Australia at the 1994 Winter Paralympics

Australia at the Paralympic Games

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IPC code  AUS
NPC Australian Paralympic Committee
At the 1994 Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer
Competitors 6 in 1 sport
Medals
Rank: 11
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
9
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games
The Australian Team at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games

Australia competed at the 1994 Winter Paralympics and sent six male skiers.These skiers won three gold, two silver and four bronze medals.[1][2][3] Australia finished 5th overall in the alpine skiing competition and 11th in the total medal count.[4]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Norton, MichaelMichael Norton Alpine Skiing Men's Slalom LWXI
 Gold Norton, MichaelMichael Norton Alpine Skiing Men's Super-G LWXI
 Gold Milton, MichaelMichael Milton Alpine Skiing Men's Giant Slalom LW2
 Silver Milton, MichaelMichael Milton Alpine Skiing Men's Slalom LW2
 Silver Patterson, JamesJames Patterson Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill LW9
 Bronze Patterson, JamesJames Patterson Alpine Skiing Men's Giant Slalom LW9
 Bronze Milton, MichaelMichael Milton Alpine Skiing Men's Super-G LW2
 Bronze Milton, MichaelMichael Milton Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill LW2
 Bronze Munk, DavidDavid Munk Alpine Skiing Men's Giant Slalom LWXI

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Administration

Team officials were- Chef de Mission - Nick Dean
Manager - Ron Finneran
Coaches - Steve Graham, Dean Sheppard
Media - Paul Griffiths
Support staff - Alan Dean, Eddie Jesiolowski, David Howells, Fiona Barnsdall[4]

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Rod Hacon Men's Downhill LWXII 1:33.81 5
Men's Giant Slalom LWXII DNF
Men's Slalom LWXII DNF
Men's Super-G LWXII 1:35.15 4
Michael Milton Men's Downhill LW2 1:18.34 3rd
Men's Super-G LW2 1:19.05 3rd
Men's Giant Slalom LW2 2:25.88 1st
Men's Slalom LW2 1:18.05 2nd
David Munk Men's Downhill LWXI 1:58.59 5
Men's Slalom LWXI 2:15.14 4
Men's Super-G LWXI 1:38.67 5
Men's Giant Slalom LWXI 3:03.24 3rd
Michael Norton Men's Downhill LWXI DNF
Men's Giant Slalom LWXI DNF
Men's Slalom LWXI 1:54.32 1st
Men's Super-G LWXI 1:32.70 1st
James Patterson Men's Slalom LW9 DSQ
Men's Super-G LW9 DNF
Men's Giant Slalom LW9 2:36.46 3rd
Men's Downhill LW9 1:21.40 2nd
Craig Windham Men's Giant Slalom LW6/8 DSQ
Men's Slalom LW6/8 DNF

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See also

Australian medallist Michael Norton at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games
Australian athletes Windham, Patterson, Munk, Milton and Hacon at the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Games

References

  1. "Paralympic Games History - Winter". Australian Paralympic Committee. 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. "RMIT graduate makes Paralympics history". RMIT. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  3. McDonald, Margie (15 March 2010). "Jessica Gallagher rejoices in Paralympic history". The Australian (Sydney, Australia). Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  4. 1 2 Annual Report 1994 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 1994.
  5. 1 2 "Australia at 1994 Winter Paralympics". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 16 January 2013.


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