Australian Paralympic Swim Team


The Australian Paralympic Swim Team has competed at every Summer Paralympics, which started with the 1960 Summer Paralympic Games.
Matthew Cowdrey at the 2012 London Games replaced Priya Cooper as Australia's most successful Paralympic swimmer, with a tally of 13 gold medals over three Paralympic Games. Cowdrey replaced Kingsley Bugarin for the record for holding the most number of medals in any sport, with 23 medals from 3 Paralympic Games. Jacqueline Freney won 8 gold medals at the 2012 London Games replacing Siobhan Paton as Australia's most successful Paralympic competitor at a single games.

Australian Medal Tally 1960–2020

1960 Summer Paralympics

Daphne Ceeney was Australia's first Paralympic Swim Team member. At the 1960 Summer Paralympics, Ceeney won gold in the Women's 50m Breaststroke and gold in the Women's 50m Crawl in the "complete class 5". At the same games, she also competed in the Archery and Athletics.

Swimmers

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished ninth on the medal table with a total of 2 medals.
  • Gold Medals: 2

1964 Summer Paralympics

Medallists

Men: Michael Dow, Roy Fowler, Trevor French, Gary Hooper, Allan McLucas, Frank Ponta, Bruce ThwaiteWomen: Elizabeth Edmondson, Daphne Ceeney

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim Team finished second on the medal table with a total of 13 medals at the 1964 Summer Paralympics.
  • Gold Medals: 9
  • Silver Medals: 2
  • Bronze Medals: 2

1968 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Medal Tally

The Australian Swim Team won a total of 11 Medals at the 1968 Summer Paralympics finishing 6th in the Medal Standings.
  • Gold Medals: 5
  • Silver Medals: 5
  • Bronze Medals: 1

1972 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Men – Eric Boulter, Brian Chambers, Russell Morrison

Women – Pauline English, Pam Foley, Cherrie Ireland, Elizabeth Richards

Medal Tally

The Australian Swim Team finished 10th place in the Medal standings at the 1972 Summer Paralympics with 9 medals:
  • Gold Medals: 1
  • Silver Medals: 3
  • Bronze Medals: 5

1976 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Men – Robert Faulkner, G. Green, John Hind, Roy Kubig, Brian Sullivan

Women – Pauline English, Lyn Michael, Gail Nicholson

Medal Tally

The Australian Swim Team finished in 12th place on the medal tally at the 1976 Summer Paralympics with 10 Medals:
  • Gold Medals: 3
  • Silver Medals: 5
  • Bronze Medals: 2

1980 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Men - Rene Andres, Paul Bird, Peter Carroll, Gary Gudgeon, Peter Hill, Dennis Kennedy, David Manera, David McPherson, Charlie Tapscott

Women – Carolyn Connors, Maureen Pybus

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished in 15th place on the medal tally at the 1980 Summer Paralympics with a total of 11 Medals:
  • Gold Medals: 1
  • Silver Medals: 8
  • Bronze Medals: 2

1984 Summer Paralympics

The 1984 Summer Paralympics were Australia's most successful medal haul with a final tally of 74 medals.

Team members

Men – Paul Bird, Craig Blackburn, Kingsley Bugarin, Malcom Chalmers, Geoffrey Fowler, David Griffin, Gary Gudgeon, Greg Hammond, Michael Kelly, Alan Morley, Michael Quinn, Wayne Ryding, Robert Staddon, Phillip Tracey, Robert Walden

Women – Helena Brunner, Lynette Coleman, Kerri-Anne Connor, Anne Currie, Therese Donovan, Rosemary Eames, Kerrie Engel, Meredith Evans, Deborah Holland, Ursula King, Tracey Lewis, Jan Miller, Mary-Anne Wallace, Carol Young

Coaches - G. Brown
Officials - J. Blackburn

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished in 9th position in the medal standings at the 1984 Summer Paralympics with a total of 74 medals:
  • Gold Medals: 20
  • Silver Medals: 30
  • Bronze Medals: 24

1988 Summer Paralympics

Team Members

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished in 14th position in the medal standings at the 1988 Summer Paralympics with a total of 31 medals:
  • Gold Medals: 5
  • Silver Medals: 12
  • Bronze Medals: 14

1992 Barcelona Paralympics

Team members

Coaches – Anne Green, Phil Jose, Kerry Smith

Officials – Ian McDowell-Jones, Rowenna Toppenberg

Medal tally

The Australian Swim team finished in sixth position in the medal standings at the 1992 Summer Paralympics with a total of 35 medals.
  • Gold: 10
  • Silver: 12
  • Bronze: 13

1996 Atlanta Paralympics

Team members

Medal Tally

The Australian Swim team finished in 3rd place in the Medal Standings at the 1996 Summer Paralympics with a total of 44 medals:
  • Gold Medals: 16
  • Silver Medals: 16
  • Bronze Medals: 12

2000 Sydney Paralympics

A total of 51 swimmers were selected to compete in the Australian Swim Team at the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games.

Team members

Medallists:Men - Mark Altmann, Ben Austin, Paul Barnett, Daniel Bell, Tom Bridge, Scott Brockenshire, Kingsley Bugarin, Brendan Burkett, Dominic Collins, Paul Cross, Cameron de Burgh, Patrick Donachie, Justin Eveson, Jeff Hardy, Alex Harris, Michael Palfery, Stewart Pike, Brett Reid, David Rolfe, Alastair Smales, Christian Stafford, Shane WalshWomen - |Alicia Aberley, Katerina Bailey, Petrea Barker, Denise Beckwith, Melissa Carlton, Kate Church, Priya Cooper, Tracey Cross, Gemma Dashwood, Nicole Davey, Janelle Falzon, Amanda Fraser, Megan Grant, Judith Green, Sarah Houlbolt, Alicia Jenkins, Marayke Jonkers, Dianna Ley, Karni Liddell, Tamara Nowitzki, Kirra O'Cass, Siobhan Paton, Casey Redford, Ellen Steele, Brooke Stockham, Lucy Williams, Stacey Williams, Melissa Willson, Elizabeth Wright

Medal Tally

The Australian Swim team finished 5th overall in the medal standings at the 2000 Summer Paralympics with 50 medals.
  • Gold Medals: 14
  • Silver Medals: 15
  • Bronze Medals: 21

2004 Athens Paralympics

A total of 29 swimmers were selected in the Australian Swim team to compete at the 2004 Summer Paralympics.
Matthew Cowdrey, in his first Paralympic Swim Team appearance, was Australia's best performing swimmer winning 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Team members

Swimmers:: Men – Ben Austin, Daniel Bell, Sam Bramham, Matthew Cowdrey, Dale Grant, Alex Harris, Alex Hadley, Matt Levy, Jeremy McClure, Ricardo Moffatti, Rick Pendleton, Kobie Scott, Alastair Smales, Rod Welsh Women – Katerina Bailey, Sarah Bowen, Lichelle Clarke, Mandy Drennan, Marayke Jonkers, Kat Lewis, Hannah MacDougall, Katrina Porter, Sarah Rose, Dianne Saunders, Jessica Smith, Brooke Stockham, Prue Watt, Stacey Williams, Chantel Wolfenden
Head coach- Brendan Keogh
Assistant coaches - John Beckworth, Peter Bishop, Graeme Carroll, Gwen Godfrey, Paul Simms
Manager - Adam Luscombe
Sports Scientist - Brendan Burkett
Support staff - Ingrid McKay, Claire Nichols, Zoe Young

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished 10th overall with a total of 35 Medals.
  • Gold Medals: 6
  • Silver Medals: 14
  • Bronze Medals: 15
Detailed Australian Results

2008 Beijing Paralympics

A total of 35 swimmers were selected to compete in the Australian Swim team at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. This was the largest away team since the 1996 Summer Paralympics. Matthew Cowdrey and Peter Leek were the most successful of the Australian swimmers.
Many of the swimmers were new to the Paralympic team: 8 of the 17 male athletes and 11 of the 18 female athletes were competing in their first Paralympic Team.

Team Members

Swimmers:
Staff:
Head coach- Brendan Keogh
Assistant coaches - Graeme Carroll, Amanda Isaac, Jackie Black, Joanne Love, Rob Moon, Jon O'Neill-Shaw, Mel Tantrum,
Section Manager - Melanie Jenkins
Support staff- Brendan Burkett, Sacha Fulton, Claire Nichols, Vaughan Nicholson, Penny Will, Sandra Eccles

Medal Tally

The Australian Paralympic Swim team finished 7th on the Medal Tally with a total of 29 medals.
  • Gold Medals: 9
  • Silver Medals: 11
  • Bronze Medals: 9
Detailed Australian Results

Team Members

Swimmers::Men: – Michael Anderson, Tim Antalfy, Michael Auprince, Blake Cochrane, Taylor Corry, Matthew Cowdrey, Jay Dohnt, Richard Eliason, Daniel Fox, Matthew Haanappel, Brenden Hall, Ahmed Kelly, Mitchell Kilduff, Matthew Levy, Jeremy McClure, Andrew Pasterfield, Grant Patterson, Rick Pendleton, Aaron Rhind, Sean Russo, Reagan WickensWomen: – Kayla Clarke, Ellie Cole, Katherine Downie, Maddison Elliott, Amanda Fowler, Jacqueline Freney, Tanya Huebner, Kara Leo, Esther Overton, Katrina Porter, Sarah Rose, Teigan Van Roosmalen, Prue Watt, Annabelle Williams
Head Coach – Brendan Keogh
Section Manager – Karyn Burgess
Assistant coach – Jonathan O'Neil-Shaw, coaches – Robert Hindmarsh, Tom Davies, Angelo Baselo, Michael Freney, Chris Phillips, Bash Zidan
  • Sports Science – Brendan Burkett, Sacha Fulton
  • Physiotherapy – Jo Anne Evershed, David Spurrier, Penny Will
  • Sports Psychology – Jason Patchell
  • Carer – Tara Andrews

Medal Tally

Australia finished second on the gold medal table and won a total of 37 medals.
  • Gold: 18
  • Silver: 7
  • Bronze: 12
Leading swimmers were – Jacqueline Freney won 8 gold medals, Matthew Cowdrey won 5 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal and Ellie Cole won 4 gold medals and 2 bronze medals.

Detailed Australian Results

2016 Rio Paralympics

Team Members

Swimmers::Men: – Joshua Alford, Michael Anderson, Jesse Aungles, Liam Bekric, Blake Cochrane, Rowan Crothers, Timothy Disken, Daniel Fox, Matthew Haanappel, Brenden Hall, Guy Harrison-Murray, Timothy Hodge, Braedan Jason, Ahmed Kelly, Matthew Levy, Jeremy McClure, Rick Pendleton, Logan Powell, Sean Russo, Liam Schulter, Jacob Templeton Women: – Emily Beecroft, Ellie Cole, Katja Dedekind, Maddison Elliott, Tanya Huebner, Jenna Jones, Paige Leonhardt, Ashleigh McConnell, Monique Murphy, Lakeisha Patterson, Madeleine Scott, Tiffany Thomas Kane, Rachael Watson, Prue Watt, Kate Wilson
Head coach: Brendan Keogh

Team Leader: Adam Pine

Coaches' - Angelo Basalo, Jan Cameron, Harley Connolly, Nathan Doyle, Lachlan Falvey, Rick Van Der Zant, Yuriy Vdovychenko
  • Assistant Team Leaders - Michelle Doyle, Ian Armbruster
  • Sports science - Brendan Burkett
  • Biomechanist - Danielele Formosa
  • Team Doctor - Caron Jander
  • Physiotherapists - David Spurrier, Brett Doring
  • Soft Tissue Therapists - Jacqui Gilbert, Samantha Short
  • Psychologist - Thomas Tapper
  • Carer - Jeanette Phillips-Hughes

Medal Tally

  • Gold: 9
  • Silver: 10
  • Bronze: 10
Leading swimmers were: Maddison Elliott five medals including three gold, Ellie Cole six medals including two gold and Lakeisha Patterson six medals including two gold.

Detailed Australian Results

2020 Tokyo Paralympics

Team Members

Swimmers::Men: - Jesse Aungles, Ricky Betar, Blake Cochrane, Rowan Crothers, Timothy Disken, Thomas Gallagher, Brenden Hall, Benjamin Hance, Timothy Hodge, Braedan Jason, Ahmed Kelly, Matt Levy, William Martin, Jake Michel, Grant Patterson, Col Pearse, Ben Popham, Liam Schluter, Alexander Tuckfield Women: Emily Beecroft, |Ellie Cole, Katja Dedekind, Jasmine Greenwood, Kirralee Hayes, Paige Leonhardt, Ashleigh McConnell, Madeleine McTernan, Lakeisha Patterson, Keira Stephens, Ruby Storm, Tiffany Thomas Kane, Ashley Van Rijswijk, Isabella Vincent, Rachael Watson
Staff:
Head coach: Brendan Keogh
Team Leader: Adam Pine
Coaches' - Jon Bell, Clinton Camilleri, Harley Connolly, Nathan Doyle, Kate Sparkes, Greg Towle, Yuriy Vdovychenko
Support staff -
  • Assistant Team Leaders - Michelle Doyle, Andrew MacGregor
  • Performance services manager – Jodi Cossor
  • Biomechanist - Simon Pearson
  • Physiologist - Katie McGibbon
  • Team Doctor - Viran De Silva
  • Physiotherapists - Brett Doring, Dean Sullivan,
  • Soft Tissue Therapists - Thea Dillon
  • Psychologist - Geoff Lovell
  • Assistant – Jeanette Phillips-Hughes

Medal Tally

  • Gold: 8
  • Silver: 10
  • Bronze: 15
Leading swimmers were: William Martin four medals including three gold, Ben Popham and Rowan Crothers three medals - two gold and 1 silver. Ellie Cole two bronze medals resulted in her winning 17 Paralympic medals and replaced Priya Cooper as leading Australian female swimming medallist.

Detailed Australian Results
Paralympic Games debut