Neil Fuller

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Neil Fuller
241000 - Athletics track Neil Fuller action - 3b - 2000 Sydney race photo.jpg
Action shot of Fuller sprinting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameNeil Robert Fuller
Nationality Australian
Born2 August 1969 (1969-08-02) (age 53)
Shoreham by Sea, Sussex, England
Medal record
Men's para athletics
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Barcelona 4 x 100 m TS2,4
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta 4 x 100 m T42-46
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney 200 m T44
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2000 Sydney400 m T44
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2000 Sydney4 x 100 m T46
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2000 Sydney4 x 400 m T46
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1992 Barcelona200 m TS2
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1992 Barcelona400 m TS2
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1996 Atlanta100 m T43-44
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1996 Atlanta200 m T43-44
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Athens 400 m T44
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2004 Athens4 x 400 m T42-46
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1992 Barcelona100 m TS2
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2000 Sydney100 m T46
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2004 Athens4 x 100 m T42-46
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1994 Berlin100 m T44
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1994 Berlin200 m T44
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1994 Berlin400 m T44
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1994 Berlin4 x 100 m T42-46
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1998 Birmingham100 m T44
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1998 Birmingham200 m T44
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1998 Birmingham400 m T44
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1998 Birmingham4 x 400 m T42-46
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2002 Lille200 m T44
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2002 Lille400 m T44
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1994 BerlinLong Jump F44
World Championships and Games for the Disabled
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1990 AssenLong Jump 7F
69 ACPS Atlanta 1996 Track Neil Fuller.jpg
Fuller carrying the Australian flag at the 2000 Summer Paralympics 141100 - Athletics track Neil Fuller Australian flag - 3b - 2000 Sydney race photo.jpg
Fuller carrying the Australian flag at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Neil Robert Fuller, OAM [1] (born 2 August 1969 in Shoreham by Sea, Sussex) [2] is an Australian athlete, Paralympic competitor, and amputee.

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During his youth, Neil was an ambitious soccer player, gaining a position playing at state level for South Australia. It was during a soccer match on 25 July 1987 [3] that his tibia and fibula were broken, and a major artery in his right leg was severed in an attempted tackle to the shin. Legally becoming an adult during his 22 days in hospital, he opted to have the lower part of his right leg amputated after gangrene had set in.

In February 1989, Fuller entered the Amputee Nationals in Adelaide in the 100m race, long jump and high jump. Fuller was then selected as a member of the Australian team to compete at the Far East and South Pacific International Championships where he competed in the 100m, long jump, high jump and the pentathlon. [3]

After the accident, Fuller made a comeback into the world of sports becoming a world class runner and world record holder.

He is now coordinator of Sport at St Peters Collegiate Girls School in Adelaide, South Australia

Athletic Achievement

In 1990, Fuller competed in the World Championships and Games for the Disabled in Assen, Netherlands winning a bronze medal in the men's long jump 7F. [4] Fuller also participated in the 1998 World Championships in Birmingham, UK where he won four gold medals. [5] He participated in four consecutive Summer Paralympic Games, from 1992 to 2004. In 1992 he won a gold medal, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia, [1] two silver medals, and one bronze medal. At the 1996 Summer Paralympics, he won silver in the 100 and 200 metre races and gold in the 4×100 metre relay. Four years later, at the Sydney Paralympics, he won four gold medals in the 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 metre relay, and 4×400 metre relay, and a bronze in the 100 metres. At the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, he won two silver medals in the 400 metres and the 4×400 metre relay, and a bronze in the 4×100 metre relay. [6]

Awards

He was inducted into the Athletics South Australia Hall of Fame in 1997.

In 2012, Neil was inducted into the South Australia Sport Hall of Fame. [7]

In 2000, Fuller received an Australian Sports Medal for "service to amputee athletics as World Class Competitor and Development of National Training Squad". [8]

In 2001, he was inducted into the Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best' [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Fuller, Neil Robert, OAM". It's an Honour. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  2. Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta U.S.A. August 15-25 1996 : Australia : team handbook. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1996. p. 26.
  3. 1 2 Fuller, Neil (2000). One Foot in the Door. South Australia: Single X Publications. p. 13. ISBN   0957702809.
  4. World Championships and Games for the Disabled - Athletics Results. Netherlands: Organising Committee. 1990.
  5. "Article of the Month". E-Bility. 2002. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  6. "Neil Fuller". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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