1960 Rome Paralympics Australian Team list
The members of the 1960 Australian Paralympic Team for the Rome summer Paralympics were:
Athletes:
- Daphne Ceeney (NSW) – Archery, Athletics, Swimming
- Roger Cockerill (WA) – Wheelchair basketball
- Kevin Coombs (Vic) – Wheelchair basketball
- Kevin Cunningham (WA) – Wheelchair basketball, Wheelchair fencing
- Gary Hooper (NSW) – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- Bill Mather-Brown (WA) – Table Tennis, Wheelchair basketball, Wheelchair fencing
- Bruno Moretti (Vic) – Table Tennis, Wheelchair basketball
- Christopher O’Brien (WA) – Wheelchair basketball
- Frank Ponta (WA – Archery, Athletics, Wheelchair basketball, Wheelchair fencing
- Ross Sutton (NSW) – Archery
- Robin Tourier (WA) – Archery, Wheelchair basketball
- John Turich (WA) – Wheelchair basketball
Officials:
- Dr. David Cheshire, Manager (Vic).
- John Johnston, Physiotherapist (WA)
- Kevin Betts, Remedial Gymnast, (NSW)
- Fred Ring, Nurse (Vic)
Click on the names to read their Wikipedia article.
For more information on the 1960 Team the following websites will help.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.
Australia at the 1960 summer Paralympics which has been created by contributors to the Australian Paralympic History Project and follow the links to the articles about Australia’s athletes and their sports.
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List of the members of the 1960 Australian Paralympic Team for the Rome Games, with links to the members’ Wikipedia articles.
Date: September 1960
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