United States at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

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United States at the
2000 Summer Paralympics
Flag of the United States.svg
IPC code USA
NPC United States Paralympic Committee
Website www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics
in Sydney
Competitors267
Flag bearer Mike Dempsey (opening) [1]
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
36
Silver
39
Bronze
34
Total
109
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

The United States sent a delegation to compete at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. The United States finished fifth in the gold medal count and third in the overall medal count. [2]

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Medalists

The following American athletes won medals at the games. [3]

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Danny Andrews Athletics Men's 800 m T44
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cheri Becerra-Madsen Athletics Women's 100 m T54
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Cheri Becerra-Madsen Athletics Women's 400 m T54
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shawn Brown Athletics Men's Discus F44
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shea Cowart Athletics Women's 100 m T44
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Shea Cowart Athletics Women's 200 m T44
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ross Davis Athletics Men's 100 m T34
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Bart Dodson Athletics Men's 200 m T51
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jean Driscoll Athletics Women's Marathon T54
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Robert De Friese Evans Athletics Men's 1,500 m T46
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Robert De Friese Evans Athletics Men's 5,000 m T46
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Royal Mitchell Athletics Men's 400 m T13
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Paul Nitz Athletics Men's 100 m T52
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Marlon Shirley Athletics Men's 100 m T44
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Thomas Neal Cycling Mixed Bicycle Road Race LC1
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Daniel Nicholson Cycling Mixed Bicycle Road Race CP Div 3
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Pamela Fernandes
Alphonso Whaley
Cycling Mixed 1 km Time Trial Tandem open
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Stephan Moore Judo Men's Up To 73 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kevin Szott Judo Men's Over 100 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Pernell Cooper Powerlifting Men's Over 100 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Stephanie Brooks Swimming Women's 400 m Freestyle S6
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Daniel Kelly Swimming Men's 100 m Backstroke S11
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Daniel Kelly Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle S11
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Daniel Kelly Swimming Men's 200 m Medley SM11
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Curtis Lovejoy Swimming Men's 100 m Freestyle S2
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Curtis Lovejoy Swimming Men's 50 m Freestyle S2
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Travis Mohr Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Karen Norris Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke S10
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Erin Popovich Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Erin Popovich Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle S6
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Erin Popovich Swimming Women's 50 m Butterfly S6
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Lauren Reynolds Swimming Women's 400 m Freestyle S7
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Elizabeth Scott Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle S13
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Elizabeth Scott Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle S13
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jason Wening Swimming Men's 400 m Freestyle S8
Gold medal icon.svg GoldUnited States national wheelchair rugby team
Wheelchair rugby Mixed competition
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Robert Balk Athletics Men's Pentathlon P58
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lisa Banta Athletics Women's Discus F12
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jennifer Barrett Athletics Women's Discus F46
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Cheri Becerra-Madsen Athletics Women's 200 m T54
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Cheri Blauwet Athletics Women's 100 m T53
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Thomas Bourgeois Athletics

Men's Pentathlon P44

Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jean Driscoll Athletics

Women's 1,500 m T54

Silver medal icon.svg Silver Brian Frasure Athletics

Men's 100 m T44

Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jessica Galli Athletics Women's 800 m T53
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Roderick Green Athletics Men's 200 m T44
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Douglas Heir Athletics Men's Shot Put F52
Silver medal icon.svg Silver John Register Athletics Men's Long Jump F42
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marlon Shirley Athletics Men's High Jump F46
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Chris Waddell Athletics Men's 200 m T53
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Dana Zimmerman Athletics Men's 1,500 m T37
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Stuart Flacks Cycling Mixed Tricycle 1.9 km Time Trial CP Div 2
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Stuart Flacks Cycling Mixed Tricycle 5.4 km Time Trial CP Div 2
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Pamela Fernandes
Alphonso Whaley
Cycling Mixed Sprint Tandem open
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Dory Selinger Cycling Mixed 1 km Time Trial LC2
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Brett Lewis Judo Men's Up To 90 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kim Brownfield Powerlifting Men's Over 100 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Melanie Benn
Stephanie Brooks
Aimee Bruder
Erin Popovich
Swimming Women's 4x50 m Freestyle 20 pts
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kendra Berner
Shannon Bothelio
Karen Norris
Lauren Reynolds
Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle 34 pts
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kendra Berner Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle S10
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kendra Berner Swimming Women's 400 m Freestyle S10
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kendra Berner Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle S10
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Shannon Bothelio Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle S7
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sarah Castle Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB6
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Daniel Kelly Swimming Men's 50 m Freestyle S11
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Erin Popovich Swimming Women's 200 m Medley SM6
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Erin Popovich Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle S6
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lauren Reynolds Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle S7
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Elizabeth Scott Swimming Women's 200 m Medley SM13
Silver medal icon.svg Silver James Thompson Swimming Men's 50 m Breaststroke SB2
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Trischa Zorn Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke S12
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Trischa Zorn Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Trischa Zorn Swimming Women's 100 m Butterfly S12
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Trischa Zorn Swimming Women's 200 m Medley SM12
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Stephen Welch Wheelchair tennis Men's Singles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jennifer Barrett Athletics Women's Shot Put F46
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Cheri Blauwet Athletics Women's 200 m T53
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Cheri Blauwet Athletics Women's 400 m T53
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Cheri Blauwet Athletics Women's 800 m T53
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Joseph Christmas Athletics Men's Discus F56
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Joseph Christmas Athletics Men's Javelin F56
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ross Davis Athletics Men's 200 m T34
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ross Davis Athletics Men's 400 m T34
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Gabriel Diaz de Leon Athletics Men's Discus F53
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Bart Dodson Athletics Men's 400 m T51
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jean Driscoll Athletics Women's 5,000 m T54
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Roderick Green Athletics Men's 400 m T44
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Roderick Green Athletics Men's Long Jump F44
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Michael Keohane Athletics Men's Marathon T46
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jeffrey Lauterbach Athletics Men's Discus F33
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Joseph LeMar Athletics Men's 800 m T44
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Pamela McGonigle Athletics Women's 1,500 m T12
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Asya Miller Athletics Women's Discus F13
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Laura Ann Terry Athletics Women's Shot Put F33-34
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tim Willis Athletics Men's 10,000 m T11
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Bradley Cobb
Dory Selinger
Robert Whitford
Cycling Mixed Team Olympic Sprint LC1-3
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Dory Selinger Cycling Mixed Individual Pursuit LC2
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Marlon Lopez Judo Men's Up To 66 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Thomas Brown Sailing Mixed Single Person 2.4mr
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shannon Bothelio Swimming Women's 100 m Backstroke S7
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shannon Bothelio Swimming Women's 50 m Butterfly S7
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jennifer Butcher Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle S13
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Daniel Kelly Swimming Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB11
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Travis Mohr Swimming Men's 100 m Backstroke S8
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Elizabeth Scott Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB13
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Trischa Zorn Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle S12
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Joshua Keith Bartel
Norman Bass
Table tennis Men's Teams 6-7
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeUnited States men's national wheelchair basketball team
Wheelchair basketball Men's competition
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Scott Douglas
Stephen Welch
Wheelchair tennis Men's Doubles

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