Richard Colman

Richard Colman

Colman showing the silver medal he won in the 400 m at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
Personal information
Born 28 November 1984
Stavanger, Norway

Richard Andrew Colman OAM[1] (born 28 November 1984 in Stavanger, Norway)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete, competing mainly in category T53 sprint events. He was born with spina bifida.[2]

Paralympics

Colman competed at the 2004 Athens Paralympics, where he won a gold medal in the men's 800 m – T53 event,[3] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia,[1] a silver medal in the men's 4 x 100 m relay – T53–54 event,[3] went out in the first round of the men's 100 m – T53 event,[4] finished seventh in the men's 200 m – T53 event,[5] finished sixth in the men's 400 m – T53 event,[6] went out in the first round of the men's 4 x 400 m relay – T53-54 event.[7]

He also competed at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, where he won a silver medal in the men's 200 m – T53 event,[3] a bronze medal in the men's 400 m – T53 event,[3] was disqualified in the men's 4 x 100 m relay – T53-54 event[8] and finished fourth in the men's 800 m – T53 event.[9]

At the 2012 London Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Men's 800 m T53 event and two bronze medals in the Men's 400 m T53 and Men's 4x400 m T53/54 events;,[3] he also came seventh in the Men's 200 m T53- event.[10]

Commonwealth Games

Colman won a silver medal in the 1500 m T54 at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games and came fourth in the same event at the 2014 competition.[11][12]

IPC Athletics World Championships

Colman has competed at four IPC Athletics World Championships. In 2002, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 400 m T53. In 2006, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 800 m T53. At the 2011 Championships, he won a gold medal in the Men's s 800m T53 and a silver medal in the Men's 400 m T53. At the 2013 Championships in Lyon, France, he won bronze medals in the Men's 800m and 1500m T53 events.[13][14] He was selected to compete at the 2015 Championships in Doha but withdrew from the competition.[15]

References

  1. 1 2 "Colman, Richard Andrew, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Richard Colman". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  4. "2004: Men's 100 m T53". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  5. "2004: Men's 200 m T53". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  6. "2004: Men's 400 m T53". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  7. "2004: Men's 4x400 m T53-54". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  8. "2008: Men's 4x100 m T53/54". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  9. "2008: Men's 800 m T53". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  10. "2012: Men's 200 m T53". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  11. "Fabulous Fearnley wins gold". ABC News. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  12. "Angela Ballard wins para-1500m gold, Kurt Fearnley claims silver". ABC News. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  13. "#IPC13: Medal rush continues for Australian Flame in Lyon". Athletics Australia News,. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  14. "Evan O'Hanlon claims second gold medal at the IPC World Athletics Championships". News Limited Network. 21 July 2015.
  15. "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia News, 10 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

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