1980 Summer Paralympics Australian Team List
The members of the 1980 Australian Paralympic Team for the Arnhem summer Paralympics were:
Athletes:
- Rene Ahrens – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- Chris Alp – Athletics
- Rene Andres – Athletics, Swimming
- Robert Augustine – Wheelchair basketball
- Paul Bird – Athletics, Swimming
- Kevin Bishop – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- Peter Burt – Wheelchair basketball
- Peter Carroll – Swimming
- Barbara Caspers – Shooting
- Carolyn Connors – Swimming
- Kevin Coombs – Wheelchair basketball
- Charmaine Cree – Athletics
- Donald Dann – Athletics, Table tennis
- Susan Davies – Archery
- Joe Egan – Athletics
- Len Ettridge – Wheelchair basketball
- Robert Faulkner – Athletics, Goalball
- Gary Gudgeon – Swimming
- Peter Hill – Athletics, Swimming
- Sue Hobbs – Athletics
- Erich Hubel – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- N. Hunter – Lawn bowls
- Barry Kalms – Athletics, Weightlifting
- Dennis Kennedy – Archery, Swimming
- Eric Klein – Archery
- Elizabeth Kosmala – Shooting
- Wayne Lanham – Athletics
- Julie Langhorne – Athletics
- David (Dave) Manera – Goalball, Swimming
- Peter Marsh – Athletics, Table tennis
- John Martin – Athletics, Table tennis
- Michael McFawn – Athletics
- Mike McGuire – Lawn bowls
- Robert McIntyre – Athletics, Goalball, Wheelchair basketball
- Jeff McNeil – Athletics
- Brian McNicholl – Athletics, Weightlifting, Wheelchair basketball
- David McPherson – Athletics, Swimming
- Kevin Munro – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- Michael Nugent – Athletics
- Pam Nugent – Athletics
- Richard Oliver – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- Gloria Pascoe – Lawn bowls
- Peter Pascoe – Shooting
- Wayne Patchett – Athletics
- Fred Pointer – Athletics, Wheelchair basketball
- Maureen Pybus – Swimming
- Eric Russell – Athletics
- Julie Russell – Athletics
- Bruce Sandilands – Athletics, Goalball
- John Sheil – Athletics, Table tennis, Weightlifting
- Charlie Tapscott – Swimming, Table tennis
- Murray Todd – Athletics
- Ian Trewhella – Archery, – Athletics
- Robert Turner – Athletics
- J. Wilson – Athletics
- E. Wratten – Lawn bowls
Officials/coaches:
- George Dunstan – Manager, Wheelchair Team
- Don Perriman – Assistant Manager, Wheelchair Team
Click on the names to read their Wikipedia article.
For more information on the 1980 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 1980 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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