Australian Paralympic Committee

Australian Paralympic Committee
	Logo
National Paralympic Committee
Country	Australia
Code	AUS
Created	1990
Continental; Association	OPC
Headquarters	Sydney, New South Wales
President	Jock O’Callaghan
Website	paralympic.org.au

Last updated March 12, 2019

The Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) is the National Paralympic Committee in Australia for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the preparation and management of Australian teams that participate at the Summer Paralympics and the Winter Paralympics. APC played a major role in Australia's successful bid to host the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.^[1] Since the 1996 Summer Paralympics, Australia has finished in the top five nations on the medal tally. It is also a successful nation at the Winter Paralympics.^[2]

A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), NPCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.

The Paralympics is a major international multi-sport event involving athletes with a range of disabilities, including impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

The 2000 Paralympic Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from 18 to 29 October. In September 1993, Sydney won the rights to host the 2000 Paralympic Games. To secure this right it was expected that the New South Wales Government would underwrite the budget for the games. The Sydney games were the 11th Summer Paralympic Games, where an estimated 3,800 athletes took part in the programme. They commenced with the opening ceremony on 18 October 2000. It was followed by the 11 days of fierce international competition and was the second largest sporting event ever held in Australia. They were also the first Paralympic Games outside the Northern Hemisphere.

Membership

The APC is a company limited by guarantee and its shareholders are national sports federations and national sporting organisations for the disabled. These organisations are: Athletics Australia, Australian Shooting International Limited, AUSRAPID, Basketball Australia, Blind Sports Australia, Boccia Australia, Cerebral Palsy – Australian Sport and Recreation Federation, Cycling Australia, Disabled Winter Sport Australia, Equestrian Australia, Football Federation Australia, Rowing Australia, Swimming Australia, Table Tennis Australia, Tennis Australia, Wheelchair Sports Australia, and Yachting Australia.^[3]

Athletics Australia is the National Sporting Organisation (NSO) recognised by the Australian Sports Commission for the sport of athletics in Australia.

Basketball Australia is the governing and controlling body of basketball in Australia, responsible for the development and promotion of the sport at all levels.

Cycling Australia (CA), the trading name of the Australian Cycling Federation Inc, is the national governing body for bicycle racing in Australia, and represents the interests of affiliated cycling clubs and State federations. It covers the disciplines of road, track, mountain bike, cyclo-cross, BMX. In 2013, Cycling Australia had nearly 50,000 members including Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) and BMX Australia (BMXA) members.

Administration

The APC established in 1990 is governed by a Board of Directors which may include elected and appointed members.
Presidents

Marcus Einfeld 1990-1992.^[4]
Sally Anne Atkinson 1992
Ron Finneran 1993^[5]
Bob McCullough 1994–1996 ^[6]
Marie Little 1996-1997^[7]
Greg Hartung 1997–2013^[8]^[9]
Glenn Tasker 2013-2018 ^[9]
Jock O’Callaghan 2018-^[10]

Marcus Richard Einfeld is a former Australian judge who served on the Federal Court of Australia and was the inaugural president of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. In retirement, he served two years in prison after being convicted of perjury and perverting the course of justice.

Ronald James Finneran OAM is an Australian Paralympic athlete and sports administrator, from Merimbula, New South Wales.

Robert "Bob" McCullough OAM was a leading Australian sport administrator particularly in the area of disability sport. He was President of the Australian Paralympic Federation and the International Stoke Mandeville Wheelchair Sports Federation.

Secretary /Chief Executive Officers

Adrienne Smith 1990–1993
Frank Martin 1994–1997 ^[11]
Scott Derwin 1997–1999 ^[11]
Brendan Flynn 1999–2003 ^[11]
Darren Peters 2003–2009 ^[11]
Miles Murphy 2009 ^[11]
Jason Hellwig 2010–2015 ^[11]^[12]
Lynne Anderson 2015- ^[13]

Adrienne Mary Elise Smith OAM was a leading Australian sport administrator. She played a significant role in the establishment of the Australian Paralympic Federation in 1990.

Frank Martin was Secretary-General of the Australian Paralympic Federation from 1994 to 1997. During this period, he was involved in Australian team preparations for the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics and represented the Federation in the organisation of the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.

Scott Derwin is a leading Australian sport administrator. He was Chief Executive Officer of Surf Life Saving Australia, Australian Paralympic Committee and Basketball Australia. In 2012, he became Chair of Basketball Australia.

Activities

The APC undertakes a number of activities to assist Paralympic athletes. These include:

Team preparation – preparation of Australian teams for Summer Paralympics and Winter Paralympics ^[14]
Sports programs – APC manages five sports programs (boccia, goalball, powerlifting, wheelchair rugby and winter sports).^[14]
Classification – APC provides Australian athletes with a disability with access to classification by a trained classifier at all levels of their development.^[14]
Paralympic Talent Search – identification of people with a disability who may have the ability to participate at the Paralympic Games.^[14]
Paralympic Education Program – a national program to educate Australian school children on Paralympic athletes and sport.^[14]
Paralympic Speakers Program – Paralympians visit businesses, schools and other workplaces to demonstrate the importance of workplace safety.^[15]

Boccia is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – bottia. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes with severe physical disabilities. It was originally designed to be played by people with cerebral palsy but now includes athletes with other severe disabilities affecting motor skills. In 1984, it became a Paralympic sport, and in 2008 was being practised in over fifty countries worldwide. Boccia is governed by the Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) and is one of only two Paralympic sports that have no counterpart in the Olympic program.

Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded in it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand and never kicked. Using ear-hand coordination, originating as a rehabilitation exercise, the sport has no able-bodied equivalent.

Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as "odd lifts", which followed the same three-attempt format but used a wider variety of events, akin to strongman competition. Eventually odd lifts became standardized to the current three.

Milestones

Milestones in the development of the Australian Paralympic movement and the APC :

1960 – Australia participated in the 1st Paralympic Games in Rome, Italy. The Australian team of 12 athletes won three gold, six silver and 1 bronze medals.
1962 – Perth hosted the 1st Commonwealth Paraplegic Games. It was the first international disability multi-sport held in Australia and raised the profile of disability sport.^[16]
1975 – Australian Confederation of Sports for the Disabled established.^[17]
1976 – 1st Winter Paralympic Games held in Sweden. Australia was unofficially represented at these Games by Ron Finneran, who competed but was not officially recognised as he did not fall into the amputee or visual impairment categories.^[18]
1977 – Sydney hosted the 2nd FESPIC Games, a multi-sport event for Far East and South Pacific athletes with a disability.^[19]
1981 - National Committee on Sport and Recreation established to make recommendations to the Minister for Sporton priority areas for the development of sport and recreation for disabled people including funding allocations.^[20]
1984 – Amputee swimmers and track and field athletes attended their first training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in preparation for the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics.^[21]
1985 - inaugural Australia Games provided events for disabled athletes in athletics, swimming, basketball, lawn bowls, netball and weight lifting competitions.^[22]
1988 – Russell Short, a vision impaired thrower, became the first athlete with a disability to be offered a scholarship at the AIS.^[23]
1990 – The Australian Paralympic Federation was established to coordinate elite Australian athletes with a disability participation in the Paralympic Games and liaise with the International Paralympic Committee.^[17]
1990 – Australian Sports Commission Disabled Sports Program offered three AIS scholarships to athletes with a disability – Russell Short, Rodney Nugent and Dean Barton-Smith.^[24]
1991 – Chris Nunn commenced as part-time coach of Aussie Able Program located at the AIS. ).^[25]
1993 – Sydney won the right to host the 2000 Paralympic Games. Ron Finneran and Adrienne Smith lobbied to ensure that the Paralympics were part of Sydney’s bid for the 2000 Olympics and they would be underwritten by the Federal and State Governments.^[26]
1993 – Michael Milton was the first winter Paralympian to receive an AIS scholarship.
1994 – Paralympic Preparation Program established by the Australian Sports Commission assist to athletes with a disability in their preparation for the 2000 Sydney Paralympics ^[27]
1994 – Australian Paralympian of the Year established with wheelchair racer Louise Sauvage the first winner.^[28]
1998 – The Australian Paralympic Federation changed its name to the Australian Paralympic Committee. A new logo was created.^[29]
2000 – Sydney, New South Wales hosted the 11th Summer Paralympics, the first Games held outside the Northern Hemisphere. Australia finished first on the medal tally winning 149 medals – 63 gold, 39 silver and 47 bronze medals. It has been Australia’s most successful summer Paralympics to date.^[30] At the end of the Games, International Paralympic Committee, Robert Steadward declared Sydney the "best Games ever".^[30]
2001 – AIS and APC established a AIS/APC Alpine Ski Program. It was the first single sport AIS program for athletes with a disability.^[31]
2002 – APC adopted a policy of mainstreaming that resulted in national sports organisations being responsible for the preparation of their athletes to Paralympic level.^[31]
2002 – Australia’s best performance at Winter Paralympics winning six gold and one bronze medal at the Australia at the 2002 Winter Paralympics.^[18]
2005 – APC established the Paralympic Search Program to identify people with disabilities who had the athletic potential to represent Australia at Paralympic level competition. At the 2012 London Paralympics, 43 talent search program athletes represented Australia and won 28 medals.^[32]
2009 – APC and Australian Olympic Committee jointly submitted a National High Performance Plan for Olympic and Paralympic Sports in Australia to the Crawford Inquiry into Australian sport.^[33]
2009 – Greg Hartung, APC President, was elected the Vice President of the International Paralympic Committee Governing Board at a meeting of the IPC General Assembly in Kuala Lumpur.^[34]
2010 – The APC received an additional $3 million per annum as part of the Australian Government's sport reform package Australian Sport: The Pathway to Success.^[35]
2010 – The APC and Australian Defence Force (ADF) launched the ADF Paralympic Sport Program that aimed to direct ADF members, who acquired a disability during their employment, into Paralympic sport.^[36]^[37]
2011 – APC established Australian Paralympic Hall of Fame.^[38]
2011 – APC engaged the University of Queensland and the University of Canberra to write the History of the Paralympic Movement in Australia. This project is part of a larger project within the APC, to capture and archive valuable historical records of Australians at the Paralympics.^[39]
2012 – APC announced the Australian Institute of Sport as the country's first Centre for Paralympic Excellence.^[40]
2012 — Australia participated in the 14th Paralympic Games in London, England. The Australian team of 161 athletes won 32 gold, 23 silver and 30 bronze medals.^[41]
2013 - Greg Hartung steps down as President after 16 years in the position and replaced by Glenn Tasker.^[9]
2015 - Ski & Snowboard Australia took over the operation of the Paralympic winter sport. The APC had managed the program since 1994.^[42]

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is named after the city of Perth, Scotland and is the fourth-most populous city in Australia, with a population of 2.04 million living in Greater Perth. Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with the majority of the metropolitan area located on the Swan Coastal Plain, a narrow strip between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The first areas settled were on the Swan River at Guildford, with the city's central business district and port (Fremantle) both later founded downriver.

The First Commonwealth Paraplegic Games were held in Perth, Western Australia from 10 to 17 November 1962. These Games preceded the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games which were held in Perth from 22 November to 1 December of that year. The Commonwealth Paraplegic Games were conceived by Dr George Bedbrook after Perth won the right to host the Commonwealth Games. Great support was received from the Royal Perth Hospital, a leading spinal rehabilitation centre in Australia.

Awards

The APC recognises the achievements of athletes and the contribution of coaches and administrators through several awards including the Australian Paralympian of the Year, Australian Paralympic Hall of Fame and the Paralympic Medal.^[43]^[44]

History Project

Audio recording of Tony Naar, General Manager Knowledge Services at the APC, talking to students at the University of Canberra about the HoPAu project.

In 2011, The APC engaged the University of Queensland and the University of Canberra to write the History of the Paralympic Movement in Australia. This project is part of a larger project within APC, to capture and archive valuable historical records of Australians at the Paralympics.^[39] Further, in cooperation with the National Library of Australia the APC has conducted several interviews with people who have played a significant role in the Paralympic movement in Australia.^[45] Finally, an Australian Paralympic Wikipedia user's group was established to expand the coverage of the Australian Paralympic movement in Wikipedia.^[39]

Related Research Articles

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Australia has competed in every Winter Paralympics. In 1976, the first Games, Australia's sole competitor was Ron Finneran, but he was not an official entrant. In 1980, Kyrra Grunnsund and Peter Rickards became the first official competitors, in alpine and cross-country skiing. The number of Australian athletes increased to three, five, five and six at the next four games, respectively, and all of the athletes were alpine skiers. The participation decreased to four in 1998 and climbed back up to six in 2002. Australia won its first Winter Paralympic medals in 1992, and has medalled at every games since then. All of the medals have been won in alpine skiing.

Australia sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country sent 167 athletes in 13 sports and 122 officials. It was the country's largest ever Paralympic delegation to an away Games. The team sent to Beijing was described as the emergence of the new generation of Australian athletes with 56 percent of the team attending their first Paralympic Games. The delegation's chef de mission was Darren Peters.

At the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Australia sent ever of 11 competitors to compete against 42 other nations with a total of 502 competitors making these Paralympics the largest ever with only 39 countries competing at Torino in 2006. Of these other nations, 2010 was the first winter paralympics for Argentina, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Romania, Russian Federation, and Serbia. The delegation also consisted of 3 sighted guides and 17 support staff. This was the largest delegation Australia had sent to a Winter Paralympics. Australia has participated in every winter Paralympics. In 2010, Dominic Monypenny became the fourth Australian athlete to participate in both the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, the others being Kyrra Grunnsund, Anthony Bonaccurso, and Michael Milton. In the lead-up to the 2010 winter Games, nine of the 11 Australian athletes had recorded top 10 finishes in Paralympic, world cup or world championship competition in their class.

The 1984 Winter Paralympics, then known as The Third World Winter Games for the Disabled, were held in Innsbruck, Austria. The games took place from the 15 until 21 January. Present at these games were 419 athletes from 21 countries, Spain and the Netherlands competing for the first time in the Winter Paralympics, competing in 107 events across 3 sports. The inclusion of Les Austres and Cerebral palsy impairment groups contributing to the distinct increase in athlete participation with the total number of athletes jumping from 229 at Geilo, Norway in 1980.

Australia competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Games in London, United Kingdom from 29 August to 9 September 2012. The London Games were the biggest Games with 164 nations participating, 19 more than in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic. Australia has participated at every Summer Paralympic Games and hosted the 2000 Sydney Games. As such, the 2000 Sydney Games, regarded as one of the more successful Games, became a point-of-reference and an inspiration in the development of the 2012 London Games.

The 1998 Winter Paralympics were held in Nagano, Japan from the 5–14 March 1998. At the Games, Australia was represented by four male alpine skiers. Australia finished equal 16th of 21 Nations on the overall medal tally. James Patterson, an LW9 standing skier, won Australia's two medals - one gold and one bronze.

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Gregory Neil "Greg" Hartung AO is a leading Australian and international sport administrator. He has an extensive and distinguished career in sport particularly in terms of administration and journalism. He was President of the Australian Paralympic Committee from 1997–2013 and served as Vice-President of the International Paralympic Committee 2009–13.

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Jason Scott Hellwig is a leading Australian sport administrator. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Paralympic Committee from 2010 to 2015.

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Disabled Wintersport Australia (DWA) was established in 1978 as the Australian Disabled Skiers Federation. Its current mission is “to promote and foster the advancement of participation by people with a disability in wintersport both in Australia and overseas”. DWA is a member of the Australian Paralympic Committee. DWA plays a major role in the development of Australian athletes that compete at the Winter Paralympics.

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External links

Australian Paralympic Committee Official site
APC on YouTube
APC on Facebook
APC on Twitter
Paralympic Education Program
Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies Oral History Project – access to interviews
International Paralympic Committee Official site
National Sport Information Centre Catalogue - listing of information resources maintained by the Australian Paralympic Committee.

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