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| Born | 6 April 1976 Sydney, New South Wales | ||||||||||
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Lucy Williams (born 6 April 1976 [1] ) is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales. [2] She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 event. [3]
Australia has participated officially in every Paralympic Games since its inauguration in 1960 except for the 1976 Winter Paralympics.
Australia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. It was Australia's 12th year of participation at the Paralympics. The team included 151 athletes. Australian competitors won 101 medals to finish fifth in the gold medal table and second on the total medal table. Australia competed in 12 sports and won medals in 8 sports. The Chef de Mission was Paul Bird. The Australian team was smaller than the Sydney Games due to a strict selection policy related to the athletes' potential to win a medal and the International Paralympic Committee's decision to remove events for athletes with an intellectual disability from the Games due to issues of cheating at the Sydney Games. This was due to a cheating scandal with the Spanish intellectually disabled basketball team in the 2000 Summer Paralympics where it was later discovered that only two players actually had intellectual disabilities. The IPC decision resulted in leading Australian athletes such as Siobhan Paton and Lisa Llorens not being able to defend their Paralympic titles. The 2000 summer paralympic games hosted in Sydney Australia proved to be a milestone for the Australian team as they finished first on the medal tally for the first time in history. In comparing Australia's 2000 Paralympic performance and their 2004 performance, it is suggested that having a home advantage might affect performance.
Amy Louise Winters, OAM is an arm amputee Australian Paralympic athlete. She won seven medals at three Paralympic Games, including five gold medals.
Eddy Hollands is an Australian Paralympic tandem cycling pilot, who won medals with the vision impaired rider Paul Clohessy. He won a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games in the Men's Individual Pursuit Tandem open event. At the 2000 Sydney Games, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 1 km Time Trial Tandem open event.
Karni Liddell is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia.
Craig Parsons is a Paralympic table tennis and wheelchair rugby union player from Australia. He was born in Subiaco, Western Australia. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the mixed wheelchair rugby event. He participated in table tennis at the 1988 Seoul Games.
Brett Boylan is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby player. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He participated in the Australian Stealers at the 1996, 2000 Sydney, and 2004 Athens Paralympics, winning a silver medal with the team in 2000.
Clifford Clarke is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby player from Australia. He was born in Carlton, Victoria. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Games with the Australian Steelers.
Brad Dubberley is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby Head Coach and former athlete. He won a silver medal as an athlete at the 2000 Sydney Games and as the head coach at the 2008 Beijing Games in the mixed wheelchair rugby event. He is the head coach of the Australian Wheelchair Rugby team known as the Australian Steelers.
Steve Porter is a Paralympic wheelchair rugby union player from Australia. He was born in Denmark, South Australia. He won silver medals at the 2000 Sydney Games and 2008 Beijing Games in the mixed wheelchair rugby event.
Marita Hird is a Paralympic equestrian competitor from Australia. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Mixed Dressage – Freestyle grade III event.
Katherine "Kate" Bailey is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia.
Denise Beckwith is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. She was born in Sydney, New South Wales. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Women's 4x50 m Freestyle 20 pts event.
Judith-Lee Alice Green, OAM is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB6 event, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia.
Dianna Ley is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Women's 400 m Freestyle S9 event. She was born on 28 August 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales.
For the American fashion model, see Stacey Williams.
Melissa Willson is a Paralympic swimming athlete who competed for Australia in the 2000 Paralympics. She was born on 6 September 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales . She swam for the Gosford Amateur Swimming Club. She competed in 5 individual events also in 2 relays. Melissa made all of the— finals at the 2000 Paralympics. She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Women's 4x50 m Freestyle 20 pts event. She was trained under Peter Baldwin, who trains at Mingara Aquatic Centre.
Amanda 'Mandy' Drennan is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. She was born without her right leg. She learned to swim as a child on Victoria's Phillip Island but trained in Melbourne several times a week due to the island's lack of facilities. At the age of ten, she competed in her first state championships and a year later represented Australia at the Pacific School Games. In 2000, she was offered a wildcard entry at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games but her family and coach decided it was not in her long-term development to accept it.
Sarah Rose is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia. She was born in Sydney with dwarfism. At the 2004 Athens Games, she competed in four events and won a bronze medal in the Women's 50 m Butterfly S6 event. At the 2008 Beijing Games she competed in four events.
Patricia "Trish" Flavel is an Australian Paralympic athlete with an intellectual disability.
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