Eric Boulter

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Eric Boulter
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born15 October 1952
Melbourne, Australia
Medal record
Swimming
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1972 Heidelberg Men's 25 m Backstroke 2
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1972 Heidelberg Men's 3x25 m Medley 2
Commonwealth Paraplegic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1974 Dunedin Men's 25 m Backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1974 Dunedin Men's 4x50 m Medley Relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1974 Dunedin Men's 25 m Freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1974 Dunedin Men's 3x25 m Individual Medley
FESPIC Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1977 SydneyMen's 25 m Backstroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1977 SydneyMen's 25 m Freestyle
Athletics
FESPIC Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1977 SydneyMen's Pentathlon

Eric Boulter (born 15 October 1952) is an Australian swimmer, athlete, and wheelchair basketball player who won two medals at the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics.

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Personal

Boulter was born in Melbourne on 15 October 1952. [1] While on a cycling holiday on the Gold Coast in 1969, he had a fall at the Nerang Velodrome which left him paraplegic. [1] Outside of sport, Boulter worked for a speedboat charter business until 1984 before serving his local city council for 22 years. He moved to Rockhampton in 2012. [2]

Competitive career

Boulter temporarily checked out of hospital to represent Queensland in his first National Disabled Championships in 1970. He then returned to the Gold Coast and searched for a coach. He found Dave Tomlinson, who worked with him for the rest of his career. [1] He was the captain of the Australian swimming team at the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics, where he won a gold medal in the Men's 25 m Backstroke 2 event, in which he broke a world record, and a silver medal in the Men's 3x25 m Medley 2 event; he also came fifth in the Men's 25 m Freestyle 2 – event. [1] [3] He was also the captain of the Australian swimming team at the 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he won two gold medals in the Men's 25 m Backstroke and Men's 4x50 m Medley Relay events, and two silver medals in the Men's 25 m Freestyle and Men's 3x25 m Individual Medley events; he broke a Commonwealth record in the backstroke. [1] At the 1977 FESPIC Games in Sydney, he won a gold medal in the Men's 25 m Backstroke event and two silver medals in the Men's 25 m Freestyle and Men's Pentathlon events. [1] He also played wheelchair basketball, representing Queensland in national championships from 1976 until his retirement from sport in 1984. [1]

Recognition

Boulter was inducted into the Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame in 1999. [1]

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References

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  2. Sygall, David (23 July 2020). "The World Record That Wasn't". Paralympics Australia . Retrieved 3 August 2020.
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