Paul Gockel

Paul Gockel is an Australian Paralympic swimmer.
He was born in Southport, Queensland. He has spina bifida with partial paralysis below the waist. He attended Marist College Ashgrove.
He took up swimming seriously in his twenties. He participated in four events in swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Games. He won a silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games in the Men's 4x100 m Freestyle S7–10 event and swam in three individual events.
He met his wife Kerry-Lee, known as the Wingless Warrior, through swimming and both compete in open water swimming events.