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| Born | 28 December 1971 (age 52) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Raymond Wilson, OAM [1] (born 28 December 1971) [2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete.
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Stephen Raymond Wilson, OAM [1] (born 28 December 1971) [2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete.
Wilson was born in Sydney on 28 December 1971. [3] In 1986, while he was a student at Newington College (1984–1987), [4] Wilson was hit by a truck and doctors were forced to amputate his right leg just below the knee. [5] He is married and has five children. He was a physical education teacher, was the principal of Dalby Christian College and is currently the principal of Livingstone Christian College.
Wilson took up competitive running in 1997; in that year he competed at his first national competition and received the Developing Paralympian of the Year Award. [2] At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, he won two gold medals in the Men's 4x100 m Relay T46 and Men's 4x400 m Relay T46 events, [6] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. [1] In 2000, his competitive sport participation was sponsored by the Motor Accidents Authority in New South Wales. [7] At the 2004 Athens Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the Men's 4x400 m T42–46 event and a bronze medal in the Men's 4x100 m T42–46 event. [6] At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 4x100 m T42–46 event. [6] He has retired from competitive athletics. [2]
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