1988 Summer Paralympics Australian Team List

The members of the 1988 Australian Paralympic Team for the Seoul summer Paralympics were:

Athletes:

• Rene Ahrens – Athletics
• Ian Aitchison – Athletics
• Troy Andrews – Wheelchair basketball
• Robert Bakker – Shooting
• Geoffey Barden – Table tennis
• Leslie Beath – Swimming
• Robert Biancucci – Athletics
• Fabian Blattman – Athletics
• Sandy Blythe – Wheelchair basketball
• David Boldery – Lawn bowls
• Margaret Booth – Goalball
• Theo Bottom – Goalball
• Keith Bremner – Shooting
• Marcel Bucello – Table tennis
• Kingsley Bugarin – Swimming
• Brendan Burkett – Swimming
• Carolyn Buens – Archery
• Gregory Caines – Cycling
• Barbara Caspers – Shooting
• Allan Chadwick – Shooting
• Peter Cliff – Athletics
• Lynette Coleman – Athletics, Boccia
• Darren Collins – Athletics
• Richard Cordukes – Athletics
• Robert Crestani – Goalball
• Garry Croker – Table tennis
• Paul Croft – Athletics, Table tennis
• Anne Currie – Swimming
• Mark Davies – Athletics
• Michael Desanto – Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux – Athletics
• Jason Diederich – Swimming
• John Domanol – Athletics
• David Doueal Lawn bowls
• Richard Dougan – Swimming
• Russell Doyle – Goalball
• Alan Dufty – Athletics
• John Eden – Athletics
• Joe Egan – Athletics
• Craig Elliott – Athletics
• Shane Ellsmore – Athletics, Football 7-a-side
• Ray Epstein – Weightlifting
• Stuart Ewin – Wheelchair basketball
• Michael Farrell – Powerlifting
• John Federico – Athletics
• Karen Ferguson – Swimming
• Arthur Fisk – Archery
• John Forsberg – Lawn bowls
• Roy Fowler – Lawn bowls
• Kevin Frew – Goalball
• Ian Gainey – Athletics
• Burke Gibbons – Boccia
• Terry Giddy – Athletics
• Karen Gill – Athletics
• Ronald Gilshenan Lawn bowls
• Heather Gleeson – Goalball
• Stephen Gregson – Swimming
• David Griffin – Swimming
• David Goodman – Athletics
• Robert Goodwin – Wheelchair fencing
• Lee Gordon – Football 7-a-side
• David Gould – Wheelchair basketball
• Michael Hackett – Athletics
• Kevin Hamilton – Athletics
• Greg Hammond – Swimming
• Michael Haughey – Wheelchair basketball
• Gary Hayes – Athletics
• Gerry Hewson – Wheelchair basketball
• Brad Hill – Athletics
• Geoffrey Hill – Athletics, Football 7-a-side
• Glen Hoffman – Lawn bowls
• Deborah Holland – Swimming
• Erich Hubel – Wheelchair basketball
• Catherine Huggett – Swimming
• Patrick Hughes – Athletics
• John Hunt – Snooker
• Matthew Jesse – Athletics
• Robert Jordan – Wheelcahir fencing
• Meredith Jones – Athletics
• Eric Klein – Archery
• Susan Knox – Swimming
• Elizabeth Kosmala – -Shooting
• Stan Kosmala – Lawn bowls
• Warren Lawton – Athletics
• David Lillecrapp – Swimming
• Lyn Lillecrapp – Swimming
• John Lindsay – Athletics
• Adrian Lowe – Athletics
• Peter Magee – Lawn bowls
• Wayne Maher – Athletics
• Simon Matthew Lee – Swimming
• Mandy Maywood – Swimming
• Brett McArthur – Athletics
• Michael McFawn – Wheelchair basketball
• Kerrod McGregor – Athletics
• Deahnne McIntyre – Athletics
• Michael McIntyre – Athletics
• Paul McIntyre – Athletics
• Warren McKennairey – Athletics
• Yvette McLellan – Athletics
• Jeff McNeill – Athletics
• Brian McNicholl – Weightlifting
• Marilyn Mills – Goalball
• Marko Milne – Athletics, Football 7-a-side
• Kieran Modra – Athletics
• Patricia Molseed – Athletics
• Arnie Money – Weightlifting
• Brian Moores – Swimming
• Mike Nugent – Athletics
• Rodney Nugent – Athletics
• Paul O’Brien – Weightlifting
• Jeremy O’Halloran – Table tennis
• Andrew O’Sullivan – Athletics
• Richard Oliver – Wheelchair basketball
• Murray Parker – Boccia
• Craig Parsons – Table tennis
• Nigel Parsons – Athletics
• David Pearson – Football 7-a-side
• Max Peterson – Lawn bowls
• Robert Philpot – Swimming
• Matthew Poble – Powerlifting
• Michael Quinn – Snooker
• Andrew Rambow – Shooting
• Neville Read – Lawn bowls
• Col Richards – Weightlifting
• Malcolm Richards – Athletics
• Sam Rickard – Athletics
• Jaime Romaguera – Athletics, Football 7-a-side
• Edward Roos – Athletics
• Julie Russell – Athletics
• Wayne Ryding – Swimming
• Gary Sargent – Goalball
• Craig Sayers – Athletics
• Christopher Scott – Football 7-a-side
• Ralph Scott – Athletics, Football 7-a-side
• John Sheil – Table tennis
• Russell Short – Athletics
• Ian Simpson – Table tennis
• Stanley Sims – Shooting
• Jason Smart – Athletics
• Donna Smith – Athletics
• Ralph Smith – Swimming
• Christopher Sparks – Wheelchair basketball
• Robyn Stephens – Goalball
• Clifford Swann – Lawn bowls
• Tony Telfer – Goalball
• Bradley Thomas – Athletics
• Darren Thrupp – Athletics
• Gregory Timmermans – Swimming
• Phillip Tracey – Swimming
• Stephen Trestrail – Wheelchair basketball
• Peter Trotter – Athletics
• Robert Turner – Athletics
• Donald Turton – Boccia
• Vincenzo Vallelonga – Athletics
• Matthew van Eldik – Athletics
• Katrina Vines – Athletics
• Robert Walden – Swimming
• Grant Walker – Shooting
• Michael Walker – Wheelchair basketball
• Bruce Wallrodt – Athletics
• Jason Walsh – Athletics
• Ross Whyte – Athletics, Football 7-a-side
• Carmel Williams – Table tennis
• Jason Willis – Athletics
• Jodi Willis – Athletics, Goalball
• Susanne Wilson – Goalball
• Jeff Wiseman – Athletics
• Sandra Yaxley – Swimming
• Judith Young – Swimming

Officials/coaches:

• Rhys Roberts – General Manager
• Nigel Rouse – Assistant General Manager
• Dr John Bourke –  Medical Director
• Dominic Wall – Sport Coordinator
• David Douglas – Publicity Director
• Wally Parsons – Amputee Section Manager
• D. Beath –  Amputee section official
• T. Beath – Amputee section official
• Vic Renalson – Amputee section official
• Paul Bird – Amputee section official
• H. Shorter – Amputee section official
• P. Aldridge – Amputee section official
• M. Parsons – Amputee section official
• W. Parsons – Amputee section official
• Peter Negropontis – Amputee section official
• Gary Prior  -Blind Section Manager
• L. Alder – Blind section official
• Terry Keneghan – Blind section official
• J. Stephenson – Blind section official
• S. Jackson – Blind section official
• Derry Beavis – Blind section official
• Jane Buckley – Blind section official
• B. Killalea – Blind section official
• J. Coole – Blind section official
• Eileen O’Meagher – Blind section official
• G. Prior – Blind section official
• Judy Hill – Cerebral palsy Section Manager
• Alan Gregson – Cerebral palsy section official
• Tom Organ – Cerebral palsy section official
• S. Streat – Cerebral palsy section official
• A. Allan – Cerebral palsy section official
• A. Brindley – Cerebral palsy section official
• Karen Denman – Cerebral palsy section official
• G. Carter – Cerebral palsy section official
• D. Hancy – Cerebral palsy section official
• J. Hill – Cerebral palsy section official
• Phil Jose – Cerebral palsy section official
• B. Lake – Cerebral palsy section official
• M. Chan – Cerebral palsy section official
• George Dunstan – Wheelchair Section Manager
• M. Trewella – Wheelchair section official
• G. Walker – Wheelchair section official
• Michael Godfrey-Roberts – Wheelchair section official
• M. Bevan – Wheelchair section official
• C. Jarvis – Wheelchair section official
• S. Hyde – Wheelchair section official
• Kevin Bawden – Wheelchair section official
• Graham Gould – Wheelchair section official
• G. Maloney – Wheelchair section official
• M. Wardrop – Wheelchair section official
• G. Vince – Wheelchair section official
• Kathryn Lee – Wheelchair section official
• Don Perriman – Wheelchair section official
• J. Sayers – Wheelchair section official
• Norma Beer – Wheelchair section official

Click on the names to read their Wikipedia article .

For more information on the 1988 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 1988 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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