Richard Colman

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Richard Colman
File:260111 - Richard Colman athletics - 3b - 2011 IPC Athletics Championships photo.jpg
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
Medal record
Track and field (T53)
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens 800 m – T53
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 800 m – T53
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 4x100 m – T53–54
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 200 m – T53
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 400 m – T53
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 400 m – T53
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London 4 x 400 m Relay T53/54
IPC Athletics World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Christchurch Men's 800 m T53
Silver medal – second place 2011 Christchurch Men's 400m T53
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Lille Men's 400 m T53
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Assen Men's 800 m T53
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Lyon Men's 800 m T53
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Lyon Men's 1500 m T53
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Delhi 1500 m T54

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

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