This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics

Vision impaired team

• Kingsley Bugarin, (WA) Swimming
• Darren Collins, (VIC) Athletics
• Mark Davies, (NT) Athletics
• Phillip Deveraux, (NT) Athletics
• Susan Earles, (SA) Athletics
• Christine Fisher, (VIC) Athletics
• Matthew Hueppauff, (SA) Swimming
• Felicity Johnson, (SA) Athletics
• William (Bill) Kelly, (VIC) Athletics
• Mandy Maywood, (WA) Swimming
• Jeff McNeill, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul McKenna, (QLD) Athletics
• Sam Rickard, (NT) Athletics
• Leigh Sloane, (QLD) Athletics
• Jodi Willis-Roberts, (VIC) Athletics
• Anthony Young, (TAS) Athletics

Cerebral Palsy Team

• Terry Biggs, (QLD) Table Tennis
• Pru Birmingham, (NSW) Swimming
• Alana Brodie, (QLD) Athletics
• Clothier, (QLD) Swimming
• Coulson, (QLD) Athletics
• Cumminsky, (QLD) Athletics
• Karen Ferguson, (ACT) Swimming
• Kathy Gregson, (NSW) Swimming
• Mark Milne, (QLD) Athletics
• Quinn, (QLD) Athletics
• Eileen Radley, (NSW) Swimming
• Darren Thrupp, (QLD) Athletics
• Richard West, (WA) Athletics

Les Autres Team

• Hazel Delgado, (ACT) Swimming
• David Doueal, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Jenny Groom, (WA) Athletics
• David Norris, (WA) Athletics

Wheelchair team

• Gary Aberley, (SA) Athletics
• Clive Adsett, (SA) Shooting
• Jane Ahern, (SA) Shooting
• Beryl Ahrens, (QLD) Athletics
• Neville Barnes, (ACT) Athletics
• Alice Berry, (SA) Swimming
• Keith Bremner, (NSW) Shooting
• Wayne Brittain, (SA) Shooting
• Craig Clarke, (SA) Shooting
• Emily Costello, (VIC) Swimming
• Daniela Di Toro, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Lucas Dudenas, (QLD) Athletics
• Doug Free, Table Tennis
• Rex Fuller, (VIC) Swimming
• Ian Gainey, (VIC) Athletics
• Alan Gansberg, (VIC) Athletics
• Paul Gockel, (QLD) Swimming
• Michael Green, (VIC) Athletics
• Tracey Holder, Swimming
• Errol Hyde, Wheelchair Tennis
• Meredith Jones, (SA) Athletics
• Robert Jordan, (NSW) Fencing
• Dennis Kennedy, (ACT) Athletics
• Danny Leeson, (QLD) Athletics
• Michael Letch, (VIC) Athletics
• Lyn Lillecrapp, (SA) Swimming
• Robert Madden, (WA) Athletics
• Peter Magee, (QLD) Lawn Bowls
• Geoff McAlary, Athletics
• Dominic McGee, (NSW) Swimming
• Len McKenna, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Yvette McLellan, Athletics
• Paul Nunnari, (NSW) Athletics
• Paul O’Brien, Weightlifting
• Gavin O’Farrell, Athletics
• Michael O’Shannessy, Swimming
• Max Petersen, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Karen Rambow, (ACT) Athletics
• Katie Rauschl, (SA) Weightlifting
• Neville Read, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Glen Redmayne, Athletics
• Eric Russell, Athletics
• Julie Russell, (SA) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Greg Saron, Weightlifting
• Wayne Sharpe, Weightlifting
• Chris Shaw, (WA) Athletics
• John Shiel, (NSW) Table Tennis
• John Sorensen, (NSW) Wheelchair Tennis
• Vince Vallelonga, (SA) Athletics
• Graeme Walters, (VIC) Wheelchair Tennis
• Ray Warren, Athletics
• Paul Wiggins, (TAS) Athletics
• Matt Williamson, (SA) Athletics
• Rosalind Wilton, (SA) Athletics

Officials:

After topping the medal tally at the previous FESPIC Games, Australia finished 3^rd in the gold medal count (77) behind China (99) and Japan (80) in Kobe, and 2^nd in the total medal count at 155, behind Japan’s 310 total medals and ahead of China with 141. The Australian Team of 114 athletes (79 men and 35 women) returned home with 77 gold, 46 silver and 32 bronze medals.

Indigenous athlete Karl Feifar, of Perth, was one of the Australian stars, winning five gold and two silver medals.

The formation of the International Paralympic Committee in 1989 put the spotlight on the concept of an organisation that existed solely to promote and develop elite sporting opportunities for people with disabilities.

Since 1975, the Australian Confederation of Sport for the Disabled (ACSD) had represented the broader interests of sporting organisations for people with disabilities and, increasingly, the Paralympic movement in Australia. In 1988 it raised funds and sent the Australian teams to the winter and summer Paralympics.

In 1989, Adrienne Smith assumed the presidency of the ACSD, taking over from Barbara Worley. As the CEO of the Australian Ski Federation, she had supported Ron Finneran’s first Paralympic campaign and then his moves to develop disabled winter sport in Australia. Then, as sport manager for the Australian Bicentennial Authority, she had provided financial support for a number of NSODs in the lead-up to the 1988 Bicentenary celebrations.

Looking for more about the 1988 summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea?

You can find all the photos from the 1988 Games at Stoke Mandeville that are owned by or donated to the Australian Paralympic Committee here. These images are licensed under Creative Commons and are free to use, if you acknowledge the source and ownership of the images.

The National Library has recorded oral history interviews with a number of participants in the 1988 Games:   Libby Kosmala, Michael Nugent, Julie Russell,  Terry Giddy,  John Eden, Russell Short, David Gould, Chris Scott, George Dunstan (Team management – wheelchair athletes),  Paul Bird (Team management – amputees), Dr John Bourke (Medical Director), Norma Beer, Jane Buckley 

Most of the visual record of Australia’s participation at the 1988 summer Paralympics comes from film made by Don Worley, who accompanied the team as an ‘escort’. Ostensibly assigned to assist with athlete needs, Don spent much of his time with a movie camera, recording the Games. Don donated his film to the National Film and Sound Archive, which digitised and preserved it. Don has made the film and stills from it available to Paralympics Australia for use on this site. You can find out more about Don’s films here.

The ’88 Paralympics Appeal Report by the Australian Confederation for Sports for the Disabled details fundraising, team members and results .

Go to the Wikipedia article 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.

The website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.

Use the ‘contact us‘ button on this website to contact Paralympics Australia if you have any further questions or would like to contribute to this project.

This list of the 1989 Australian FESPIC Games team has been compiled from the FESPIC Kobe 8̀9 Official Report by the Organising Committee for the 1989 FESPIC Games, results printouts and the wheelchair team manager’s report, both held by Paralympics Australia. As was the custom at the time, the Australian Team was divided into sub-teams by type of disability.

Athletes:

Amputee Team

• Rodney Bonsack, (SA) Athletics and Swimming
• Chris Brimbecom, (NSW) Athletics
• Pauline Cahill, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• Max Carter, (SA) Lawn Bowls
• June Clark, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Paul Croft, (NSW) Table Tennis
• Anne Currie, (VIC) Swimming
• Brad Evans, (VIC) Swimming
• Andrew Falconer, (NSW) Athletics
• Geoff Feben, Swimming and Table Tennis
• Karl Feifar, (WA) Athletics
• Neil Fuller, (SA) Athletics
• Debbie Holland, (QLD) Swimming
• Rebecca Howe, (NSW) Swimming
• Harvey Huxtable, (SA) Weightlifting
• Susan Knox, (WA) Swimming
• Keith Mayne, (QLD) Athletics
• Joe Marlow, (VIC) Lawn Bowls
• Bronwyn McColl, (NSW) Swimming
• Rodney Nugent, (QLD) Athletics
• Andrew O’Sullivan, (VIC) Athletics
• Daniel Polson, (SA) Athletics
• Steven Simmonds, (ACT) Swimming
• Steve Weston, (NSW) Athletics
• Mark Whiteman, (NSW) Athletics and Weightlifting
• Jason Willis, (QLD) Athletics