgibbon OAM, after a mention of Matt Cowdrey’s spectacular success at the...
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Lillehammer 1994: Michael Milton – Paralympic skiing
Skiing champion Michael Milton OAM is Australia’s most successful Winter Paralympic medallist with 11 medals in total, 6 of them gold. The Canberra local, who had his left leg amputated above the...
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Sydney 2000 Paralympics: John Eden and Jeff McNeill – athletics
Sydney hosting the Summer Paralympics in 2000 gave Paralympians and parasport a profile they hadn’t previously had in Australia. This clip, from ABC News Sydney on 27 October 2000, exemplifies the...
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Paralympian of the Year Priya Cooper – swimming
Swimming champion Priya Cooper OAM is one of Australia’s most successful Paralympians having won an awe-inspiring 16 medals, 9 of them gold. She represented Australia at the Barcelona 1992, Atlanta...
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