Andrew Pasterfield
 2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Pasterfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Andrew Pasterfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Pasty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
23 November 1989 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S10, SB9, SM10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club |
Castle Hill RSL Cranbrook Eastern Edge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Greg Morrison | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrew Bruce Pasterfield, OAM is a Paralympic swimmer from Australia.
Swimming
Andrew Bruce Pasterfield competed in the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, held in Eindhoven, Netherlands where he won a gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay event.[1][2]
At the 2012 Summer Paralympics Pasterfield won a gold in the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points, and three bronzes in the Men's 50 m Freestyle S10, 100 m Freestyle S10 and Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points.[3][4] He also participated in the Men's 100 m Backstroke S10 and Men's 100 m Butterfly S10 events.[4]
He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Wake 2010, p. 4
- 1 2 "Australia Day honours list 2014: in full". Daily Telegraph. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ↑ "Andrew Pasterfield - Athlete Results". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- 1 2 Results for Andrew Pasterfield from the International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
Bibliography
- Wake, Rebekka (September 2010). "Golden Glow Over Australian Swimming". Australian Paralympian (Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee) 2.
External links
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