 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Pasterfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Andrew Bruce Pasterfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Pasty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 November 1989 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S10, SB9, SM10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Castle Hill RSL Cranbrook Eastern Edge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Greg Morrison | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrew Bruce Pasterfield, OAM (born 23 November 1989) is a Paralympic swimmer from Australia.
Andrew Bruce Pasterfield competed in the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, held in Eindhoven, Netherlands where he won a gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay event. [1] [2]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics Pasterfield won a gold in the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points, and three bronzes in the Men's 50 m Freestyle S10, 100 m Freestyle S10 and Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points. [3] [4] He also participated in the Men's 100 m Backstroke S10 and Men's 100 m Butterfly S10 events. [4]
He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games." [2]
In 2016, he was awarded Speedo Services to the Australian Swim Team at the Swimming Australia Awards. [5]
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