Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London
Competitors	161 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Greg Smith (Opening) and Evan O'Hanlon (Closing)
Medals Rank: 5	Gold 32	Silver 23	Bronze 30	Total 85
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Australia competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from 29 August to 9 September 2012. The London Games were the biggest Games with 19 additional countries competing than in Beijing. Australia has participated at every Summer Paralympic Games and hosted the 2000 Sydney Games. Australia finished 5th on the gold and total medal counts.

Notable Australian performances were:

• Jacqueline Freney, a cerebral palsy swimmer, winning 8 gold medals, the most gold medals won by an Australian athlete at a single games.
• Matthew Cowdrey, an arm amputee swimmer, winning 8 medals – 5 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal. During the Games, he became Australia's greatest Paralympian in terms of gold and total medals. He finished the Games with 13 gold medals.
• Ellie Cole, a leg amputee swimmer, winning 4 gold medals and 2 bronze medals.
• Evan O'Hanlon, a cerebral palsy athletics sprinter, winning two gold medals.
• Australian wheelchair rugby team winning its first Paralympic Games gold medal.
• Maddison Elliott, a cerebral palsy swimmer, at the age of thirteen, became Australia's youngest gold medalist and medalist.

Medalists

Further information: 2012 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kelly Cartwright	Athletics	Women's Long Jump – F42/44	42 September
Gold	Evan O'Hanlon	Athletics	Men's 100m – T38	31 September
Gold	Evan O'Hanlon	Athletics	Men's 200m – T38	68 September
Gold	Richard Colman	Athletics	Men's 800 m – T53	75 September
Gold	Todd Hodgetts	Athletics	Men's Shot Put – F20	97 September
Gold	Susan Powell	Cycling	Women's Individual Pursuit C4	130 August
Gold	Kieran Modra, Scott McPhee (pilot)	Cycling	Men's Individual Pursuit B	130 August
Gold	Felicity Johnson, Stephanie Morton (pilot)	Cycling	Women's 1km time trial B	231 August
Gold	David Nicholas	Cycling	Men's Individual C 3 Road Time Trial	75 September
Gold	Carol Cooke	Cycling	Mixed T 1–2 Road Time Trial	75 September
Gold	Michael Gallagher	Cycling	Men's Individual C5 Pursuit	31 September
Gold	Joann Formosa	Equestrian	Grade 1B Individual Championship	31 September
Gold	Daniel Fitzgibbon, Liesl Tesch	Sailing	Two Person Keelboat – SKUD 18	86 September
Gold	Matthew Cowdrey	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke S9	231 August
Gold	Matthew Cowdrey	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S9	75 September
Gold	Matthew Cowdrey	Swimming	Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM9	86 September
Gold	Matthew Cowdrey	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S9	97 September
Gold	Ellie Cole	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S9	97 September
Gold	Ellie Cole	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke S9	231 August
Gold	Jacqueline Freney	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke S7	130 August
Gold	Jacqueline Freney	Swimming	Women's 50 m Butterfly S7	231 August
Gold	Jacqueline Freney	Swimming	Women's 200m Individual Medley – SM7	42 September
Gold	Jacqueline Freney	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle – S7	53 September
Gold	Jacqueline Freney	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle – S7	64 September
Gold	Jacqueline Freney	Swimming	Women's 400 m Freestyle – S7	76 September
Gold	Brenden Hall	Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle – S9	64 September
Gold	Blake Cochrane	Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke – SB7	31 September
Gold	Prue Watt	Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke – SB13	99 September
Gold	Andrew Pasterfield, Matthew Levy, Blake Cochrane, Matthew Cowdrey (Final) Brenden Hall, Michael Auprince, Michael Anderson, Matthew Haanappel (Heat)	Swimming	Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 points	42 September
Gold	Ellie Cole, Maddison Elliott, Katherine Downie, Jacqueline Freney (Final)	Swimming	Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 34 points	53 September
Gold	Ellie Cole, Katherine Downie, Annabelle Williams, Jacqueline Freney	Swimming	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 points	97 September
Gold	Australia national wheelchair rugby team Ryley Batt   Andrew Harrison Chris Bond   Cody Meakin Cameron Carr   Ben Newton Nazim Erdem   Ryan Scott Josh Hose   Greg Smith Jason Lees	Wheelchair Rugby	Mixed tournament	99 September
Silver	Carlee Beattie	Athletics	Women's Long Jump – F46	42 September
Silver	Kurt Fearnley	Athletics	Men's 5000 m – T54	42 September
Silver	Brad Scott	Athletics	Men's 1500m – T37	53 September
Silver	Kelly Cartwright	Athletics	Women's 100 m – T42	75 September
Silver	Louise Ellery	Athletics	Women's Shot Put – F32/33	86 September
Silver	Angie Ballard	Athletics	Women's 200 m – T53	86 September
Silver	Angie Ballard	Athletics	Women's 400 m – T53	98 September
Silver	Scott Reardon	Athletics	Men's 100 m – T42	97 September
Silver	Rheed McCracken	Athletics	Men's 100 m – T34	98 September
Silver	Simone Kennedy	Cycling	Women's Individual Pursuit C1-3	130 August
Silver	Bryce Lindores, Sean Finning (pilot)	Cycling	Men's Individual Pursuit B	130 August
Silver	Susan Powell	Cycling	Women's Individual C 4 Road Time Trial	75 September
Silver	Nigel Barley	Cycling	Men's Individual H 3 Road Time Trial	75 September
Silver	Erik Horrie	Rowing	Men's Single Sculls – ASM1x	42 September
Silver	Taylor Corry	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke S14	231 August
Silver	Taylor Corry	Swimming	Women's 200m Freestyle – S14	42 September
Silver	Matthew Cowdrey	Swimming	Men's 100 m Butterfly S9	130 August
Silver	Matthew Cowdrey	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breastroke SB8	31 September
Silver	Daniel Fox	Swimming	Men's 200m Freestyle – S14	42 September
Silver	Maddison Elliott	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S8	42 September
Silver	Matthew Levy	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle – S7	53 September
Silver	Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team Amanda Carter   Bridie Kean Shelley Chaplin   Tina McKenzie Cobi Crispin   Amber Merritt Leanne del Toso   Clare Nott Kylie Gauci   Sarah Stewart Katie Hill   Sarah Vinci	Wheelchair Basketball	Women's tournament	97 September
Silver	Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team Dylan Alcott   Grant Mizens Jannik Blair   Brad Ness Justin Eveson   Shaun Norris Michael Hartnett   Tige Simmons Tristan Knowles   Brett Stibners Bill Latham   Nick Taylor	Wheelchair Basketball	Men's tournament	98 September
Bronze	Rosemary Little	Athletics	Women's 100 m T34	231 August
Bronze	Kath Proudfoot	Athletics	Women's Discus F35-36	231 August
Bronze	Madeleine Hogan	Athletics	Women's Javelin Throw – F46	31 September
Bronze	Georgia Beikoff	Athletics	Women's Javelin Throw – F37/38	98 September
Bronze	Brad Scott	Athletics	Men's 800m – T37	31 September
Bronze	Angie Ballard	Athletics	Women's 100 m – T53	42 September
Bronze	Christie Dawes	Athletics	Women's 5000m – T54	42 September
Bronze	Richard Colman	Athletics	Men's 400 m – T53	42 September
Bronze	Simon Patmore	Athletics	Men's 200 m – T46	42 September
Bronze	Russell Short	Athletics	Men's Shot Put – F11/12	53 September
Bronze	Rheed McCracken	Athletics	Men's 200 m – T34	64 September
Bronze	Kurt Fearnley	Athletics	Men's Marathon- T54	99 September
Bronze	Richard Colman, Nathan Arkley, Richard Nicholson, Matthew Cameron	Athletics	Men's 4 x 400 m Relay – T53/54	98 September
Bronze	Alexandra Green	Cycling	Women's Individual Pursuit C4	130 August
Bronze	Jayme Paris	Cycling	Women's Individual C1-2-3 500m Time Trial	31 September
Bronze	Michael Gallagher	Cycling	Men's Individual C 5 Road Time Trial	75 September
Bronze	David Nicholas	Cycling	Men's Individual C1-3 Road Race	86 September
Bronze	Natalie Smith	Shooting	Women's R2-10m air rifle standing SH1	130 August
Bronze	Tim Antalfy	Swimming	Men's 100m Butterfly S13	231 August
Bronze	Maddison Elliott	Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle S8	86 September
Bronze	Maddison Elliott	Swimming	Women's 400m Freestyle S8	231 August
Bronze	Matthew Levy	Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke – SB7	31 September
Bronze	Matthew Levy	Swimming	Men's 200m Individual Medley -SM7	42 September
Bronze	Andrew Pasterfield	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S10	231 August
Bronze	Andrew Pasterfield	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S10	86 September
Bronze	Rick Pendleton	Swimming	Men's 200m Individual Medley SM10	130 August
Bronze	Ellie Cole	Swimming	Women's 400 m Freestyle S9	64 September
Bronze	Ellie Cole	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S9	75 September
Bronze	Prue Watt	Swimming	Women's 50m Freestyle – S13	31 September
Bronze	Michael Anderson, Matthew Cowdrey, Brenden Hall, Matthew Levy (Final) Michael Auprince, Rick Pendleton, Andrew Pasterfield, Matthew Haanappel (Heat)	Swimming	Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay 34 points	98 September

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	5	9	13	27
Cycling	6	4	4	14
Equestrian	1	0	0	1
Goalball	0	0	0	0
Powerlifting	0	0	0	0
Rowing	0	1	0	1
Sailing	1	0	0	1
Shooting	0	0	1	1
Swimming	18	7	12	37
Table tennis	0	0	0	0
Wheelchair basketball	0	2	0	2
Wheelchair rugby	1	0	0	1
Wheelchair tennis	0	0	0	0
Total	32	23	30	85

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	30 Aug	3	3	3	9
2	31 Aug	4	1	5	10
3	1 Sep	4	1	5	10
4	2 Sep	3	6	5	14
5	3 Sep	2	2	1	5
6	4 Sep	2	0	2	4
7	5 Sep	4	3	2	9
8	6 Sep	3	2	3	8
9	7 Sep	4	2	0	6
10	8 Sep	2	3	3	8
11	9 Sep	1	0	1	2
Total		32	23	30	85

Background

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An interview with Michael Hartung, assistant Chef de Mission for Australia while in London

The Australian Paralympic Team launch was held at Parliament House, Canberra on 25 June 2012. Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott farewelled the team. Julia Gillard told the athletes that they were "the fastest, the strongest, the best" and Tony Abbott said "you are best of the best. In fact you are better than that because each one of you has mastered a significant disability to be in this team." Gillard stated that the Australian Government has invested A$13 million in team funding during the last year. The Australian Paralympic Committee organised a Staging Camp in Cardiff, Wales from 1 to 28 August 2012 to allow the Australian team to prepare for the Games.

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Greg Smith wraps himself in the Australian Flag outside Cardiff Castle after the announcement that he would be the 2012 Australian Flag Bearer

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The ceremony on 21 August where Smith was announced as 2012 Australian Flag Bearer for the Australian Paralympic Team

On 21 August 2012, Greg Smith was announced as the Australian flag bearer for the London 2012 Summer Paralympics. The announcement was made at a special ceremony for the Australian Paralympic Team in front of Cardiff Castle in Wales.

Team

There were 161 athletes competing in 13 sports. About half the team attended their first Games. Shooter Libby Kosmala at the age of 70 was Australia's oldest competitor and swimmer Maddison Elliott at the age of 13 the youngest.

Jason Hellwig, the Australian Paralympic Committee's chief executive is the Chef de Mission. and Michael Hartung and Kate McLoughlin are the Deputy Chefs de Mission. The flag bearer was wheelchair rugby player and former track and field athlete Greg Smith.

Events

Athletics

See also: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athletics team Selected team of 43 athletes.

Men	Women
Nathan Arkley, Damien Bowen, Gabriel Cole, Matthew Cameron, Richard Colman, Kurt Fearnley, Sam Harding, Todd Hodgetts, Jake Lappin, Hamish MacDonald, Richard Nicholson, Evan O'Hanlon, Rheed McCracken, Sam McIntosh, Simon Patmore, Scott Reardon, Michael Roeger, Brad Scott, Russell Short, Matthew Silcocks, Tim Sullivan, Lindsay Sutton, Jack Swift	Angela Ballard, Carlee Beattie, Georgia Beikoff, Kelly Cartwright, Christie Dawes, Madison de Rozario, Rachael Dodds, Jodi Elkington, Louise Ellery, Michelle Errichiello, Jessica Gallagher, Madeleine Hogan, Torita Isaac, Rosemary Little, Brydee Moore, Katy Parrish, Kristy Pond, Kath Proudfoot, Stephanie Schweitzer, Erinn Walters

Support staff – Administration -Andrew Faichney (Section Manager), Don Elgin (Section Manager), Lynda Gusbeth (Section Manager), Stephanie Martin (Personal Care Assistant), Janet Rerden; Coaches – Steve Butler, Andrew Dawes, Iryna Dvoskina, John Eden, Aaron Holt, Brett Jones, Tim Matthews, Fred Periac, Brett Robinson, Louise Sauvage; Physiotherapists – Victoria Moore, Bernadette Petzel, Soft Tissue Therapist – Mick Jordan, Phil Power; Mechanic – Andrew Carter

Australia finished 10th on the athletics medal table winning 27 medals – 5 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze. Gold medalists were – Evan O'Hanlon (gold), Richard Colman, Kelly Cartwright and Todd Hodgetts. Russell Short attended his 7th Games, Hamish MacDonald his 6th Games and Christine Dawes and Richard Nicholson their 5th Games.

Results key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• WR = World record
• PR = Paralympic record
• OC = Oceania record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event

Track events – men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nathan Arkley	1500 m T54	11:33.18	22	Did not advance
	Marathon T54	N/A		1:49.37	17
Matthew Cameron	100 m T54	14.51	10	Did not advance
Gabriel Cole	100 m T46	17.82	20	Did not advance
Richard Colman	200 m T53	26.75	8 Q	26.67 OC	7
	400 m T53	49.79	2 Q	50.24
	800 m T53	1:41.86	1 Q	1:41.13
Sam Harding	800 m T13	DNS		Did not advance
Kurt Fearnley	800 m T54	1:38.62	8	Did not advance
	1500 m T54	3:19.18	15 Q	3:13.23	7
	5000 m T54	10:56.58	2 Q	11:07.90
	Marathon T54	N/A		1:30:21
Jake Lappin	400 m T54	DSQ	-	Did not advance
	800 m T54	1:41.23	20	Did not advance
Rheed McCracken	100 m T34	16.84 OC	5 Q	16.30 OC
	200 m T34	28.89 OC	2 Q	29.08
Sam McIntosh	100 m T52	18.70	9	Did not advance
	200 m T52	34.09 –1.4 SB	12	Did not advance
Richard Nicholson	100 m T54	15.23	17
Evan O'Hanlon	100 m T38	22.68	5 Q	10.79 WR
	200 m T38	23.10	3 Q	21.82 WR
Simon Patmore (T46)	200 m T46	22.68	5 Q	22.36
Scott Reardon (T42)	100 m T42	12.45	2 Q	12.43 PB
	200 m T42	N/A		26.03 PB	4
Michael Roeger	800 m T46	DNF	-	Did not advance
Brad Scott	800 m T37	N/A		2:02.04 OC
	1500 m T37	N/A		4:14.47'
Matthew Silcocks	800 m T46	1:58.51	9	Did not advance
	1500 m T46	4:05.48 Q	10 Q	3:59.79	6
Tim Sullivan	200 m T38	23.48	5 Q	23.57	5
	400 m T38	53.67	5 Q	52.39	5
Jack Swift	200 m T44	24.88	16	Did not advance
Richard Nicholson Nathan Arkley Matthew Cameron Richard Colman	4 x 100 m T53/54	3:17.28	4 Q	3:13.42

Track events – women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Angela Ballard	100 m T53	N/A		17.14 OC
	200 m T53	N/A		29.35 PB
	400 m T53	N/A		56.87
	800 m T53	N/A		1:53.80	5
Carlee Beattie	100 m T46	13.16	6 Q	DNS	-
Kelly Cartwright	100 m T42	N/A		16.14,
Christie Dawes	800 m T54	1:56.14	Q	1:58.77	8
	1500 m T54	3:43.36	11	Did not advance
	5000 m T54	12:51.77	5 Q	12:28.24
	5000 m T54	N/A		1:49.37	6
Madison de Rozario	100 m T53	N/A		17.60	5
	200 m T53	N/A		30.33	6
	400 m T53	N/A		58.42	6
	800 m T53	N/A		1:53.65	4
Rachael Dodds	100 m T35	N/A		17.03	5
	200 m T35	N/A		36.75	7
Jodi Elkington	400 m T37	1:11.12 Q	6	1:11.49	6
Michelle Errichiello	100 m T42	N/A		17.20	5
Torita Isaac	100 m T38	14.67	8 Q	14.50 PB	7
	200 m T38	29.36 PB	7 Q	29.78	7
Rosemary Little (T33)	100 m T34	20.65	4 Q	19.95 OC
	200 m T34	34.69	2	35.08	4
Katy Parrish (T33)	100 m T38	14.75 '	9	Did not advance
	200 m T38	30.94	9	Did not advance
Kristy Pond (T34)	100 m T34	24.58	11	Did not advance
	200 m T34	AUS 43.92	11	Did not advance
Erinn Walters	100 m T35	N/A		18.09	8
	200 m T35	N/A		36.31	6

Field events – women

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Carlee Beattie	Long jump F46	5.57 m
Georgia Beikoff (F37)	Javelin throw F37/38	914pts (29.84 m)
Kelly Cartwright	Long jump F42/44	1030pts (4.38 m −0.5)
Louise Ellery	Club throw F31/32/51	818pts (15.24 m)	8
	Shot put – F32-34	5.90 m PR
Jessica Gallagher (F13)	Javelin throw F12/13	882pts (33.50 m)	6
	Long jump F13	5.03 m	5
Madeleine Hogan	Javelin throw F46	38.85 m PB
Brydee Moore (F33)	Javelin throw F33/34/52/53	585pts (10.55 m)	10
	Shot put F32-34	6.05 m	6
Katy Parrish	Long jump F37/38	3.81 m +0.8	11
Kath Proudfoot (F36)	Discus throw F37/38	956pts (25.22 m)
	Shot put F37/38	984pts (9.76 m)	4
Stephanie Schweitzer	Long jump F20	4.79 m	4

Field events – men

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Damien Bowen (F34)	Javelin throw F33/34	35.72 m OC	6
	Shot put F34	10.21 m	12
Todd Hodgetts	Shot put F20	16.29 m WR
Hamish MacDonald	Shot put F34	10.34 m	11
Russell Short	Shot put F11/12	950 pts (14.73 m) SB

Cycling

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Members of the Australian Cycling Paralympic team for 2012 at the team's announcement in Adelaide, South Australia. From left to right: Felicity Johnson and her pilot, Stephanie Morton; Jayme Paris; Scott McPhee and Kieran Modra (McPhee piloted for Modra).

See also: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Selected team of 15 athletes. Kieran Modra was attending his 7th Games.

Athlete	Event	Qualification time	Rank	Final time	Rank
Nigel Barley	Men's road race H1-3	N/A		1:58:03	4
	Men's time trial H1-3	N/A		26.18.34
Carol Cooke	Women's road race T2	N/A		51.22	7
	Women's time trial T1-2	N/A		13:50.54
	Mixed individual road race T1-2	N/A		51.22	7
Michael Gallagher	Men's road race C4-5	N/A		1:56.06	9
	Men's time trial C5	N/A		33:12.03
	Men's individual pursuit C5	4:30.012 Q WR	1	4:35.297
	Mixed C1-5 team sprint	55.347	5	Did not advance
Alexandra Green (C4)	Women's road race C4-5	N/A		DNF	-
	Women's time trial C4	N/A		27:43.57	4
	Women's individual pursuit C4	4:07.152 Q	3	4:07.921
	Women's individual 500 m C4	N/A		42.095	8
Felicity Johnson Stephanie Morton (pilot)	Women's individual pursuit B1-3	3:51.103	9	Did not advance
	Women's individual 1 km B1-3	N/A		1:08.919 PR
Simone Kennedy (C3)	Women's road race C1-3	N/A		1:52:32	6
	Women's time trial C3	N/A		33:39.02	9
	Women's individual pursuit C1-3	4:23.450 Q	2	4:24.893
	Women's individual 500 m C3	N/A		43.892	6
Bryce Lindores Sean Finning (pilot)	Men's road race B1-3	N/A		2:28:48	7
	Men's road time trial B1	N/A		33.12.27	13
	Men's individual pursuit B1-3	4:21.219 Q	2	4:22.269
	Men's individual 1 km B1-3	N/A		1:03.896	5
Kieran Modra Scott McPhee (pilot)	Men's road race B1-3	N/A		DNF	-
	Men's road time trial B1	N/A		DNF	-
	Men's individual pursuit B1-3	4:18.752 Q	1	4:17.756 WR
	Men's individual 1 km B1-3	N/A		1:03.120	4
David Nicholas (C3)	Men's road race C1-3	N/A		AUS 1:42.51
	Men's road time trial C3	N/A		23:22.13
	Men's individual pursuit C1-3	3.36.757 Q	3	3:38.800	4
	Men's individual 1 km C1-3	N/A		1:13.087	15
	Mixed C1-5 team sprint	55.347	5	Did not advance
Jayme Paris (C1)	Women's road race C1-3	N/A		DNF	-
	Women's road time trial C1	N/A		30:52.13	7
	Women's individual pursuit C1	4:30.507 WR	8	Did not advance
	Women's individual 500 m C1	N/A		40.476 WR
Susan Powell (C4)	Women's road race C4-5	N/A		1:56:12	9
	Women's road time trial C4	N/A		26:31.30
	Women's individual pursuit C4	4:03.306 WR Q	1	4:05.200
	Women's individual 500 m C4	N/A		39.702	6
	Mixed C1-5 team sprint	55.347	5	Did not advance
Stuart Tripp	Men's road race H4-5	N/A		2:00:35	8
	Men's road time trial H4	N/A		27:47.62	9

Support staff – Administration – Murray Lydeamore (Section Manager) ; Coaches – Peter Day (Head), Jenni Banks, Paul Martens, Tom Skulander ; Mechanic – Peter Giessauf, Mike Winter ; Physiotherapist – Anouska Edwards, Soft tissue therapist – Alan Downes

Equestrian

See also: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Selected team of 4 athletes.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Grace Bowman	Kirby Park Joy	Individual championship test grade II	EL
		Dressage individual team test grade II	57.048	21
Hannah Dodd	Waikiwi	Individual championship test grade IV	65.161	12
		Dressage individual team test grade IV	66.156	11
Joann Formosa	Worldwide PB	Individual championship test grade Ib	75.826
		Dressage individual team test grade Ib	71.955	3
Rob Oakley	Stratford Montopvani	Individual championship test grade Ia	67.300	12
		Dressage individual team test grade Ib	57.588	14

Support staff – Administration – Sally Francis (Section Manager) ; Coach – Julia Battams (Head) ; Physioptherapist – Victoria Kahn ; Grooms – Elsa Davis, Nicole King, Fay Mendez, Kate O'Brien ; Veterinarian – Janine Dwyer
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Three athletes attended Games for the first time. Australia won its first gold medal since the 2000 Sydney Games with Joann Formosa's medal.

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Women's tournament

Main articles: Goalball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament and 2011–12 Australia women's national goalball team

Selected Australian women's team of 6 athletes

Australian women's team
Jennifer Blow, Meica Christensen (Captain), Tyan Taylor, Nicole Esdaile, Rachel Henderson, Michelle Rzepecki; Head Coach – Georgina Kenaghan.

Support staff – Administration – Peter Corr (Section Manager); Coach – Georgina Kenaghan ; Physiothyerapist – Eliza Kwan

The team went into to the Games is ranked eight in the world and is the first Australian goalball team to qualify for the Paralympic sport since Atlanta in 1996. It competed in Group B against China, United States, Sweden, Japan and Canada. The Australian men's team did not qualify after losing the Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Championships 5–4 against Algeria.

Group play

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9
Japan	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
Sweden	4	2	1	1	11	11	0	7
United States	4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	6
Australia	4	0	0	4	7	17	−10	0

31 August 2012 09:00	Australia	1 – 3	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Yasser Omar (EGY)
	Esdaile 1	Report	Adacho 2 Komiya 1

2 September 2012 10:15	Australia	1 – 3	Canada	Copper Box, London Referees: Juha Vuokila (FIN), Dina Murdie (GBR)
	Christensen 1	Report	Kneebone 2 Morin 1

3 September 2012 18:30	United States	3 – 0	Australia	Copper Box, London Referees: Thomas Baerz (GER), Bulent Kimyon (TUR)
	Armbruster 3	Report

4 September 2012 12:30	Sweden	8 – 5	Australia	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Janne Ahokas (FIN)
	Gustavsson 5 Naesström 2 Jälmestål 1	Report	Esdaile 3 Christensen 2

Powerlifting

See also: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Selected team of 2 athletes.
Men – Darren Gardiner and Abebe Fekadu.
Support staff – Administration – Scott Upston (Section Manager) ; Coach – Ray Epstein

Gardiner, a previous Games medallist, competed at his fourth Games and Fekadu and a refugee from Ethiopia competed at his second Games. Australia did not win any medals.

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Abebe Fekadu	Men's 56 kg	158 kg	8
Darren Gardiner	Men's +100 kg	231 kg	4

Rowing

See also: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Single scull – Erik Horrie
Pair – Gavin Bellis, Kathryn Ross
Support staff – Administration – Dean Oakman (Section Manager); Coach – Chad King (Head) ; Boat Technician – Urs Graf ; Physiotherapist – Erin Smyth

Australia won a silver medal through Erik Horrie.

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erik Horrie	Men's single sculls	4:52.75	3 R	4:56.75	1 FA	4:55.85
Gavin Bellis Kathryn Ross	Mixed double sculls	4:05.10	3 R	4:06.19	2 FA	4:06.17	5

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing

See also: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Selected team of 6 athletes

Australian team
Matthew Bugg (Single person 2.4mR), Daniel Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (Two person Skud 18), Colin Harrison, Stephen Churm, Jonathan Harris (Three person Sonar)

Support staff – Administration – Sarah Karsten (Section Manager), Peter Conde (Support staff) ; Coaches – Grant Alderson, Tim Lowe, Richard Scarr ; Physiotherapist – Sarah Ross, Technical Support – Adrian Finglas, Boat Technician – Jeffery Milligan ; Personal Care Attendant – Kumi Sasaki

Lisel Tesch attendedg her sixth Games but the first as sailor. She previously captained Australian women's wheelchair basketball team to medals at previous Games. Tesch won her first Paralympic gold medal in combing with Daniel Fitzgibbon to win Two Person Keelboat.

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Matthew Bugg	Single person 2.4mR	8	4	6	8	7	5	7	7	7	(17) DNS	C	56	7
Daniel Fitzgibbon, Liesl Tesch	SKUD 18 – 2 person keelboat	1	2	2	(3)	2	1	2	1	1	2	C	14
Colin Harrison, Stephen Churm, Jonathan Harris	Sonar – 3 person keelboat	1	3	(15) DSQ	2	8	9	7	3	6	9	C	47	6

Shooting

See also: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Selected team of 6 athletes.

Men	Women
Ashley Adams, Luke Cain, Jason Maroney, Bradley Mark; Head Coach – Miro Sipek.	Libby Kosmala, Natalie Smith

Support staff – Admionistration – Nick Sullivan (Section Manager) ; Coach – Miro Sipek ; Technical Support – Stuart Smith ; Personal Care Attendant – Anne Bugden, Yvonne Cain, Margaret Zubcic

Libby Kosmala competed at her 11th Paralympic Games at the age of 70. Ashley Adams competed at his 4th Games. Australia won one bronze medal through Natalie Smith.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ashley Adams	Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	583	15	Did not advance
	Mixed R3-10 m air rifle prone SH1	598	16	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m air rifle 3 positions SH1	1127	10	Did not advance
	Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1	583	20	Did not advance
Luke Cain	Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2	586	27	Did not advance
	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	594	28	Did not advance
Libby Kosmala	Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	391	8 Q	488.7	8
	Mixed R3-10 m air rifle prone SH1	597	24	Did not advance
Bradley Mark	Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2	598	9	Did not advance
	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	600	10	Did not advance
Jason Maroney	Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2	598	7 Q	702.6	7
	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2	594	27	Did not advance
Natalie Smith	Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	392	4 Q	492.4
	Mixed R3-10 m air rifle prone SH1	597	22	Did not advance

Swimming

See also: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and Australian Paralympic Swim Team

Selected team of 35 athletes.

Men	Women
Michael Anderson, Tim Antalfy, Michael Auprince, Blake Cochrane, 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 Wickens	Kayla Clarke, Ellie Cole, Taylor Corry, 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

Men's events

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Michael Anderson	50 m freestyle S10	0:25.32	11	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S10	1:01.21 OC	2 Q	1:01.40	5
	100 m freestyle S10	0:54.70	6 Q	0:54.73	8
Timothy Antalfy	50 m freestyle S13	24.33 OC	2 Q	24.26 OC	4
	100 m backstroke S13	1:04.26	5 Q	1:04.03	5
	100 m butterfly S13	0:56.03 PR	1 Q	0:56.48
	100 m freestyle S13	0:53.37	3 Q	0:53.63	4
Michael Auprince	50 m freestyle S9	0:27.24	11	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S9	1:03.86	1 Q	1:03.98	4
	100 m butterfly S9	1:05.33	14	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S9	0:58.94	10	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:26.36	10	Did not advance
Blake Cochrane	50 m freestyle S8	0:27.81	=7 Q	0:27.64	6
	100 m breaststroke SB7	1:20.76 PR	1 Q	1:18.77 WR
	100 m freestyle S8	1:01.72	7 Q	1:01.07	8
	200 m individual medley SM8	2:35.33	8 Q	2:33.66	7
Matthew Cowdrey	50 m freestyle S9	0:25.63	1 Q	25.13 WR
	100 m backstroke S9	1:05.47	7 Q	1:02.39 PR
	100 m breaststroke SB8	1:11.53	3 Q	1:09.88 OC
	100 m butterfly S9	1:02.31	5 Q	0:59.91
	100 m freestyle S9	0:56.58	1 Q	55.84
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:19.79	1 Q	2:15.95
Jay Dohnt	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:32.79	8 Q	1:33.53	7
	200 m individual medley SM7	2:54.18	10	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S7	5:22.30	14	Did not advance
Richard Eliason	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:09.92	4 Q	1:09.96	5
Daniel Fox	100 m backstroke S14	1:05.58	5 Q	1:05.76	4
	200 m freestyle S14	2:00.11	1 Q	1:59.79 OC
Matthew Haanappel	50 m butterfly S6	0:38.69	12	Did not advance
	50 m freestyle S6	0:32.58 OC	7 Q	0:32.13 OC	6
	100 m backstroke S6	1:24.02 OC	5 Q	1:21.25 OC	5
	100 m freestyle S6	1:10.95 OC	4 Q	1:09.88	5
	200 m individual medley SM6	2:57.27 OC	6 Q	2:55.60 OC	7
Brenden Hall	50 m freestyle S9	0:27.27	12	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S9	1:06.33	11	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S9	1:01.82	4 Q	1:01.31	6
	100 m freestyle S9	0:57.45	3 Q	0:57.29	5
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:23.42	6 Q	2:21.48	6
	400 m freestyle S9	4:21.69	1 Q	4:10.88 WR
Ahmed Kelly	50 m backstroke S4	0:57.91	10	Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke SB3	0:51.86	4 Q	0:52.54	4
	100 m freestyle S4	2:10.72	16	Did not advance
	150 m individual medley SM4	3:08.32	10	Did not advance
Mitchell Kilduff	100 m backstroke S14	1:08.49	14	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:19.16	16Q	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle S14	2:04.64	8 Q	2:01.09	5
Matthew Levy	50 m freestyle S7	0:28.63 OC	3 Q	0:28.58 OC	4
	50 m butterfly S7	0:31.68 OC	2 Q	0:31.54 OC	4
	100 m breaststroke SB7	1:23.09	3 Q	1:22.62
	100 m freestyle S7	1:02.87	3 Q	1:01.38 OC
	200 m individual medley SM7	2:37.69 OC	2 Q	2:37.18 OC
	400 m freestyle S7	4:57.68	6 Q	4:58.12	7
Jeremy McClure	50 m freestyle S12	0:28.77	17	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S12	1:07.17	8 Q	1:07.11	4
	100 m breaststroke SB12	1:24.19	14	Did not advance
Andrew Pasterfield	50 m freestyle S10	0:24.14 OC	4 Q	0:23.89 OC
	100 m backstroke S10	1:02.94	6 Q	1:02.84	7
	100 m butterfly S10	0:59.47	7 Q	0:59.49	7
	100 m freestyle S10	0:53.01	1 Q	0:52.77
Grant Patterson	50 m backstroke S3	0:58.87	9	Did not advance
	50 m breaststroke SB2	1:05.86	8 Q	1:07.52	8
	50 m freestyle S4	0:55.49	14	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S4	1:54.53	14	Did not advance
	150 m individual medley SM3	3:10.73	6 Q	3:08.66 OC	6
Rick Pendleton	50 m freestyle S10	0:26.26	17	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:11.94	6 Q	1:10.96	5
	100 m butterfly S10	1:01.30	14	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S10	0:56.62	15	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM10	2:17.17	4 Q	2:14.77
Aaron Rhind	50 m butterfly S6	0:34.29	8 Q	34.03 OC	7
	50 m freestyle S6	0:34.64	14	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S6	1:25.36	8 Q	1:29.28	8
	100 m freestyle S6	1:14.48	12	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	2:59.01	9	Did not advance
Sean Russo	50 m freestyle S13	25.48	11	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S13	1:01.98 OC	4 Q	1:02.59	4
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:16.81	9	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S13	1:01.24	8 Q	1:01.57	8
	100 m freestyle S13	0:55.97	13	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM13	2:18.46 OC	7 Q	2:17.80 OC	8
	400 m freestyle S13	4:22.83	6 Q	4:18.25	6
Reagan Wickens	50 m butterfly S6	0:35.46	10	Did not advance
	50 m freestyle S6	0:37.19	16	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S6	1:32.94	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S6	1:17.15	15	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:11.87	=14	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S6	5:28.56 OC	4	5:26.67 OC	4
Heats: Brenden Hall Michael Auprince Michael Anderson Matthew Haanappel Finals: Andrew Pasterfield Matthew Levy Blake Cochrane Matthew Cowdrey	4x100 m freestyle relay 34 pts	4:00.91	4 Q	3:50.17 PR
Heats: Michael Auprince Rick Pendleton Andrew Pasterfield Matthew Haanappel Finals: Michael Anderson Matthew Cowdrey Brenden Hall Matthew Levy	4x100 m medley relay 34 pts	4:24.70	3 Q	4:14.97

Legend: Q= Qualified for final; OC= Oceania Record; PR= Paralympic Record; WR= World Record

Women's events

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kayla Clarke	100 m backstroke S14	1:11.29	5 Q	1:11.04	6
	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:23.36	4 Q	1:22.87	4
	200 m freestyle S14	2:16.52	6 Q	2:15.29	4
Ellie Cole	50 m freestyle S9	0:29.75	4 Q	0:29.28 OC
	100 m backstroke S9	1:10.74	1 Q	1:09.42 OC
	100 m butterfly S9	1:14.37	8 Q	1:10.40 OC	4
	100 m freestyle S9	1:04.58	2 Q	1:02.77 OC
	200 m individual medley SM9	2:44.31	9	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S9	4:53.01	3 Q	4:42.87 OC
Taylor Corry	100 m backstroke S14	1:11.70	6 Q	1:09.46
	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:30.89	=15	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle S14	2:14.99	3 Q	2:13.18
Katherine Downie	50 m freestyle S10	0:29.40	7 Q	29.10 OC	7
	100 m backstroke S10	1:12.50	5 Q	1:11.40	4
	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:27.41	12	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly S10	1:11.37	4 Q	1:10.20	5
	100 m freestyle S10	1:03.16	4 Q	1:02.34	5
	200 m individual medley SM10	2:35.21	4 Q	2:34.64	4
	400 m freestyle S10	4:57.28	6 Q	4:53.59	6
Maddison Elliott	50 m freestyle S8	0:31.57 OC	1 Q	0:31.44 OC
	100 m backstroke S8	1:24.34	8 Q	1:23.25	6
	100 m butterfly S8	1:15.30 OC	5 Q	1:15.06 OC	6
	100 m freestyle S8	1:07.62 OC	3 Q	1:08.37
	200 m individual medley SM8	2:59.33	6 Q	2:59.26	7
	400 m freestyle S8	5:13.34	3 Q	5:09.36
Amanda Fowler	100 m breaststroke SB14	1:24.79	7 Q	1:23.30	5
Jacqueline Freney	50 m butterfly S7	0:36.03 OC	1 Q	0:35.16 OC
	50 m freestyle S7	0:32.92 PR	1 Q	0:32.63 PR
	100 m backstroke S7	1:23.34 PR	1 Q	1:22.84 PR
	100 m freestyle S7	1:09.74 PR	1 Q	1:09.39 PR
	200 m individual medley SM7	2:56.00	1 Q	2:54.42 WR
	400 m freestyle S7	5:01.04 PR	1 Q	4:59.02 WR
Tanya Huebner	50 m butterfly S6	44.78	13	Did not advance
	50 m freestyle S6	0:38.78	11	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:43.64	4 Q	1:42.45	4
	100 m freestyle S6	1:30.76	14	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:39.12	12	Did not advance
Kara Leo	100 m backstroke S14	1:17.15	9	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle S14	2:17.28	8 Q	2:18.04	8
Esther Overton	50 m freestyle S3	DNS
Katrina Porter	50 m freestyle S7	0:39.14	14	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S7	1:27.80	6 Q	1:26.64	7
	100 m breaststroke SB6	1:53.63	5 Q	1:54.54	5
	100 m freestyle S7	1:21.95	9	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S7	5:44.50	6 Q	5:41.58	7
Sarah Rose	50 m butterfly S6	40.39	6 Q	40.43	6
	50 m freestyle S6	0:39.37	14	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley SM6	3:36.84	11	Did not advance
Teigan Van Roosmalen	50 m freestyle S13	0:29.40	6 Q	0:29.40	6
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:24.41	5 Q	1:24.03	7
	100 m freestyle S13	1:04.31	7 Q	1:04.87	7
	200 m individual medley SM13	2:37.21	5 Q	2:35.61	6
Prue Watt	50 m freestyle S13	0:27.75 OC	2 Q	0:27.94
	100 m breaststroke SB13	1:20.36 OC	1 Q	1:19.19 OC
	100 m freestyle S13	1:01.61	3 Q	1:02.32	5
	200 m individual medley SM13	2:35.45	3 Q	2:34.77	5
Annabelle Williams	50 m freestyle S9	0:30.03	5 Q	0:29.76	6
	100 m freestyle S9	1:05.47	5 Q	1:05.73	7
Ellie Cole Maddison Elliott Katherine Downie Jacqueline Freney	4x100 m freestyle relay 34 points			4:20.29 WR
Ellie Cole Katherine Downie Jacqueline Freney Annabelle Williams	4x100 m medley relay 34 points			4:53.95 OC

Qualification Legend: Q= Qualified for final; OC= Oceania Record; PR= Paralympic Record; WR= World Record

Support staff – Administration – Karyn Burgess (Section Manager) ; Coaches – Brendan Keogh (Head), Angelo Basalo, Tom Davis, Michael Freney, Rob Hindmarsh, Jon O'Neil-Shaw, Chris Phillips, Bash Zidan ; Personal Care Attendant – Tara Andrews ; Physiotherapist – David Spurrier, Jo Evershed ; Sport Scientists – Brendan Burkett, Sacha Fulton ; Soft tissue therapist – Penny Will ; Psychologist – Jason Patchell

Australia finished second on the gold medal table and won a total of 37 medals 18 gold, 7 silver and 12 bronze. 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.

Table tennis

See also: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Selected team of 2 athletes.
Women- Melissa Tapper and Rebecca McDonnell. Support staff – Administration – Roger Massie (Section Manager); Coach – Alois Rosario (Head)

Australia did not win any medals.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal match
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Melissa Tapper	Singles class 10	Audrey Le Morvan (FRA) W3–0 (11–7, 11–2, 11–4)	Fan Lei (CHN) L3–0 (7–11–7, 6–11, 6–11)	Bruna Alexandre (BRA) W 3–2 (10–12, 8–11, 11–5, 11–7, 11–9)	n/a	Natalia Partyka (POL) L 0–3 (9–11, 2–11, 4–11);	Fan Lei (CHN) L 2–3 (11–8, 11–9, 5–11. 6–11, 7–11)	4
Rebecca McDonnell	Singles class 6	Stephanie Grebe (GER) W0–3 (5–11, 1–11, 4–11)	Alicja Eigner (POL) L 0–3 (9–11, 9–11, 8–11)	Yuliya Klymenko (UKR) L 0–3 (3–11, 3–11, 6–11)	Did not advance
Melissa Tapper Rebecca McDonnell	Team class 6–10	Bye			France (FRA) L 2–3	Did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men

The Australian men's wheelchair basketball team were in Group A with the United States, Spain, South Africa, Italy and Turkey. Australia won the silver medal, losing to Canada in the final.

Squad list (classification points)	From: Justin Eveson (4.5) Bill Latham (4.0) Brett Stibners (4.0) Shaun Norris (3.0) Michael Hartnett (1.0) Tristan Knowles (4.0) Jannik Blair (1.0) Tige Simmons (1.0) Grant Mizens (2.0) Dylan Alcott (1.0) Nick Taylor (2.0) Brad Ness (4.5)

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Australia	5	5	0	372	259	+113	10
Turkey	5	3	2	331	302	+29	8	+6
United States	5	3	2	330	259	+71	8	−1
Spain	5	3	2	322	292	+30	8	−5
Italy	5	1	4	260	309	−49	6
South Africa	5	0	5	204	398	−194	5

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Australia	93–39	South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 20–4, 26–10, 20–9
Pts: Eveson 21 Rebs: Eveson 7 Asts: Eveson, Norris 5		Pts: Nortje 14 Rebs: Nortje 10 Asts: three players 2

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Saskia Warmerdam (NED)

31 August 2012 18:30

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Turkey	64–71	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 20–22, 16–16, 13–16
Pts: Gürbulak 20 Rebs: Gezinci 12 Asts: Dalay 7		Pts: Eveson, Knowles 17 Rebs: Ness 11 Asts: Norris 8

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Sébastien Gauthier (CAN)

1 September 2012 20:45

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Australia	75–59	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 24–12, 16–23, 15–9
Pts: Norris 25 Rebs: Eveson, Latham 8 Asts: Eveson 7		Pts: García Pereiro 23 Rebs: García Pereiro 6 Asts: De Paz Pazo, Muiño Gámez 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)

2 September 2012 19:00

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Australia	65–49	United States
Scoring by quarter: 13–12, 14–8, 18–13, 20–16
Pts: Norris 16 Rebs: Eveson 16 Asts: Eveson 9		Pts: Turek, Nelms 8 Rebs: Jenifer, Scott 7 Asts: Serio 7

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

3 September 2012 15:15

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Italy	48–68	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 10–18, 17–24, 10–11
Pts: Cavagnini 16 Rebs: Pellegrini 12 Asts: Moukhariq 5		Pts: Stibners 17 Rebs: Eveson, Latham 6 Asts: Norris 5

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Saskia Warmerdam (NED)

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 21:15

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Australia	76–53	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 13–17, 21–18, 16–7
Pts: Ness 26 Rebs: Norris, Ness 5 Asts: Eveson 6		Pts: Filipski 26 Rebs: Filipski 10 Asts: Filipski 8

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

Semi-final

6 September 2012 19:00

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Australia	72–63	United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 17–23, 17–14, 20–18
Pts: Eveson 21 Rebs: Eveson 10 Asts: Norris 8		Pts: Chambers 12 Rebs: Lade, Waller 4 Asts: Serio, Schulte 5

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Cris Salguero (ARG)

Gold medal match

8 September 2012 21:15

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Australia	58–64	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 12–12, 15–20, 16–18
Pts: Norris 19 Rebs: Eveson 8 Asts: Eveson 5		Pts: Anderson 34 Rebs: Anderson 10 Asts: Anderson 8

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)

Support staff – men – administration – Leigh Gooding (section manager); coaches – Ben Ettridge (head), Matteo Feriani (assistant), Thomas Kyle (assistant), physiotherapist – Jesse Adams.

Women's tournament

Main article: Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

File:Australia - Canada, women's wheelchair basketball at Paralympics 2012.jpeg

Australian women's wheelchair basketball team in the match with Canada.

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Australian women's wheelchair basketball team in the match with Canada.

The Australian women's wheelchair basketball team were in Group A with the Netherlands, Great Britain, Brazil and Canada. Australia won the silver medal, losing to Germany in the final.

Squad list (classification points)	From: Amanda Carter (1.0) Shelley Chaplin (3.5) Cobi Crispin (4.0) Leanne del Toso (4.0) Kylie Gauci (2.0) Katie Hill (3.0) Bridie Kean (C) (4.0) Tina McKenzie (3.0) Amber Merritt (4.5) Clare Nott (1.0) Sarah Stewart (3.0) Sarah Vinci (1.0)

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
Australia	4	3	1	211	180	+31	7	+2	1–0
Netherlands	4	3	1	236	194	+42	7	+2	0–1
Canada	4	3	1	248	231	+17	7	−4
Great Britain	4	1	3	151	217	−66	5
Brazil	4	0	4	190	214	−24	4

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Australia	52–50	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 11–13, 14–12, 13–13
Pts: Crispin 18 Rebs: Merritt 10 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Soares Martins 27 Rebs: Soares Martins 14 Asts: Guimarrães da Costa 12

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Linas Radykas (LTU)

31 August 2012 13:00

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Great Britain	24–51	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 5–11, 6–14, 3–14, 10–12
Pts: Hamer 8 Rebs: Strange 7 Asts: three players 2		Pts: Merritt 10 Rebs: Crispin 7 Asts: Gauci 4

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Nureddin Bilmez (TUR)

1 September 2012 18:30

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Australia	50–57	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 20–13, 8–10, 10–14
Pts: Merritt 16 Rebs: Crispin 15 Asts: Chaplin 7		Pts: McLachlan 28 Rebs: McLachlan 21 Asts: Ouellet 9

Basketball Arena, London Referees: Karen Molina (COL)

2 September 2012 21:15

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Netherlands	49–58	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 8–12, 9–10, 20–18
Pts: Huitzing 14 Rebs: Huitzing 8 Asts: Huitzing 7		Pts: Merritt 19 Rebs: Crispin 7 Asts: Chaplin 7

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Darrell Hargreaves (USA)

Quarter-final

4 September 2012 13:00

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Australia	62–37	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 23–10, 6–9, 12–8
Pts: Merritt 14 Rebs: Kean 5 Asts: Gauci 7		Pts: Estrada Bernal 11 Rebs: Estrada Bernal 4 Asts: Estrada Bernal 16

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Valerie Farrugia (FRA)

Semi-final

6 September 2012 13:00

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Australia	40–39	United States
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 16–14, 12–2, 2–11
Pts: three players 8 Rebs: Merritt 6 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Murray 18 Rebs: Murray, Schneider 9 Asts: Murray 3

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sébastien Gauthier (CAN)

Gold medal match

7 September 2012 21:15

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Australia	44–58	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 9–12, 9–8, 16–24
Pts: Gauci 15 Rebs: Gauci, Merritt 5 Asts: Crispin, Chaplin 5		Pts: Adermann 19 Rebs: Mohnen 9 Asts: Adermann, Zeyen 5

North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Sergio Giordano (CAN)

Support staff – women – administration – Marian Stewart (section manager); coaches – John Triscari (head), David Gould, Ben Osborne; physiotherapist – Miranda Wallis.

Wheelchair rugby

See also: Wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and Australia national wheelchair rugby team

Selected team of 11 athletes

Australian team
Nazim Erdem, Ryan Scott (Co-captain), Jason Lees, Cameron Carr (Co-captain), Andrew Harrison, Greg Smith, Cody Meakin, Josh Hose, Ben Newton, Ryley Batt, Chris Bond; Head

Six athletes made their Games debut. The Australian team 'the Steelers' went into the Games as the silver medallist from the 2008 Beijing Games and 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships. Australia defeated Canada to win its first wheelchair rugby gold medal.

Group stage

	Qualified for the semifinals
	Eliminated

Team	Pld	W	D	L	G	GA	GD	Pts
Australia (AUS)	3	3	0	0	182	142	+40	6
Canada (CAN)	3	2	0	1	163	166	–3	4
Sweden (SWE)	3	1	0	2	151	155	–4	2
Belgium (BEL)	3	0	0	3	135	168	–33	0

Australia  v Canada

5 September 2012 19:00

Australia	64 – 52	Canada
Batt 37 Bond 10 Team 4 Carr 3 Harrison 3 Smith 2 Newton 1 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Scott 1	Report	Lavoie 9 Hirschfield 8 Crone 7 Madell 7 Hickling 6 Whitehead 5 Willsie 4 Dagenais 2 Chan 2 Simard 2

Basketball Arena Attendance: 5,539 Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Dave Woods (GBR)

Sweden  v Australia

6 September 2012 14:00

Sweden	47 – 60	Australia
Uhlmann 9 Norlin 8 Kulle 7 Hjelt 7 Collin 6 Team 4 Sandberg 3 Jansson 2 Wahlberg 1	Report	Batt 30 Bond 14 Team 4 Carr 3 Newton 2 Smith 2 Harrison 2 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1

Basketball Arena Attendance: 5,622 Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

Australia  v Belgium

7 September 2012 10:00

Australia	58 – 43	Belgium
Batt 29 Carr 11 Bond 9 Smith 4 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Harrison 1 Team 1	Report	Mertens 14 Genyn 11 Verhaegen 5 Hendrix 4 Team 4 Budeners 3 Vanacker 2

Basketball Arena Attendance: 2,822 Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Chris van de Riet (NED)

Semi-finals

Australia  v Japan

8 September 2012 14:00

Australia	59 – 45	Japan
Batt 27 Bond 14 Smith 6 Scott 2 Lees 2 Meakin 2 Newton 1 Carr 1 Harrison 1 Team 3	Report	Ikezakli 24 Nakazato 7 Kanno 6 Shimakawa 4 Sato 2 Team 2

Basketball Arena Attendance: 5,333 Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Darren Roberts (USA)

Gold medal match

Canada  v Australia

9 September 2012 14:15

Canada	51 – 66	Australia
Madell 11 Hickling 7 Whitehead 7 Murao 6 Chan 5 Willsie 4 Simard 3 Lavoie 2 Dagenais 1 Hirschfield 1 Team 4	Report	Batt 37 Bond 15 Carr 4 Smith 2 Scott 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1 Newton 1 Harrison 1 Team 3

Basketball Arena Attendance: 9,048 Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Chris van de Riet (NED)

Support staff – Administration – Paul Kiteley (Section Manager) ; Coach – Brad Dubberley (Head); Technical Support – Chevvy Cooper ; Personal Care Assistant – Angela Mansell ; Physiotherapist – Simon Mole

Wheelchair tennis

See also: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Selected team of 4 athletes.

Men	Women
Ben Weekes, Adam Kellerman	Daniela Di Toro, Janel Manns

Support staff – Administration – Brenda Tierney (Section Manager) ; Coaches – Greg Crump (Head), Craig Purcell

Daniela Di Toro competed at her fifth Games. Australia did not win any medals.

Athlete (seed)	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Adam Kellerman	Men's singles	Peter Vikstrom (SWE) W 6–4, 6–3	Satoshi Saida (JPN) W 6–3, 6–2	Ronald Vink (NED) (2) L 0–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Ben Weekes		Francesc Tur (ESP) W 6–4, 6–2	Tom Egberink (NED) (14) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Daniela Di Toro	Women's singles	N/A	Angelica Bernal Villalobos (COL) W 6–1, 6–1	Sakhorn Khanthasit (THA) L 6–1, 0–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Janel Manns (8)		N/A	Aniek van Koot (NED) L 0–6, 0–6	Did not advance
Adam Kellerman Ben Weekes	Men's doubles	N/A	Albin Batycki Kamil Fabisiak, (POL) W 6–1, 6–1	Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida (JPN) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Daniela Di Toro Janel Manns	Women's doubles	N/A		Sakhorn Khanthasit Ratana Techamaneewat (THA) LW 6–3, 6–3	Did not advance

Administration and Support

Australia Team Executive – Jason Hellwig (Chef de Mission), Michael Hartung (Deputy Cheff de Mission), Kate McLoughlin(Deputy Chef de Mission), Adam McCarthy (Paralympic Attache), Kurt Plummer (Security Liaison Officer), Jim FitzSimons (General Counsel)

Operations - Caroline Walker (Manager, Logistics), Anna Muldoon (Cooridinator, Logistics), Chris Nunn (Manager, Coach Services), Steven Graham (Assistant, Coach Services), Greg Omay (Assistant, Coach Services), Natalie Hutchinson (Manager, Team Services), Cathy Lambert, (Cooridinator, Team Services), Chris Voysey (Manager, Information Technology), Tim Murphy (Assistant, Information Technology), Genevieve McMahon (Manager, Classification), Steve Loader(Manager, Off Airport Processing)

The Australia Games Media Team – Tim Mannion (Manager, Media, and Communications),Shaun Giles (Manager, Multimedia), Margie McDonald (MLO), Gennie Sheer (MLO), Lachlan Searle (MLO), Chris Abbott (MLO), David Sygall (MLO), Jacqualine Chartres (MLO), Rebekka Wake (MLO), Sarah Rogers (MLO), Darcy Bonser (Cooridinator, Multimedia), Olivia McGrath (Cooridinator, Multimedia), Neil Cross (MLO), Jeff Crow (Chief Photographer), Judy Goldman (MLO,Sydney Office)

Australia Medical Staff - Alison Campbell (Manager, SSSM), Linda Clow (Team Doctor), Corey Cunningham (Team Doctor), Geoff Thompson (Team Doctor), Ruth Fazakerley (Nurse/Clinic Administrator), Richard Bennett (Psychologist), Sarah Jack (Psychologist), Liz Broad (Manager, Nutrition), Siobhan Moran (Assistant, Nutrition), Jo Vaile (Manager, Recovery), Matthew Driller (Assistant, Recovery), Keren Faulkner (Manager, Physical Therapies), Penny Dayan (Physiotherapist), Gilian Niven (Soft Tissue Therapist), Scott Smith (Soft Tissue Therapist), Ebonie Scase (Physiotherapist), Zoe Horder(Personal Care Attendant)

Media coverage

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) was the official Australian broadcaster. The ABC provided over 100 hours of free to air coverage and the average audience per day was 1.6 million people. The Australian Paralympic Team's Facebook page grew by 16,000 fans and its YouTube channel reached close to 474,000 views.

Welcome home celebrations

The team returned to Sydney Airport to be greeted by a number of Australian Government ministers, family, friends and the media. The team was treated to a performance by the band Icehouse. Congratulatory messages were from Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan, Minister for Sport Kate Lundy and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

See also

• 2012 Summer Paralympics
• Australia at the Paralympics
• Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Images of Australian Team at the 2012 London Paralympics