Australian Paralympic wheelchair tennis team

Wheelchair tennis first entered the Summer Paralympic Games in 1988 as a demonstration sport and as a full medal sport at the 1992 Barcelona Games.[1] Australia has competed at every Paralympic wheelchair tennis competition. There are two categories of medals - open division and quad division.[1]

Notable Australian performances:

Medal table

See also: List of Australian Paralympic wheelchair tennis medalists
GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1988 Seoul0000
1992 Barcelona0000
1996 Atlanta0112
2000 Sydney*1203
2004 Athens0123
2008 Beijing0000
2012 London0000
2016 Rio2002
2020 Tokyo1102
Totals (9 entries)45312

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Summer Paralympic Games

1988 Seoul

See also: Wheelchair tennis at the 1988 Summer Paralympics and List of Australian Paralympic wheelchair tennis medalists § 1988

Australia represented by:
Men – Michael Connell[2]

Wheelchair tennis was a demonstration sport. Michael Connell won a silver medal in the men's singles.[2]

1992 Barcelona

See also: Wheelchair tennis at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Men - Michael Connell, David Hall
Women – Randa Hinson, Sue Twelftree [2][3]

Australia didn't receive any medals.

1996 Atlanta

Australian wheelchair team at the 1996 Atlanta paralympic Games
See also: Wheelchair tennis at the 1996 Summer Paralympics and List of Australian Paralympic wheelchair tennis medalists § 1996

Australia represented by:

Men – Mick Connell, David Hall
Women - Daniela Di Toro, Randa Hinson
Coach - Greg Crump
[4]

Australia won 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.

2000 Sydney

See also: Wheelchair tennis at the 2000 Summer Paralympics and List of Australian Paralympic wheelchair tennis medalists § 2000
David Hall at the 2000 Sydney Paralym;pics where he won the men's singles gold medal

Australia represented in wheelchair tennis by:
Men - David Hall, David Johnson
Women – Daniela Di Toro, Branka Pupovac
Coach - Greg Crump (Head)

Australia had competitive results making three finals out of four and winning 1 gold and 2 silver medals. David Hall took one gold and one silver medal.[2][5][6]

2004 Athens

See also: Wheelchair tennis at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and List of Australian Paralympic wheelchair tennis medalists § 2004

Australia represented in wheelchair tennis:
Men – Anthony Bonaccurso, David Hall, Ben Weekes
Women – Daniela Di Toro
Head coach- Greg Crump
Officials - Manager – Sallee Trewin [2][7]
Australia won 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Detailed Australian Results

2008 Beijing

Main article: Wheelchair Tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Representing Australia in wheelchair tennis:
Men - Michael Dobbie, Ben Weekes
Women - Daniela Di Toro
Coach - Head Coach - Greg Crump Officials - Section Manager – Geoff Quinlan[2][8]
Daniela Di Toro competed at her fourth Games. Australia did not win a medal as only Michael Dobbie progressed past the first round. Detailed Australian Results

2012 London

See also: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men - Ben Weekes, Adam Kellerman
Women - Daniela Di Toro, Janel Manns
Coaches – Greg Crump (Head), Craig Purcell
Officials - Section Manager – Brenda Tierney; [1]

Daniela Di Toro competed at her fifth Games.[9] Australia did not win any medals.<bt/>

Detailed Australian Results

2016 Rio

See also: Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Men - Dylan Alcott, Heath Davidson (d), Ben Weekes, Adam Kellerman
Women - Sarah Calati (d)
Coaches - Vernon Cheung (Men's), Franscois Vogelsberger (Quad)
Officials Team Leader - Brenda Tierney [10]
Australia achieved impressive results winning two gold medals, Dylan Alcott taking the men's singles and men's quad doubles with Heath Davidson.

Detailed Australian Results

2020 Tokyo

See also: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Men - Dylan Alcott, Heath Davidson, Martyn Dunn (d) Ben Weekes
Coaches- Jessica Moore (Men's), Franscois Vogelsberger (Quad)
Officials - Team Leader - Brenda Tierney [11]
Australia achieved impressive results winning one gold and one silver medals, Dylan Alcott taking gold the men's quad singles and teaming with Heath Davidson to win silver medal in the men's quad doubles.

Detailed Australian Results

(d) Paralympic Games debut


See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Media Guide : London 2012 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Tennis Results". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. ^ "History". Australian Paralympic Committee Media Guide Beijing 2008. Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008. p. 16.
  4. ^ Golden days of Atlanta : Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta, Georgia, August 15–25, 1996. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1996.
  5. ^ Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
  6. ^ "Australian 2000 Paralympic Team". Pandora WSebsite. Archived from the original on 19 October 2000. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  7. ^ Media Guide - Athens 2004 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2004.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ Media Guide Beijing 2008 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "APC names Paralympic wheelchair tennis". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 21 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  10. ^ Media Guide Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  11. ^ Media Guide Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Paralympics Australia. 2021.

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