Australian Paralympic Swim Team

The Australian Paralympic Swim Team has competed at every Summer Paralympics, which started with the 1960 Summer Paralympic Games.[1]

Matthew Cowdrey at the 2012 London Games replaced Priya Cooper as Australia's most successful Paralympic swimmer, with a tally of 13 gold medals over three Paralympic Games (2004, 2008 and 2012). Cowdrey replaced Kingsley Bugarin for the record for holding the most number of medals in any sport, with 23 medals from 3 Paralympic Games (2004–2012). Jacqueline Freney won 8 gold medals at the 2012 London Games replacing Siobhan Paton as Australia's most successful Paralympic competitor at a single games.

Leading Australian swimmers, 1960–2020

AthleteGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Matthew Cowdrey137323
Priya Cooper93416
Jacqueline Freney80311
Ellie Cole65617
Tracey Freeman64010
Siobhan Paton6006
Kingsley Bugarin58619
Totals (7 entries)532722102

Australian Medal Tally 1960–2020

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1960 Rome2002
1964 Tokyo92213
1968 Tel-Aviv55111
1972 Heidelberg1359
1976 Toronto35210
1980 Arnhem18211
1984 Stoke Mandeville20302474
1988 Seoul5121431
1992 Barcelona10121335
1996 Atlanta16161244
2000 Sydney*14152150
2004 Athens6141535
2008 Beijing911929
2012 London1871237
2016 Rio9101029
2020 Tokyo8101533
Totals (16 entries)136160157453

1960 Summer Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

Daphne Ceeney was Australia's first Paralympic Swim Team member.[2] At the 1960 Summer Paralympics, Ceeney won gold in the Women's 50m Breaststroke and gold in the Women's 50m Crawl in the "complete class 5". At the same games, she also competed in the Archery and Athletics.

Swimmers

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished ninth on the medal table with a total of 2 medals.[3]

  • Gold Medals: 2[4]

1964 Summer Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
Elizabeth Edmondson

Medallists

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim Team finished second on the medal table with a total of 13 medals at the 1964 Summer Paralympics.[6]

  • Gold Medals: 9
  • Silver Medals: 2
  • Bronze Medals: 2

1968 Summer Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Medal Tally

The Australian Swim Team won a total of 11 Medals at the 1968 Summer Paralympics finishing 6th in the Medal Standings.[7]

  • Gold Medals: 5
  • Silver Medals: 5
  • Bronze Medals: 1

1972 Summer Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Men – Eric Boulter, Brian Chambers, Russell Morrison
Women – Pauline English, Pam Foley, Cherrie Ireland, Elizabeth Richards

Medal Tally

The Australian Swim Team finished 10th place in the Medal standings at the 1972 Summer Paralympics with 9 medals:[8]

  • Gold Medals: 1
  • Silver Medals: 3
  • Bronze Medals: 5

1976 Summer Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Men – Robert Faulkner, G. Green, John Hind, Roy Kubig, Brian Sullivan
Women – Pauline English, Lyn Michael, Gail Nicholson

Medal Tally

The Australian Swim Team finished in 12th place on the medal tally at the 1976 Summer Paralympics with 10 Medals:[9]

  • Gold Medals: 3
  • Silver Medals: 5
  • Bronze Medals: 2

1980 Summer Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Men - Rene Andres, Paul Bird, Peter Carroll, Gary Gudgeon, Peter Hill, Dennis Kennedy, David (Dave) Manera, David McPherson, Charlie Tapscott
Women – Carolyn Connors, Maureen Pybus

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished in 15th place on the medal tally at the 1980 Summer Paralympics with a total of 11 Medals:[10]

  • Gold Medals: 1
  • Silver Medals: 8
  • Bronze Medals: 2

1984 Summer Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

The 1984 Summer Paralympics were Australia's most successful medal haul with a final tally of 74 medals.[11]

Team members

Men – Paul Bird, Craig Blackburn, Kingsley Bugarin, Malcom Chalmers, Geoffrey Fowler, David Griffin, Gary Gudgeon, Greg Hammond, Michael Kelly, Alan Morley, Michael Quinn, Wayne Ryding, Robert Staddon, Phillip Tracey, Robert Walden
Women – Helena Brunner, Lynette Coleman, Kerri-Anne Connor, Anne Currie, Therese Donovan, Rosemary Eames, Kerrie Engel, Meredith Evans, Deborah Holland, Ursula King, Tracey Lewis, Jan Miller, Mary-Anne Wallace, Carol Young
Coaches - G. Brown (Blind) Officials - J. Blackburn (Manager – Blind)

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished in 9th position in the medal standings at the 1984 Summer Paralympics with a total of 74 medals:[12]

  • Gold Medals: 20
  • Silver Medals: 30
  • Bronze Medals: 24

1988 Summer Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished in 14th position in the medal standings at the 1988 Summer Paralympics with a total of 31 medals:[13]

  • Gold Medals: 5
  • Silver Medals: 12
  • Bronze Medals: 14

1992 Barcelona Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Team members

Tracy Lee Barrell holding Barcelona 1992 Paralympic medal

Coaches – Anne Green (Amputee), Phil Jose (Cerebral palsy), Kerry Smith (Cerebral palsy)
Officials – Ian McDowell-Jones (Vision impaired Manager), Rowenna Toppenberg (blind escort)

Medal tally

The Australian Swim team finished in sixth position in the medal standings at the 1992 Summer Paralympics with a total of 35 medals.[14]

  • Gold: 10
  • Silver: 12
  • Bronze: 13

1996 Atlanta Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
1996 Swimming Australian Team

Team members

Medal Tally

The Australian Swim team finished in 3rd place in the Medal Standings at the 1996 Summer Paralympics with a total of 44 medals:[15]

  • Gold Medals: 16
  • Silver Medals: 16
  • Bronze Medals: 12

2000 Sydney Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Amanda Fraser 200IM

A total of 51 swimmers were selected to compete in the Australian Swim Team at the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games.[11]

Team members

Medallists:[16]

Medal Tally

The Australian Swim team finished 5th overall in the medal standings at the 2000 Summer Paralympics with 50 medals.[17]

  • Gold Medals: 14
  • Silver Medals: 15
  • Bronze Medals: 21

2004 Athens Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

A total of 29 swimmers were selected in the Australian Swim team to compete at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.[11]

Matthew Cowdrey, in his first Paralympic Swim Team appearance, was Australia's best performing swimmer winning 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Team members

Swimmers::[18]

Head coach- Brendan Keogh[18] Assistant coaches - John Beckworth, Peter Bishop, Graeme Carroll, Gwen Godfrey, Paul Simms[18] Manager - Adam Luscombe[18] Sports Scientist - Brendan Burkett[18] Support staff - Ingrid McKay (Massage Therapist), Claire Nichols (Physiotherapist), Zoe Young (Assistant Team Manager)

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished 10th overall with a total of 35 Medals.[19]

  • Gold Medals: 6
  • Silver Medals: 14
  • Bronze Medals: 15

Detailed Australian Results

2008 Beijing Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

A total of 35 swimmers were selected to compete in the Australian Swim team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[11] This was the largest away team since the 1996 Summer Paralympics. Matthew Cowdrey (with 5 gold and 3 silver medals) and Peter Leek (with 3 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze) were the most successful of the Australian swimmers.[20]

Many of the swimmers were new to the Paralympic team: 8 of the 17 male athletes and 11 of the 18 female athletes were competing in their first Paralympic Team.[11]

Team Members

Swimmers:[11]

Staff:[11] Head coach- Brendan Keogh Assistant coaches - Graeme Carroll, Amanda Isaac, Jackie Black, Joanne Love, Rob Moon, Jon O'Neill-Shaw, Mel Tantrum, Section Manager - Melanie Jenkins Support staff- Brendan Burkett (Sport Scientist), Sacha Fulton (Sport Scientist), Claire Nichols (Physiotherapist), Vaughan Nicholson (Physiotherapist), Penny Will (Massage Therapist), Sandra Eccles (Nurse)

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished 7th on the Medal Tally with a total of 29 medals.[22]

  • Gold Medals: 9
  • Silver Medals: 11
  • Bronze Medals: 9

Detailed Australian Results

2012 London Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Swimmers::

Head Coach – Brendan Keogh[23] Section Manager – Karyn Burgess[24] Assistant coach – Jonathan O'Neil-Shaw, coaches – Robert Hindmarsh, Tom Davies, Angelo Baselo, Michael Freney, Chris Phillips, Bash Zidan

  • Sports Science – Brendan Burkett, Sacha Fulton
  • Physiotherapy – Jo Anne Evershed, David Spurrier, Penny Will
  • Sports Psychology – Jason Patchell
  • Carer – Tara Andrews

Medal Tally

Australia finished second on the gold medal table and won a total of 37 medals.

  • Gold: 18
  • Silver: 7
  • Bronze: 12

Leading swimmers were – Jacqueline Freney won 8 gold medals, Matthew Cowdrey won 5 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal and Ellie Cole won 4 gold medals and 2 bronze medals.
Detailed Australian Results

2016 Rio Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Swimmers::

Head coach: Brendan Keogh
Team Leader: Adam Pine
Coaches' - Angelo Basalo, Jan Cameron, Harley Connolly, Nathan Doyle, Lachlan Falvey, Rick Van Der Zant, Yuriy Vdovychenko

  • Assistant Team Leaders - Michelle Doyle, Ian Armbruster
  • Sports science - Brendan Burkett
  • Biomechanist - Danielele Formosa
  • Team Doctor - Caron Jander
  • Physiotherapists - David Spurrier, Brett Doring
  • Soft Tissue Therapists - Jacqui Gilbert, Samantha Short
  • Psychologist - Thomas Tapper
  • Carer - Jeanette Phillips-Hughes

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Medal Tally

  • Gold: 9
  • Silver: 10
  • Bronze: 10

Leading swimmers were: Maddison Elliott five medals including three gold, Ellie Cole six medals including two gold and Lakeisha Patterson six medals including two gold.
Detailed Australian Results

2020 Tokyo Paralympics

See also: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Swimmers::

Staff: Head coach: Brendan Keogh Team Leader: Adam Pine Coaches' - Jon Bell, Clinton Camilleri, Harley Connolly, Nathan Doyle, Kate Sparkes, Greg Towle, Yuriy Vdovychenko Support staff -

  • Assistant Team Leaders - Michelle Doyle, Andrew MacGregor
  • Performance services manager – Jodi Cossor
  • Biomechanist - Simon Pearson
  • Physiologist - Katie McGibbon
  • Team Doctor - Viran De Silva
  • Physiotherapists - Brett Doring, Dean Sullivan,
  • Soft Tissue Therapists - Thea Dillon
  • Psychologist - Geoff Lovell
  • Assistant – Jeanette Phillips-Hughes

[26]

Medal Tally

  • Gold: 8
  • Silver: 10
  • Bronze: 15

Leading swimmers were: William Martin four medals including three gold, Ben Popham and Rowan Crothers three medals - two gold and 1 silver. Ellie Cole two bronze medals resulted in her winning 17 Paralympic medals and replaced Priya Cooper as leading Australian female swimming medallist.
Detailed Australian Results

(d) Paralympic Games debut

See also

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