Grant Patterson

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Grant Patterson
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2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Patterson
Personal information
Full nameGrant Patterson
NicknameScooter
NationalityAustralian
Born (1989-05-19) 19 May 1989 (age 35)
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, medley
Classifications S3, SB2, SM3
ClubCentral Cairns
CoachHerbie Howard
Medal record
Men's paralympic swimming
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 50 m breaststroke SB2
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2020 Tokyo 150 m medley SM3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris 50 m breaststroke SB2
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2024 Paris 150 m medley SM3
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Montreal 150 m medley S3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Glasgow 150 m medley SM3
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 London 50 m breaststroke SB2
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Madeira 50 m breaststroke SB2
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 Montreal 50 m freestyle S3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 Montreal 100 m freestyle S3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 London150 m medley SM3
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Madeira150 m medley SM3

Grant Patterson (born 19 May 1989) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, his second games, he won a silver and bronze medal. [1] At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, he won two bronze medals. [2]

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Personal

Patterson was born on 19 May 1989 and is from Cairns, Queensland. [3] [4] [5] He attended Redlynch State College, a state school in Redlynch. [6] Patterson has Diastrophic dysplasia, a joint fusion disability connected to dwarfism. [3] [5] Other sports he competes in include Australian rules football, cricket and ice hockey. [3]

Patterson owes his nickname, "Scooter", to the non-motorised scooter which he uses to move around, including up to the edge of the pool during competitions. [7] [8]

Swimming

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Patterson at the 2012 London Paralympics

Patterson is an S3 classified swimmer. [3] [9] He is coached by Herbie Howard. [3] [5]

Patterson started competitive swimming in 2007. [5] At the 2009 Australian Open, he came in first in the 100m backstroke event. [3] He first represented Australia in 2009 at the Arafura Games where he won two gold medals and one bronze medal. [3] At 2010 Berlin International Championships, he earned two gold medals and one silver medal. [3] Competing at the 2011 Australian National Championships, he set a world record in the 100m backstroke event. [3] He was a member of the Australian team competing at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands. [10] At the 2011 Para Pan Pacific Championships, he earned seven medals. [5] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in swimming. [9] [11] He did not medal at the 2012 Games. [3]

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Patterson at the 2012 London Paralympics

At the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Canada, Patterson won a silver medal in the Men's 150 m Individual Medley S3 and two bronze medals in the Men's 50 m Freestyle S3 and Men's 100 m Freestyle S3. [12] [13]

Competing at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, Patterson won a silver medal in the Men's 150m Individual Medley S3. [14] He finished fifth in the Men's 200m Freestyle S3 and Men's 50m Breaststroke SB2, sixth in the Men's 50m Freestyle S3 and Men's 50m Backstroke S3 and seventh in the Mixed 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts. [15]

At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, London, Patterson won the silver medal in the Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 and bronze medal in the Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3. [16]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, he won the silver medal in the Men's 50 m breaststroke SB2 with a time of 1:01.79, two-and-a-half seconds behind the gold medal winner, José Arnulfo Castorena of Mexico. Patterson also a bronze medal in the Men's 150 m individual medley SM3 with a time of 3:05.57. He competed in three other events but did not qualify for their finals. [17]

At the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships, Madeira. Patterson won two medals - silver in the Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2 and bronze in the Men's 150 m Individual Medley SM3. Patterson did not medal in four other events. [18] [19]

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, Patterson won bronze in the 150 m medley SM3, and Men's 50 m breaststroke SB2. [20] He finished 8th in the Men's 200 m freestyle S3.

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  4. ↑ Kay, Ross (9 August 2012). "Who are our Queensland Paralympians?". ABC Wide Bay Qld – Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
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  16. ↑ "Grant Patterson". 2019 World Para Swimming Championships Results. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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