1976 Summer Paralympics Australian Team List
The members of the 1976 Australian Paralympic Team for the Toronto summer Paralympics (Torontolympiad) were:
Athletes:
- Kevin Bawden – Shooting, Table tennis, Wheelchair basketball
- Pauline English – Swimming
- Robert Farmer – Lawn bowls
- Robert Faulkner – Athletics, Swimming
- Wayne Flood – Archery, Athletics, Snooker, Table tennis
- Roy Fowler – Archery, Dartchery
- Tracey Freeman – Athletics
- Paul Gianni – Athletics
- G. Green – Swimming
- James Handbridge – Lawn bowls, – Shooting
- Jeff Heath – Archery, Dartchery
- John Hind – Swimming
- Adele Jackson – Lawn bowls
- Dennis Kay – Athletics
- John Kestel – Athletics, Dartchery
- John Kidd – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- Stan Kosmala – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- Roy Kubig – Swimming
- Ray Letheby – Table tennis, Wheelchair basketball
- Eric Magennis – Lawn bowls
- Peter Marsh – Athletics, Table tennis
- John Martin – Athletics, Table tennis, Wheelchair basketball
- Terry Mason – Athletics, Weightlifting
- Robert McIntyre – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- Charmaine McLean – Archery, Dartchery
- Jeff McNeil – Athletics
- Lyn Michael – Swimming
- Jago Mikulic – Athletics
- Harry Moseby – Athletics
- Gail Nicholson – Swimming
- Richard Oliver – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- Wayne Patchett – Athletics
- Frank Ponta – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- Elizabeth Richards (later Libby Kosmala)Â – Archery, Dartchery, Shooting
- Vic Renalson – Athletics, Weightlifting
- Margaret Ross – Archery, Dartchery
- Doug Rupe – Athletics
- Eric Russell – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- Vic Salvemini– – Wheelchair basketball
- Elaine Schreiber – Athletics
- Charmaine Smith – Lawn bowls
- Ross Soutar – Archery, Athletics, Table tennis
- Brian Sullivan – Swimming
- Bruce Thwaite – Lawn bowls
- Murray Todd – Athletics
Officials/coaches:
- Richard Jones – Team Leader
- Kevin Betts – Team Manager
- George Dunstan
- Les Mathews – Wheelchair basketball coach
- Ben Van der Krupp
- Ian Wardrop
- Les Matthews
- Darryl Wingard
- Donald Worley
Click on the names to read their Wikipedia article.
For more information on the 1976 Team the following websites will help.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has a database of historical results and information and material about every Paralympic Games.
Australia at the 1976 summer Paralympics which has been created by contributors to the Australian Paralympic History Project and follow the links to the articles about Australia’s athletes and their sports.
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