Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AUS
NPC	Australian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.org.au
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	176 in 16 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Brad Ness
Flag bearer (closing)	Curtis McGrath
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 22 Silver 30 Bronze 29 Total 81
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Australia competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. Australia repeated its 2012 Summer Paralympics achievement in finishing fifth of the medal tally.

Notable achievements at the Games:

• Jessica Gallagher became the first Australian Paralympian to win medals at both the Summer Paralympics and Winter Paralympics by winning a bronze medal in cycling. ^[1]
• Kurt Fearnley finished Paralympic his career with 13 medals including a silver and bronze in Rio. His silver medal in the Men's Marathon T52-54 meant he had won medals in this event at four successive Paralympics (2004-2016). ^[2]
• Ellie Cole joined the list of leading Australian Paralympic medallists by winning six medals - 2 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. Her medal tally at the end of Rio was 6 gold, 4 silver and bronze.
• Kieran Modra won a bronze medal in cycling and this meant that he had medalled at six Paralympics. ^[3]
• Samuel Von Einem won Australia first medal in table tennis since Terry Biggs won gold in 1984. ^[4]
• Jonathon Milne won Australia's first medal in archery since 1968. ^[4]
• Curtis McGrath and Katie Kelly became Australia's first gold medallists in paracanoe and paratriathlon respectively. ^[4]
• Dylan Alcott became only the fifth Australian Paralympian to win gold medals in two sports by winning two gold medals in wheelchair tennis. He previously won gold in wheelchair basketball. ^[5]
• Athletes and teams that won their event again in Rio were: Ellie Cole (swimming), Brenden Hall (swimming), David Nicholas (cycling), Carol Cooke (cycling), Daniel Fitzgibbon/Liesl Tesch (sailing) and the wheelchair rugby team.

Administration

Kate McLoughlin, Australian Chef de Mission at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games at the sailing event in Rio de Janeiro

In May 2015, the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) announced Kate McLoughlin as the Chef de Mission. She replaced Jason Hellwig, the former APC CEO, who stepped down from the role. ^[6] The APC appointed Kurt Fearnley and Daniela Di Toro as team captains. 2004 Athens Games was the last time the team had captains. ^[7] Wheelchair basketballer Brad Ness was announced as the Opening Ceremony flag bearer at a ceremony at the Paralympic Village on 5 September 2016. ^[8] Curtis McGrath who lost his legs in the Afghanistan war and won Australia's first gold medal in paracanoe at the Games carried the Australian flag in the closing ceremony. ^[9]

Fundraising

The APC stated that it needed to raise $7 million to fund its Rio 2016 campaign. The majority of APC's funding to send Australian teams to major events originates from fundraising. In January 2016, it launched the Australian Paralympic Foundation to manage its fundraising. Cadbury made the first major donation of $1 million. ^[10] In the four-year period leading up to Rio, the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) provided $62 million in funding. ^[11] At the Team Launch, Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull stated that the Australian Government had provided close to $65 million direct funding to support the 167 athletes with a disability in the lead-up to Rio." ^[12] To assist with funding raising, its broadcast partner Seven Network organized a Parathon on 5 March 2016. ^[11]

Official team launch

The Official Australian Paralympic Team Launch was held in Sydney on 20 June 2016. ^[13] The major dignitaries present were Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, Federal Minister for Sport, Sussan Ley, the Shadow Minister for Sport, Jim Chalmers and the New South Wales Minister for Sport, Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres. ^[13] The Launch was held during the 2016 Australian Federal Election. There were more than 30 Rio hopefuls and representatives from each Australian Paralympic Team since 1960 in attendance. ^[13] Glenn Tasker, Australian Paralympic Committee President stated that "We are not just chasing medals, we are aspiring to shape attitudes and perceptions of disability and to build on the huge momentum and growth that the Paralympic movement is experiencing.” ^[13] Prime Minister Turnbull said: "I want to salute the achievements of all of our Paralympians past and present. I want to wish you all the best on the road to Rio. you are doing our nation such great service. We are with you, we are with you all the way, we back you all the way, all the way to Rio." ^[13]

Medallists

The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Lakeisha Patterson Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S8 8 September  Gold Maddison Elliott Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S8 11 September  Gold Maddison Elliott Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S8 16 September  Gold Ellie Cole Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S9 16 September  Gold David Nicholas Cycling Men's individual pursuit C3 9 September  Gold Brenden Hall Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle S9 9 September  Gold Rachael Watson Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S4 17 September  Gold Katie Kelly Triathlon Women's PT5 triathlon 11 September  Gold Brayden Davidson Athletics Men's Long Jump - T36 12 September  Gold Scott Reardon Athletics Men's 100 m T42 15 September  Gold James Turner Athletics Men's 800 m T36 17 September  Gold Timothy Disken Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S9 12 September  Gold Dylan Alcott Heath Davidson Wheelchair tennis Men's quad doubles 13 September  Gold Dylan Alcott Wheelchair tennis Men's quad singles 14 September  Gold Carol Cooke Cycling Women's Time Trial T1-2 14 September  Gold Curtis McGrath Paracanoe Men's KL2 15 September  Gold Tiffany Thomas Kane Swimming Women's 100m Breaststroke SM6 15 September  Gold Ellie Cole , Maddison Elliott, Lakeisha Patterson, Ashleigh McConnell Swimming Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 points 15 September  Gold Carol Cooke Cycling Women's Road Race T1-2 16 September  Gold Daniel Fitzgibbon , Liesl Tesch Sailing SKUD 18 – 2 person keelboat 17 September  Gold Russell Boaden , Jonathon Harris, Colin Harrison Sailing Sonar – 3 person keelboat 17 September  Gold Ryley Batt , Chris Bond, Cameron Carr, Andrew Edmondson, Nazim Erdem, Ben Fawcett, Andrew Harrison, Josh Hose, Jason Lees, Matt Lewis, Ryan Scott, Jayden Warn Wheelchair Rugby Wheelchair Rugby 18 September  Silver Deon Kenzie Athletics Men's 1500 m T38 10 September  Silver Taylor Doyle Athletics Women's Long Jump T38 11 September  Silver Evan O'Hanlon Athletics Men's 100m T38 13 September  Silver Isis Holt Athletics Women's 100m T35 14 September  Silver Isis Holt Athletics Women's 200m T35 17 September  Silver Madison de Rozario Athletics Women's 800 m T53 17 September  Silver Susan Powell Cycling Women's individual pursuit C4 8 September  Silver Amanda Reid Cycling Women's 500m time trial C1-3 10 September  Silver Kyle Bridgwood Cycling Men's individual pursuit C4 10 September  Silver Kyle Bridgwood Cycling Men's road time trial C4 14 September  Silver Alistair Donohoe Cycling Men's individual pursuit C5 10 September  Silver Alistair Donohoe Cycling Men's road time trial C5 14 September  Silver Stuart Tripp Cycling Men's road time trial H5 14 September  Silver Ellie Cole Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle S9 9 September  Silver Timothy Disken Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S9 13 September  Silver Lakeisha Patterson Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S8 11 September  Silver Lakeisha Patterson Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S8 16 September  Silver Monique Murphy Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S10 15 September  Silver Blake Cochrane Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB7 10 September  Silver Ellie Cole Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle S9 13 September  Silver Maddison Elliott Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S8 13 September  Silver Erik Horrie Rowing Men's Single Sculls - ASM1x 11 September  Silver Ellie Cole , Madeleine Scott, Maddison Elliott, Lakeisha Patterson Swimming Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 points 16 September  Silver Samuel Von Einem Table tennis Men's Singles class 11 12 September  Silver Rheed McCracken Athletics Men's 100m - T34 12 September  Silver Brenden Hall Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S9 12 September  Silver Amanda Reynolds Paracanoe Women's KL3 15 September  Silver Angela Ballard , Madison de Rozario, Jemima Moore, Christie Dawes Athletics Women's 4x400m Relay - T53-54 15 September  Silver Matthew Bugg Sailing Single person 2.4mR 17 September  Silver Kurt Fearnley Athletics Men's Marathon - T52/53/54 18 September  Bronze Jonathon Milne Archery Men's Individual Compound - Open 14 September  Bronze Carlee Beattie Athletics Women's long jump T45/46/47 9 September  Bronze Angela Ballard Athletics Women's 100 m T53 8 September  Bronze Angela Ballard Athletics Women's 400 m T53 11 September  Bronze Chad Perris Athletics Men's 100 m T13 9 September  Bronze Claire Keefer Athletics Women's Shot Put F41 9 September  Bronze Todd Hodgetts Athletics Men's Shot Put F20 10 September  Bronze Jodi Elkington-Jones Athletics Women's Long Jump - T37 14 September  Bronze Ella Pardy , Isis Holt, Jodi Elkington-Jones, Erin Cleaver Athletics Women's 4x100m Relay - T35-38 15 September  Bronze Rheed McCracken Athletics Men's 800m - T34 14 September  Bronze Jessica Gallagher Madison Janssen (pilot) Cycling Women's 500m time trial B 9 September  Bronze Susan Powell Cycling Women's road time trial C4 14 September  Bronze Kieran Modra David Edwards (pilot) Cycling Men's road time trial B 14 September  Bronze Tiffany Thomas Kane Swimming Women's 50m Butterfly S6 9 September  Bronze Tiffany Thomas Kane Swimming Women's 50m Freestyle S6 10 September  Bronze Tiffany Thomas Kane Swimming Women's 200m Individual Medley SM6 12 September  Bronze Daniel Fox Swimming Men's 200 m Freestyle S14 11 September  Bronze Timothy Disken Swimming Men's 200m Individual Medley SM9 11 September  Bronze Kurt Fearnley Athletics Men's 5000m - T53/54 11 September  Bronze Ellie Cole Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 12 September  Bronze Matthew Levy Swimming Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM7 13 September  Bronze Brenden Hall Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke S9 16 September  Bronze Susan Seipel Paracanoe Women's KL2 15 September  Bronze Michael Roeger Athletics Men's 1500m - T46 16 September  Bronze Aaron Chatman Athletics Men's High jump - T45-47 16 September  Bronze Lakeisha Patterson Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM8 17 September  Bronze Katja Dedekind Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S13 17 September  Bronze Kath Proudfoot Athletics Women's Shot Put F36 17 September  Bronze Louise Ellery Athletics Women's Shot Put F32 17 September

Medals by sport Sport Archery 0 0 1 1 Athletics 3 9 14 26 Cycling 3 7 3 13 Rowing 0 1 0 1 Paracanoe 1 1 1 3 Sailing 2 1 0 3 Swimming 9 10 10 29 Table tennis 0 1 0 1 Triathlon 1 0 0 1 Wheelchair rugby 1 0 0 1 Wheelchair tennis 2 0 0 2 Total 22 30 29 81 Medals by date Date Total 8 Sep 1 1 2 4 9 Sep 2 1 4 7 10 Sep 0 5 2 7 11 Sep 2 3 4 9 12 Sep 2 3 2 7 13 Sep 1 4 1 6 14 Sep 2 4 5 11 15 Sep 4 3 2 9 16 Sep 3 2 3 8 17 Sep 4 3 4 11 17 Sep 1 1 0 2 Total 22 30 29 81 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 13 14 13 37 Female 9 24 16 39 Mixed 1 0 0 1 Total 22 30 29 81

Multiple medallists

The following Australian athletes won multiple medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games:

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Dylan Alcott	Gold	Wheelchair tennis	Men's quad doubles
	Gold		Men's quad singles
Angela Ballard	Silver	Athletics	Women's 4x400m Relay - T53-54
	Bronze		Women's 100 m T53
	Bronze		Women's 400 m T53
Kyle Bridgwood	Silver	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit C4
	Silver		Men's road time trial C4
Ellie Cole	Gold	Swimming	Women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay 34 points
	Gold		Women's 100 metre backstroke S9
	Silver		Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 points
	Silver		Women's 400 metre freestyle S9
	Silver		Women's 50 metre freestyle S9
	Bronze		Women's 100 metre freestyle S9
Carol Cooke	Gold	Cycling	Women's road race T1–2
	Gold		Women's road time trial T1-2
Madison de Rozario	Silver	Athletics	Women's 800 m T53
	Silver		Women's 4x400m Relay - T53-54
Alistair Donohoe	Silver	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit C5
	Silver		Men's road time trial C5
Timothy Disken	Gold	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle S9
	Silver		Men's 50 metre freestyle S9
	Bronze		Men's 200 m Individual Medley S9
Maddison Elliott	Gold	Swimming	Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay 34 points
	Gold		Women's 50 metre freestyle S8
	Gold		Women's 100 metre freestyle S8
	Silver		Women's 100 metre backstroke S8
	Silver		Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay 34 points
Kurt Fearnley	Silver	Athletics	Men's Marathon - T54
	Bronze		Men's 5000m - T54
Brenden Hall	Gold	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle S9
	Silver		Men's 100 m freestyle S9
	Bronze		Men's 100 m backstroke S9
Isis Holt	Silver	Athletics	Women's 100m - T35
	Silver		Women's 200m - T35
	Bronze		Women's 4×100m relay - T35-38
Rheed McCracken	Silver	Athletics	Men's 100m - T34
	Bronze		Men's 800m - T34
Lakeisha Patterson	Gold	Swimming	Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay 34 points
	Gold		Women's 400 metre freestyle S8
	Silver		Women's 50 metre freestyle S8
	Silver		Women's 100 metre freestyle S8
	Silver		Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay 34 points
	Bronze		Women's 200 metre individual medley SM8
Susan Powell	Silver	Cycling	Women's individual pursuit C4
	Bronze		Women's road time trial C4
Tiffany Thomas Kane	Gold	Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke SM6
	Bronze		Women's 50 metre butterfly S6
	Bronze		Women's 50 metre freestyle S6
	Bronze		Women's 200 metre individual medley SM6

Team

List of team members as of 17 September 2016.

In the by discipline sections below, medallists' names are bolded.

^* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final relay.

Sport	Men	Women	Total	Paralympics debut
Archery	1	0	1	1
Athletics	23	22	45	20
Boccia	1	1	2	2
Cycling	8	7	15	6
Equestrian	0	4	4	3
Goalball	0	6	6	1
Paracanoe	3	3	6	6
Paratriathlon	3	4	7	6
Rowing	4	4	8	5
Sailing	5	1	6	0
Shooting	4	2	6	2
Swimming	21	15	36	22
Table tennis	2	3	5	3
Wheelchair basketball	12	0	12	5
Wheelchair rugby	12	0	12	4
Wheelchair tennis	4	1	5	2
Total	103	73	176	88

Australia was given additional qualification slots in the sports of goalball (six athletes), athletics (two athletes) and wheelchair tennis (one athlete) after Russia was suspended from the Games by the International Paralympic Committee. ^[14] Two athletes from the original team of 178 did not attend - Emily Tapp due to injury and Michael Gallager due to doping violation. ^[15]

Several team members have changed their previous Paralympic sports at these Games: Dylan Alcott (wheelchair tennis), Jessica Gallagher (cycling), Daniela Di Toro (table tennis) and Claire McLean (paratriathlon).

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Jonathon Milne earned Australia a spot at the Rio Games following his performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships and he was selected to make his debut in the Australian team on 29 July 2016. ^[16]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Jonathon Milne	Individual compound open	672	9	Morten Johannessen  (DEN) W 143-136	John Stubbs  (GBR) W 137-129	Bulent Korkmaz  (TUR) W 139-128	Andre Shelby  (USA) L 138-139	Xinliang Al  (CHN) W 145-142

Milne won Australia first archery medal since 1984 by winning a bronze medal.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Australian Paralympic Committee announced a team of 44 athletes on 2 August 2016. ^[17] An additional two athletes - Tamsin Colley and Jessee Wyatt were added after the Russian suspension. ^[14] Emily Tapp was selected but forced to withdraw after a burnt leg did not heal in time for the Games. ^[15]

Men	Women
Sam Carter (d), Aaron Chatman, Jaryd Clifford (d), Gabriel Cole, Richard Colman, Brayden Davidson (d), Guy Henly (d), Todd Hodgetts, Nicholas Hum (d), Kurt Fearnley, Deon Kenzie (d), Jake Lappin, Rheed McCracken, Sam McIntosh, Evan O'Hanlon, Chad Perris (d), Scott Reardon, Michael Roeger, Jayden Sawyer (d), Russell Short, Brad Scott, James Turner (d), Jessee Wyatt (d)	Rae Anderson (d), Angie Ballard, Carlee Beattie, Erin Cleaver (d), Tamsin Colley (d), Brianna Coop (d), Christie Dawes, Madison de Rozario, Taylor Doyle (d), Jodi Elkington-Jones, Louise Ellery, Nicole Harris (d), Madeleine Hogan, Isis Holt (d), Torita Isaac, Claire Keefer (d), Rosemary Little, Brydee Moore, Jemima Moore, Ella Pardy (d), Kath Proudfoot, Sarah Walsh (d)

(d) Paralympic Games debut
Australia won 26 medals – 3 gold, 9 silver and 14 bronze. Gold medalists were – Brayden Davidson, Scott Reardon and James Turner. Russell Short attended his 8th Games, Christine Dawes her 6th Games and Kurt Fearnley his fifth Games.

Track events - women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Angie Ballard	100 m T53	16.80	3 Q	16.59
	400 m T53	55.26	1 Q	55.28
	800 m T53	1:48.74	2 Q	1:47.97	4
	1500 m T54	3:33.05	15	Did not advance
Tamsin Colley	200 m T36	37.80	11	Did not advance
Brianna Coop	100 m T35	N/A		15.56	4
	200 m T35	N/A		33.08	5
Christie Dawes	1500 m T54	3:28.57	5 Q	3:26.00	8
	5000 m T54	12:15.95	11	Did not advance
	Marathon T54	N/A		1:42:59	7
Madison de Rozario	800 m T53	1:54.14	8 Q	1:47.64
	1500 m T54	3:31.54	9 Q	3:24.33	5
	5000 m T54	11:49.71	5 Q	11:54.46	4
Isis Holt	100 m T35	N/A		13.75
	200 m T35	N/A		28.79
Torita Isaac	400 m T38	N/A		1:04.47	4
Rosemary Little	100 m T34	N/A		19.05	5
	400 m T34	N/A		1:01.91	4
	800 m T34	N/A		2:04.10	4
Jemima Moore	100 m T54	18.39	11	Did not advance
	400 m T54	1:00.24	11	Did not advance
	800 m T54	1:54.37	10	Did not advance
Ella Pardy	100 m T38	13.30	6 Q	13.22	6
Erin Cleaver Jodi Elkington-Jones Isis Holt Ella Pardy	4 × 100 m T35-38	N/A		55.09
Angie Ballard Christie Dawes Madison de Rozario Jemima Moore Emily Tapp	4 × 400 m T53-54	N/A		3:46.63

Track events - men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sam Carter	100 m T54	14.59	7 Q	14.46	6
	400 m T54	49.24	15	Did not advance
Jaryd Clifford	1500 m T13	N/A		3:56.67	7
	5000 m T13	N/A		15:06.64	7
Gabriel Cole	100 m T47	11.14	4	11.17	7
Richard Colman	400 m T53	52.59	12	Did not advance
	800 m T53	1:43.79	8	Did not advance
Kurt Fearnley	1500 m T54	3:05.47	4 Q	3:01.35	5
	5000 m T54	10.36.53	8 Q	11:02.37
	Marathon T54	N/A		1:26:17
Deon Kenzie	1500 m T38	N/A		4:14.95
Jake Lappin	400 m T54	48.88	11	Did not advance
	800 m T54	DNS		Did not advance
	1500 m T54	3:06.73	12	Did not advance
Rheed McCracken	100 m T34	15.50 PR	2 Q	15.34
	800 m T34	1:46.31	3 Q	1:41.25
Sam McIntosh	100 m T52	17.92	4Q	18.13	4
	400 m T52	DNS		Did not advance
Evan O'Hanlon	100 m T38	11.25	2 Q	10.98
Chad Perris	100 m T13	10.91	3 Q	10.83
Scott Reardon	100 m T42	12.26 PR	1 Q	12.26 PR
Michael Roeger	1500 m T46	N/A		4:01.34
Brad Scott	1500 m T37	N/A		4:25.98	6
James Turner	800 m T36	N/A		2:02.39 WR

Field events - women

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Rae Anderson	Shot put F38	28.46	5
	Discus F37	27.14	8
Carlee Beattie	Long jump T47	5.57
Erin Cleaver	Long jump T38	4.51	5
Taylor Doyle	Long jump T38	4.62
Jodi Elkington-Jones	Long jump T37	4.30
Louise Ellery	Shot put F32	4.19
Nicole Harris	Shot put F20	11.53	7
Madeleine Hogan	Javelin throw F46	39.75	5
Claire Keefer	Shot put F41	8.16
	Discus F41	23.27	7
Brydee Moore	Shot put F33	5.08	4
Kath Proudfoot	Shot Put F36	9.70
Sarah Walsh	Long jump T44	4.82	6

Field events - men

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Aaron Chatman	High jump T47	1.99
Brayden Davidson	Long jump T36	5.62 PR
Guy Henly	Discus F37	51.97	4
Todd Hodgetts	Shot put F20	15.82
Nicholas Hum	Long jump T20	6.89	5
Jayden Sawyer	Javelin F38	45.63	5
Russell Short	Shot put F12	15.01	7
Jessee Wyatt	Shot put F33	8.71	4

Legend: Q= Qualified for final; OC= Oceania Record; PR= Paralympic Record; WR= World Record

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Australia selected Daniel Michel and his ramp assistant Ashlee McClure for their debut Games. Michel is the first player since the 2000 Sydney Paralympics
^[18]

Athlete	Event	Seeding matches	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Michel	Mixed individual BC3	Jamie McCowan  (GBR) W 3-2	Grigorios Polychronidis  (GRE) L 2-7	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Australian cyclists Madison Janssen (right) and Jessica Gallagher prepare to race in the Women’s B/VI 1000m time trial final, in which they won bronze. This made Gallagher the first Australian to win medals at both the summer and winter Paralympics

The cycling team was announced on 30 May 2016. The team consisted of 13 athletes and three sighted pilots: ^[19] For Modra, this would be his eighth Paralympic Games. ^[19] Michael Gallagher was originally selected but on 2 September 2016 he was withdrawn from the team due to a positive doping test sample. ^[20]

Men	Women
Kieran Modra, David Nicholas, Stuart Tripp, Kyle Bridgwood (d), Alistair Donohoe (d), Matthew Formston (d), David Edwards (d) (for pilot Kieran Modra), Nick Yallouris (d) (for pilot Matthew Formston)	Jessica Gallagher, Carol Cooke, Simone Kennedy, Alexandra Lisney, Sue Powell, Amanda Reid, Madison Janssen (d) (pilot for Jessica Gallagher)

Track Events — Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Jessica Gallagher (Madison Janssen - pilot)	Women's individual pursuit B	3:45.744	9	Did not advance
	Women's 1km time trial B	—		1:08.171
Simone Kennedy	Women's individual pursuit C1-3	4:33.815	8	Did not advance
	Women's 500 m time trial C1-3	—		44.961	9
Alexandra Lisney	Women's individual pursuit C4	4:11.087	6	Did not advance
	Women's 500 m time trial C4-5	—		40.823	12
Susan Powell	Women's individual pursuit C4	4:01.964	2 Q	4:04.794
	Women's 500 m time trial C4-5	—		38.979	8
Amanda Reid	Women's 500 m time trial C1-3	—		37.581

Track Events — Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Kyle Bridgwood	Men's individual pursuit C4	4:38.639	2 Q	2:19.920 Overlapped
Alistair Donohoe	Men's individual pursuit C5	4:38.050	2 Q	4:44.520
Matthew Formston (Nick Yallouris - pilot)	Men's individual pursuit B	4:14.258	5	Did not advance
	Men's 1 km time trial B	—		1:02.546	6
Kieran Modra (David Edwards - pilot)	Men's individual pursuit B	4:14.339	6	Did not advance
David Nicholas	Men's individual pursuit C3	3:32.336 PR	1 Q	3:33.028

Track Events — Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Alistair Donohoe David Nicholas Susan Powell Amanda Reid	Mixed team sprint	55.308	6	Did not advance

Road Events — Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Carol Cooke	Women's road time trial T1-2	26:11.40
	Women's road race T1-2	1:07:51
Simone Kennedy	Women's road time trial C1-3	34:31.32	10
	Women's road race C1-3	1:30:49	8
Alexandra Lisney	Women's road time trial C4	30:28.39	4
	Women's road race C4-5	2:22:56	7
Susan Powell	Women's road time trial C4	30:19.29
	Women's road race C4-5	2:25:50	9
Amanda Reid	Women's road time trial C1-3	35:55.81	11
	Women's road race C1-3	1:39:12	11

Road Events — Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kyle Bridgwood	Men's road time trial C4	38:23.21
	Men's road race C4-5	2:15:41	6
Alistair Donohoe	Men's road time trial C4	37:33.36
	Men's road race C4-5	2:14:03	5
Matthew Formston (Nick Yallouris - pilot)	Men's road time trial B	36:55.25	13
	Men's road race B	2:41:48	13
Kieran Modra (David Edwards - pilot)	Men's road time trial B	35:09.06
	Men's road race B	2:27:15	5
David Nicholas	Men's road time trial C3	40:15.96	4
	Men's road race C1-3	1:51:48	5
Stuart Tripp	Men's road time trial H5	28:36.81
	Men's road race H5	1:37:51	7

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

On 28 June 2014, four riders were selected. ^[21]
Women - Emma Booth (d), Sharon Jarvis, Lisa Martin (d), Katie Umback (d)

Individual competition

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Emma Booth	Zidane	Individual championship test grade II	69.914	5
		Dressage individual team test grade II	65.765	13
Sharon Jarvis	Maquis	Individual championship test grade III	68.537	9
		Dressage individual team test grade III	65.921	15
Lisa Martin	Ceasy	Individual championship test grade IV	72.310	4
		Dressage individual team test grade IV	71.476	4
		Individual Freestyle Test - Grade IV	72.250	4
Katie Umback	First Famous	Individual championship test grade III	67.902	12
		Dressage individual team test grade III	68.000	8

Team competition

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score			Total
			TT	CT	Total	Score	Rank
from Emma Booth	See above	Team	65.765	69.914	135.679	415.367	9
Sharon Jarvis			65.921	68.537	134.458
Lisa Martin			72.310	71.476	143.786
Katie Umback			68.000	67.902	135.902

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Australia vs Canada at the Future Arena. Left to right: Nicole Esdaile, Meica Horsburgh and Michelle Rzepecki.

The Australian women's team (Belles) originally failed to qualify after finishing third at the IBSA Goalball Asia Pacific Championships in Hangzhou, China. ^[22] Australian men's team failed to qualify after finishing fifth at the IBSA Goalball Asia Pacific Championships in Hangzhou, China. ^[23] Following the re-allocation of Russia's spot, Australia's women found themselves getting a last minute invite to Rio. Australia's women enter the tournament ranked ninth in the world. ^[24]

The following is the Australia roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. ^[25]

No.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	Jennifer Blow	B3	(1991-04-10)10 April 1991 (aged 25)
2	Tyan Taylor	B3	(1990-03-23)23 March 1990 (aged 26)
3	Nicole Esdaile	B3	(1987-06-01)1 June 1987 (aged 29)
6	Michelle Rzepecki	B3	(1986-11-06)6 November 1986 (aged 29)
7	Raissa Martin	B3	(1991-03-03)3 March 1991 (aged 25)
8	Meica Horsburgh	B3	(1989-02-24)24 February 1989 (aged 27)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	4	4	0	0	37	11	+26	12	Quarter-finals
2	China	4	3	0	1	21	14	+7	9
3	Canada	4	2	0	2	16	22	−6	6
4	Ukraine	4	0	1	3	9	17	−8	1
5	Australia	4	0	1	3	6	25	−19	1

Source: Paralympic.org

8 September 2016 18:45	Australia	2–5	China	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Vilma Basinkaite (LTU), Yoshinori Nii (JPN)
	Horsburgh 1 Esdaile 1	Report	Zhang W. 4 Chen 1

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10 September 2016 10:15	Ukraine	2–2	Australia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Daniel Voltan (BRA)
	Rud 2	Report	Horsburgh 1 Esdaile 1

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11 September 2016 18:45	Australia	2–12	Turkey	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Joelle Boulet (CAN), Raili Sipura (FIN)
	Horsburgh 2	Report	Özcan 5 Mercan 5 Yıldız 1 Altınoluk 1

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13 September 2016 15:30	Canada	6–0	Australia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Daniel Voltan (BRA), Raili Sipura (FIN)
	Burk 6	Report

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

On 16 June 2016, six athletes were selected to compete in the new Paralympic Games sport of paracanoe. ^[26]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semi-Final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Colin Sieders (d)	Men's KL1	59.732	8	57.176	4 FA	55.437	8
Curtis McGrath (d)	Men's KL2	44.104	1 FA	N/A		42.190 PR
Dylan Littlehales (d)	Men's KL3	46.305	8	45.258	6	Did not advance
Jocelyn Neumueller (d)	Women's KL1	1:03.658	4	1:03.666	2 FA	1:03.361	5
Susan Seipel (d)	Women's KL2	58.314	3 FA	N/A		56.796
Amanda Reynolds (d)	Women's KL3	53.412	1 FA	N/A		51.378

Paratriathlon

Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Katie Kelly and her guide Michellie Jones at Copacabana

Australian Paralympic Committee announced a team of seven athletes on 3 August 2016. ^[27] Paratriathlon makes its debut at the Rio Games.

Men	Women
Nic Beveridge (d), Bill Chaffey (d), Brant Garvey (d)	Kate Doughty (d), Katie Kelly (d), Michellie Jones (guide) for Kelly (d), Claire McLean

(d) Paralympic Games debut

Women's Events

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans 1	Bike	Trans 2	Run	Total Time	Rank
Kate Doughty	Women's PT4	11:42	1:18	28.09	0:53	23.48	1:15:50	5
Claire McLean	Women's PT4	15:09	1:35	37.12	1:09	24:41	1:19:46	9
Katie Kelly Michellie Jones (guide)	Women's PT5	16:09	1:24	33:15	0:53	10:37	1:12:18

Men's Events

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans 1	Bike	Trans 2	Run	Total Time	Rank
Bill Chaffey	Men's PT1	11:21	1:27	37.17	0.48	12.08	1:03:01	4
Nic Beveridge	Men's PT1	11:57	1:43	42:55	1:00	13:00	1:10:35	9
Brant Garvey	Men's PT2	10:45	1:36	40:40	1:56	24:24	1:19:21	10

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

On 11 July 2016, Australian Paralympic Committee announced a team of 8 athletes. Australia will have a boat in the Legs, Trunk and Arms Mixed Coxed Four for the first time. ^[28]

Men	Women
Gavin Bellis, Erik Horrie, Brock Ingram (d), Jeremy McGrath (d)	Josephine Burnand (d) (cox), Davinia Lefroy (d), Kathleen Murdoch (d), Kathryn Ross

(d) Paralympic Games debut

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erik Horrie	Men's single sculls	4:45.87	1 Q	Bye		4:42.94
Gavin Bellis Kathryn Ross	Mixed double sculls	4:03.25	4	4:08.57	3 FB	4:05.61	2
Brock Ingram Jeremy McGrath Davinia Lefroy Kathleen Murdoch Jo Burnand (cox)	Mixed coxed four	3:32.88		3:37.29	3 FB	3:30.59	1

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Australian Sailing Team at Rio Paralympics

Colin Harrison, Russell Boaden and Jonathan Harris sailing in the Sonar class

Selected team of 6 athletes - Matthew Bugg (Single person 2.4mR), Daniel Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (Two person Skud 18), Colin Harrison, Russell Boaden, Jonathan Harris (Three person Sonar). This will be the last Games for sailing has been taken off the 2020 Tokyo Games program. ^[29]

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Matthew Bugg	Single person 2.4mR	3	5	3	1	5	2	1	1	14	17	1	36
Daniel Fitzgibbon, Liesl Tesch	SKUD 18 – 2 person keelboat	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	12
Colin Harrison, Russell Boaden, Jonathan Harris	Sonar – 3 person keelboat	1	2	5	7	2	2	1	3	2	1	10	26

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Shooting Australia nominated six athletes in May 2016. ^[30] Libby Kosmala was selected for her twelfth Games. The team was missing Paralympian Ashley Adams who was killed in 2015 accident. ^[30]

Men	Women
Luke Cain, Bradley Mark, Chris Pitt (d), Anton Zappelli (d)	Libby Kosmala, Natalie Smith

^[31]

(d) Paralympic Games debut

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Luke Cain	Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2	619.9	26	Did not advance
	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	623.0	33	Did not advance
Libby Kosmala	Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	396.0	18	Did not advance
	Mixed R3-10 m air rifle prone SH1	622.0	37	Did not advance
Bradley Mark	Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2	627.2	12	Did not advance
	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	627.3	9	Did not advance
Christopher Pitt	Men's 10 metre air pistol SH1	557-12x	14	Did not advance
	Mixed 25 metre pistol SH1	566-15x	7	8 pts - 4	3pts - 4
Natalie Smith	Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	406.1	7 Q	142.5	5
	Mixed R3-10 m air rifle prone SH1	626.4	31	Did not advance
	Women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH1	558-10x	8 Q	389.5	8
	Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1	608.8	24	Did not advance
Anton Zappelli	Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1	629.9	18	Did not advance
	Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1	598.3	36	Did not advance

Australia did not win any medals. Australia's best placing was Christopher Pitt's fourth.

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

36 athletes were selected on 1 August 2016. ^[32] Three athletes were selected for their fourth Games - Matthew Levy, Jeremy McClure and Rick Pendleton ^[32] 22 athletes were selected for their debut Paralympics with two 14-year-olds Tiffany Thomas-Kane and Katja Dedekind being selected. ^[32]

Men	Women
Joshua Alford (d), Michael Anderson, Jesse Aungles (d), Liam Bekric (d), Blake Cochrane, Rowan Crothers (d), Timothy Disken (d), Daniel Fox, Matthew Haanappel, Brenden Hall, Guy Harrison-Murray (d), Timothy Hodge (d), Braedan Jason (d), Ahmed Kelly, Matthew Levy, Jeremy McClure, Rick Pendleton, Logan Powell (d), Sean Russo, Liam Schulter (d), Jacob Templeton (d)	Emily Beecroft (d), Ellie Cole, Katja Dedekind (d), Maddison Elliott, Tanya Huebner (d), Jenna Jones (d), Paige Leonhardt (d), Ashleigh McConnell (d), Monique Murphy (d), Lakeisha Patterson (d), Madeleine Scott (d), Tiffany Thomas Kane (d), Rachael Watson (d), Prue Watt, Kate Wilson (d)

Australian won 29 medals including 10 gold. Maddison Elliott won three gold and Lakeisha Patterson and Ellie Cole won two gold.
(d) Paralympic Games debut

Men's events

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joshua Alford	200 m freestyle S14	2:01.36	9	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S14	1:06.69	8 Q	1:07.77	8
	200 m individual medley SM14	2:22.99	16	Did not advance
Michael Anderson	50 m freestyle S10	26.31	15	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S10	57.45	15	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S10	1:01.02	4 Q	1:01.37	6
Jesse Aungles	400 m freestyle S8	4:43.87	8 Q	4:48.23	8
	100 m butterfly S8	1:05.37	7 Q	1:06.60	7
	100 m backstroke S8	1:10.39	7 Q	1:09.47	7
	200 m individual medley SM7	2:31.62	5 Q	2:28.96	6
Liam Bekric	400 m freestyle S13	4:43.32	12	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:09.17	4 Q	1:08.70	4
	100 m backstroke S13	1:07.47	9	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM13	2:24.11	14	Did not advance
Blake Cochrane	50 m freestyle S8	28.19	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S8	1:02.12	10	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S8	4:41.06	4 Q	4:39.79	7
	100 m breaststroke SB7	1:20.08	2 Q	1:18.66
Rowan Crothers	50 m freestyle S10	24.49	6 Q	24.09	6
	100 m freestyle S10	52.98	4 Q	52.17	5
	400 m freestyle S10	4:13.72	8 Q	4:10.83	6
Timothy Disken	50 m freestyle S9	26.08	2 Q	25.99
	100 m freestyle S9	56.73	1 Q	56.23
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:18.86	1 Q	2:17.72
Daniel Fox	200 m freestyle S14	1:57.19	1 QPR	1:56.69
	100 m backstroke S14	1:03.35	3 Q	1:05.16	6
	200 m individual medley SM14	2:21.55	12	Did not advance
Matthew Haanappel	50 m freestyle S6	31.47	6 Q	30.77	5
	100 m freestyle S6	1:09.96	8 Q	1:09.24	6
	400 m freestyle S6	5:36.09	7 Q	5:28.95	6
	100 m backstroke S6	1:23.76	9	Did not advance
Brenden Hall	50 m freestyle S9	27.05	12	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S9	57.14	2 Q	56.95
	400 m freestyle S9	4:20.46	1 Q	4:12.73
	100 m backstroke S9	1:05.56	5 Q	1:04.67
	100 m butterfly S9	1:02.11	6 Q'	1:01.85	4
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:21.74	5 Q	DSQ
Guy Harrison-Murray	50 m freestyle S10	25.08	8 Q	24.47	7
	100 m freestyle S10	54.78	9	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S10	4:11.54	5 Q	4:11.18	8
Timothy Hodge	50 m freestyle S9	27.55	14	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S9	58.85	14	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S9	4:29.53	9	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S9	1:05.99	6 Q	1:05.18	6
	100 m butterfly S9	1:05.21	10	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:22.23	6 Q	2:21.14	5
Braedan Jason	50 m freestyle S13	24.75	5 Q	24.61	6
	100 m freestyle S13	53.90	8 Q	54.04	7
	400 m freestyle S10	4:15.59	5 Q	4:12.95	5
	100 m butterfly S13	59.77	7 Q	1:00.12	7
Ahmed Kelly	50 m breaststroke SB3	51.91	5 Q	51.90	7
	50 m backstroke S4	59.55	11	Did not advance
	150 m individual medley SM4	3:07.81	9	Did not advance
Matthew Levy	50 m freestyle S7	28.55	1 Q	28.68	4
	100 m freestyle S7	1:04.90	4 Q	1:02.28	4
	50 m butterfly S7	31.35	4 Q	31.32	5
	200 m individual medley SM7	2:46.04	4 Q	2:36.99
Jeremy McClure	50 m freestyle S11	29.61	14	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S11	1:06.72	12	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S11	1:09.79	2 Q	1:09.11	5
Rick Pendleton	100 m butterfly S10	1:01.50	10	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:09.38	6 Q	1:08.27	5
Logan Powell	100 m butterfly S9	1:06.66	13	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S9	1:06.37	8 Q	1:06.13	8
	400 m freestyle S9	4:28.94	8 Q	4:27.22	7
Sean Russo	50 m freestyle S13	26.19	15	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S13	56.39	16	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S13	1:02.19	6 Q	1:01.43	5
	100 m butterfly S13	1:02.18	12	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:14.32	8 Q	1:13.85	7
200 m individual medley SM14	2:16.37	6 Q	2:16.29	6
Liam Schulter	100 m backstroke S14	1:07.64	12	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:16.56	15	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle S14	1:58.95	4 Q'	1:59.38	5
	200 m individual medley SM14	2:18.59	6 Q	2:18.85	7
Jacob Templeton	50 m freestyle S13	25.75	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S13	55.92	13	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S13	4:19.11	7 Q	4:15.86	6
	100 m butterfly S13	1:01.04	11	Did not advance
200 m individual medley SM13	2:18.72	8 Q	2:20.90	8
Timothy Disken Matthew Levy Blake Cochrane Rowan Crothers	4x100 m freestyle relay 34 pts	N/A		3:51.96	5
Timothy Hodge Rick Pendleton Brenden Hall Matthew Levy	4x100 m medley relay 34 pts	N/A		4:18.08	4

Women's events

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emily Beecroft	50 m freestyle S9	29.61	5 Q	29.33	4
	100 m freestyle S9	1:04.90	7 Q	1:05.19	6
	100 m butterfly S9	1:10.97	8 Q	1:10.56	6
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:45.91	15	Did not advance
Ellie Cole	50 m freestyle S9	29.26	2 Q	29.13
	100 m freestyle S9	1:03.40	3 Q	1:02.93
	400 m freestyle S9	4:50.19	1 Q	4:42.58
	100 m backstroke S9	1:11.22	2 Q	1:09.18 PR
Katja Dedekind	50 m freestyle S13	28.97	11	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S13	1:04.59	14	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S13	4:52.23	6 Q	4:50.43	7
	100 m backstroke S13	1:14.61	4 Q	1:12.25
Maddison Elliott	50 m freestyle S8	30.83	2 Q	29.73 WR
	100 m freestyle S8	1:07.69	3 Q	1:04.73 PR
	400 m freestyle S8	5:09.85	4 Q	5:02.13	4
	100 m backstroke S8	1:20.79	6 Q	1:17.16
	100 m butterfly S8	1:16.18	4 Q	1:13.80	6
	200 m individual medley SM8	2:52.42	4 Q	2:49.67	6
Tanya Huebner	50 m butterfly S6	42.80	9	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:42.66	4 Q	1:40.54	5
Jenna Jones	50 m freestyle S13	28.57	5 Q	28.77	7
	100 m freestyle S13	1:02.75	9	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S13	1:15.62	7 Q	1:15.14	7
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:22.25	10	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM13	2:41.55	12	Did not advance
Paige Leonhardt	50 m freestyle S10	30.00	13	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S10	1:07.24	16	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:21.67	6 Q	1:20.44	6
	100 m backstroke S10	1:16.11	14	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S10	1:11.42	6 Q	1:10.55	6
	200 m individual medley SM10	2:39.57	9	Did not advance
Ashleigh McConnell	50 m freestyle S9	29.61	5 Q	29.63	7
	100 m freestyle S9	1:04.78	6 Q	1:05.19	6
	400 m freestyle S9	5:16.28	15	Did not advance
Monique Murphy	50 m freestyle S10	29.81	12	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S10	1:04.16	10	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S10	4:46.58	5 Q	4:35.09
	100 m backstroke S10	1:13.62	11	Did not advance
Lakeisha Patterson	50 m freestyle S8	30.97	4 Q	30.13
	100 m freestyle S8	1:07.45	2 Q	1:05.08
	400 m freestyle S8	4:57.37	2 Q	4:40.33 PRWR
	100 m backstroke S8	1:20.32	5 Q	1:18.27	4
	100 m butterfly S8	1:19.96	8 Q	1:18.99	8
	200 m individual medley SM8	2:50.16	3 Q	2:45.22
Madeleine Scott	100 m butterfly S9	1:10.96	7 Q	1:10.85	7
	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:19.51	3 Q	1:17.93	4
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:38.04	4 Q	2:37.65	6
Tiffany Thomas Kane	50 m freestyle S6	35.27	4 Q	34.41
	100 m freestyle S6	1:17.75	5 Q	1:17.56	6
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:35.43 PR	1 Q	1:35.39
	100 m backstroke S6	1:31.58	4 Q	DSQ	-
	50 m butterfly S6	37.81	3 Q	36.81
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:10.48	4 Q	3:09.78
Rachael Watson	50 m freestyle S4	40.69	2 Q	40.13 PR
	50 m breaststroke SB3	1:08.19	7	Did not advance
	150 m individual medley SM4	3:38.66	12	Did not advance
Prue Watt	50 m freestyle S13	28.95	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S13	1:04.29	13	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S13	1:09.80	1:09.80	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:20.44	5 Q	1:18.16	6
	200 m individual medley SM13	2:40.48	8 Q	2:39.06	8
Kate Wilson	50 m freestyle S6	39.81	18	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S6	1:27.02	14	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:49.21	8 Q	1:46.87	8
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:29.20	12	Did not advance
Ellie Cole Maddison Elliott Lakeisha Patterson Ashleigh McConnell	4x100 m freestyle relay 34 points			4:16.65 WR
Ellie Cole Madeleine Scott Maddison Elliott Lakeisha Patterson	4x100 m medley relay 34 points			4:45.85

Mixed events

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rachael Watson Tiffany Thomas Kane Ahmed Kelly Matthew Haanappel	Mixed 4 x 50 metre freestyle 20 points	2:46.43	7 Q	2:39.92	7

Legend: Q= Qualified for final; OC= Oceania Record; PR= Paralympic Record; WR= World Record

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Five athletes were selected to represent Australia. Daniela Di Toro previously represented Australia in wheelchair tennis and Melissa Tapper was set to become the first Australian to compete at both the Summer Paralympics and Summer Olympics in the same year. ^[33]

Men	Women
Barak Mizrachi (d), Samuel Von Einem (d)	Daniela Di Toro, Melissa Tapper, Andrea McDonnell (d)

Samuel Von Einem in winning the silver medal won Australia's first medal since Terry Biggs won gold in 1984.

(d)= Paralympic Games debut

Men's tournament

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Gold medal match
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Barak Mizrachi	Singles class 8	Chaoqun Ye  (CHN) L 0-3 (2-11, 2-11, 4-11)	Piotr Grudzien  (POL) L 0-3 (10-12, 5-11, 6-11)	Did not advance
Samuel Von Einem	Singles class 11	—		Lucas Creange  (FRA) W 3–1 (14-12, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9)	Byeong-Jun Son  (KOR) W 3–2 (12-14, 1-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-9)	Gi-Tae Kim  (KOR) W 3–2 (8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8)	Florian Van Acker  (BEL) L 2-3 (8-11, 18-16, 13-11, 5-11, 8-11)

Women's tournament

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal match
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniela Di Toro	Singles class 4	Nadia Matic  (SRB) L0-3 (2-11, 5-11, 5-11)	Sandra Mikolaschek  (GER) L0-3 (2-11, 3-11, 3-11)	Did not advance
Andrea McDonnell	Singles class 10	Bruna Costa Alaxndre  (BRA) L 0-3 (3-11, 5-11, 2-11)	Lucic Mirjana  (CRO) L 1-3 (8-11, 3-11, 11-4, 7-11)	Qian Yang  (CHN) L 1-3 (7-11, 3-11, 2-11)	Did not advance
Melissa Tapper	Singles class 10	Umran Ertis  (TUR) W3–1 (11-2, 11-4, 10-12, 11-9)	Natalia Partyka  (POL) L0-3 (6-11, 3-11, 4-11)	Sophie Walloe  (DEN) L2-3 (11-5, 11-5, 8-11, 10-12, 8-11)	Did not advance
Andrea McDonnell Melissa Tapper	Team class 6–10	—			Kubra Korkut Umran Ertis  (TUR) W 2-0 (3-2, 3-1)	Qian Yang Guiyan Xiong  (CHN) L 0-2 (1-3, 0-3)	Bruna Costa Alexandre Danielle Rauen  (BRA)L 0-2 (2-3, 0-3)	4

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Australian fans watch the wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Rio Paralympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men

The Rollers qualified by winning the 2015 Asia Oceania Qualifying Tournament. ^[34] On 19 July 2016, the APC announced a team of twelve players with five of them making their Paralympic debut. ^[35] During the draw, Brazil had the choice of which group they wanted to be in. They were partnered with Spain, who would be in the group Brazil did not select. Brazil chose Group B, which included Iran, the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Algeria. That left Spain in Group A with Australia, Canada, Turkey, the Netherlands and Japan. ^[36]

Team roster

Josh Allison (d), Jannik Blair, Adam Deans (d), Tristan Knowles, Bill Latham, Matthew McShane (d), Brad Ness, Shaun Norris, Tom O'Neill-Thorne (d), Shawn Russell (d), Tige Simmons, Brett Stibners
(d) Paralympic Games debut

Group play standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	4	1	341	265	+76	9 [lower-alpha 1]	Quarter-finals
2	Turkey	5	4	1	327	272	+55	9 [lower-alpha 1]
3	Australia	5	4	1	342	293	+49	9 [lower-alpha 1]
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	264	294	−30	7
5	Japan	5	1	4	278	300	−22	6	9th/10th place playoff
6	Canada	5	0	5	222	350	−128	5	11th/12th place playoff

Source: Paralympic.org
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Spain 3 pts, +8 PD; Turkey 3 pts, +1 PD; Japan 3 pts, −9 PD

8 September 2016 18:00

Report

Netherlands	50–70	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 6–16, 19–21, 13–18, 12–15
Pts: Korkmaz 24 Rebs: Poggenwisch 9 Asts: Korkmaz, Poggenwish 8		Pts: Blair 23 Rebs: Knowles 12 Asts: Stibners 7

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bill Kuerzi

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9 September 2016 12:15

Report

Australia	62–60	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 17–13, 12–17, 16–10
Pts: Knowles 17 Rebs: Norris 11 Asts: Knowles 9		Pts: Gürbulak 27 Rebs: Gürbulak 13 Asts: Gürbulak 12

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Carsten Rehling

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10 September 2016 15:15

Report

Canada	53–78	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 12–15, 16–22, 9–20
Pts: Eng 17 Rebs: Concin, Eng 6 Asts: Concin 5		Pts: Knowles 23 Rebs: Norris 7 Asts: Knowles 6

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gustavo Mathias

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11 September 2016 08:30

Report

Spain	75–64	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 24–12, 16–10, 24–21
Pts: A. Zarzuela, P. Zarzuela 17 Rebs: A. Zarzuela 13 Asts: García 11		Pts: Knowles 28 Rebs: Knowles 11 Asts: Norris 6

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Cristian Roja

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12 September 2016 13:30

Report

Australia	68–55	Japan
Scoring by quarter:14–7, 20–13, 15–10, 19–25
Pts: Ness 12 Rebs: Knowles 7 Asts: Knowles 9		Pts: Kozai 9 Rebs: Fujimoto 6 Asts: Mayajima 7

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bil Kuerzi

Quarter finals

14 September 2016 17:30

Report

Great Britain	74–51	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 18–16, 23–14, 22–6
Pts: Sagar 26 Rebs: Sagar, Pratt 10 Asts: Choudhry 10		Pts: Norris 14 Rebs: Knowles 7 Asts: Norris 8

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Cristian Roja

5th - 6th Classification

17 September 2016 15:15

Report

Australia	69–70	Brazil
Scoring by quarter:20–17, 19–20, 13–17, 17–16
Pts: Knowles 15 Rebs: Norris 5 Asts: Norris 5		Pts: De Miranda 24 Rebs: De Miranda 15 Asts: Candido Sanchez 16

Rio Olympic Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Max Kindervater

Women's tournament

The Gliders did not qualify after finishing second to China at the 2015 Asia Oceania Qualifying Tournament. ^[34]

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Australia won the 2014 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships, thereby automatically qualifying to defend the Paralympic title they won in London. ^{[37] [38]} On 25 July 2016, the APC announced a team of 12 players. ^[39] Australia entered the tournament ranked number two in the world. ^[40]

Men
Ryley Batt, Chris Bond, Cameron Carr, Andrew Edmondson (d), Nazim Erdem, Ben Fawcett (d), Andrew Harrison, Josh Hose, Jason Lees, Matt Lewis (d), Ryan Scott, Jayden Warn (d)

(d) Paralympic Games debut

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	188	158	+30	6	Semi-finals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	174	160	+14	4
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	2	152	135	+17	2	Fifth place Match
4	Brazil (H)	3	0	0	3	125	186	−61	0	Seventh place Match

Source: Rio2016
(H) Host

14 September 2016

10:30

Australia	53–51	Great Britain
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Briere, Alexander Shriener

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15 September 2016

19:15

Australia	72–45	Brazil
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Darren Roberts, Jean Choiniere

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16 September 2016

19:15

Canada	62–63	Australia
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Darren Roberts, Brian Ward

Semi-finals

17 September 2016

16:00

Australia	63–57	Japan
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Jean Choiniere, Mitch Carr

Gold medal match

18 September 2016

12:30

Australia	59–58	United States
	Report

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Briere, Alexander Schreiner

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Selected team of 4 athletes on 28 July 2016. ^[41] Sarah Calati was added to the team as a result of Russia's selection. Ben Weekes was competing at his fourth Games and wheelchair basketball gold medallist Dylan Alcott was competing in wheelchair tennis for the first time. Sarah Calati was a late inclusion due to the banning of the Russian team. ^[42]

Men	Women
Dylan Alcott, Heath Davidson (d), Ben Weekes, Adam Kellerman	Sarah Calati (d)

Men's tournament

Athlete (seed)	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dylan Alcott	Men's singles	N/A	N/a	Sharga Weinberg  (ISR) W 2-0 (6-0, 6-0)	Nick Taylor  (USA) W 2-0 (6-2, 6-0)	Lucas Sithole  (RSA) W 2-0 (6-0, 6-3)	Andy Lapthorne  (GBR) W 2-0 (6-3, 6-4)
Heath Davidson		N/A	N/A	Bryan Barten  (USA) W 2-1 (2-6, 7-5, 6-1)	Andy Lapthorne  (GBR) L '0-2 (1-6, 2-6)	Did not advance
Adam Kellerman		Bye	Satoshi Saida  (JPN) W 2-0 (7-5, 6-1)	Gustavo Fernandez  (ARG) L 0-2 (1-6, 2-6)	Did not advance
Ben Weekes		Francesc Tur  (ESP) W 2-0 (7-5, 6-3)	Stefan Olsson  (SWE) L 0-2 (0-6, 3-6)	Did not advance
Adam Kellerman Ben Weekes	Men's doubles			Kamil Fabisiak Tadeusz Kruszelnicki  (POL) L 1-2 (5-7, 6-3, 3-6)	Did not advance
Dylan Alcott Heath Davidson	Men's quad doubles				Shota Tkawano Mitsuteru Moroishi  (JPN) W 2-0 (6-1, 6-4)	Jamie Burdekin Andy Lapthorne  (GBR) W 2-0 (6-1, 6-2)	Nick Taylor David Wagner  (USA) W 2-1 (4-6, 6-4, 7-5)

Women's tournament

Athlete (seed)	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sarah Calati	Women's singles	Zhu Zhenzhen  (CHN) L 0-2 (0-6, 1-6)	Did not advance

(d)= Paralympic Games debut

Administration and support

Team Executive – Kate McLoughlin (Chef de Mission), Paul Bird (Deputy Chef de Mission), Phil Borgeaud (head of performance), Chris Nunn (Head of Operations) ^[31] Media Team – Tim Mannion (Head of Media and Broadcast), Sascha Ryner (Digital Coordinator and Media Liaison Officer - Table Tennis, Boccia), Margie McDonald (Media Liaison Officer – Athletics, Archery), Gennie Sheer (Media Liaison Officer – Cycling), Amanda Shalala (Media Liaison Officer– Rowing, Canoe), Alexandra Factor (Media Liaison Officer – Equestrian, Shooting), Neil Cross (Broadcast Liaison Officer), Alice Wheeler (Broadcast Liaison Officer), Brett Frawley (Videographer), Simon Christie (Videographer), Jeff Crow (Chief Photographer), Jacqueline Chartres (Media Manager Sydney Office) ^[31]

Medical Staff -

Broadcasting

The Australian Paralympic Committee purchased the broadcast rights to the Socchi Winter and Rio Summer Games for less than $400,000. It then sold the rights to the Seven Network. ^[43] Previously the Australian Broadcasting Corporation broadcast the Games. Seven Network broadcast the Games on 7Two as well as via digital channels, including the 7Live app. ^[43] There were 20 per cent more hours broadcast than the London Paralympics. Broadcast statistics included:

• Te Games reached 4.4 million TV viewers during the broadcast period ^[43]
• Top session average audience was 225,000 with a peak of 467,000 on the Day 7 highlights show ^[43]
• 251,000 online streams ^[43]

Major advertisers and sponsors were: Optus, Samsung, Visa Inc, Swisse, Woolworths Supermarkets and Toyota. ^[43]

See also

• Sports portal
• Australia portal

• Australia at the 2016 Summer Olympics
• Australia at the Paralympics
• Australian Paralympic Archery team
• Australian Paralympic Athletics Team
• Australian Paralympic Boccia Team
• Australian Paralympic Cycling Team
• Australian Paralympic Equestrian Team
• Australian Paralympic Paracanoe Team
• Australian Paralympic Paratriathlon Team
• Australian Paralympic Rowing Team
• Australian Paralympic Sailing Team
• Australian Paralympic Shooting Team
• Australian Paralympic Swim Team
• Australian Paralympic Table Tennis Team
• Australian Paralympic wheelchair tennis team
• Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team
• Australia national wheelchair rugby team
• Australia women's national goalball team

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External links

• Australian Paralympic Committee 2016 Rio Portal
• Australian Paralympic Committee Media Guide Rio 2016 Paralympic Games