Australia at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

The games

When Edmonson was 14, her coach told her she had broken a world record while swimming at Beatty Park as a member of the Swimming Squad. To qualify for the 1964 Summer Paralympics, she competed at the Third Australian Paraplegic Games held in Adelaide, South Australia. At the Australian Paraplegic...

was the youngest competitor at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

1964 Summer Paralympics

The 1964 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games, were the 2nd Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, they were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics...

in Tokyo amongst athletes from all nations. She won three gold medals in the 1964 Summer Paralympics in the following events: the women's class 5 50 metre breaststroke with a world record time of 1.04.6; women's class 5 50 metre backstroke with a world record time of 0.50.8; women's class 5 complete 50 metre freestyle with a world record time of 0.39.7. She also won a silver medal in the class 4 incomplete 50 metre backstroke event with a time of 0.52.3, that beat the old world record. At the conclusion of the 1964 Games, Edmondson's parents acknowledged that swimming had greatly helped their daughter, but felt that she needed to quit the sport and concentrate on her education because swimming would not provide her with standing in life. After the 1964 games, Edmondson returned home and prepared for school exams.

Athletes

Australia had fifteen athletes at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

1964 Summer Paralympics

in Tokyo

Tokyo

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, which were held from 8–12 November. The team members were:

Athlete	Location
Daphne Ceeney Daphne Ceeney Daphne Ceeney was an Australian Paralympic competitor. She won a gold medal in women's class 5 50 metre breaststroke at the 1960 Summer Paralympics. She received the gold with a time of 1:29.9. She obtained another gold medal at those same games in the Class 5 50 m freestyle event with a time of...	New South Wales
Allan McLucas Allan McLucas Allan McLucas was an Australian Paralympic competitor. He won a bronze medal in men's class a/2 singles table tennis at the 1964 Summer Paralympics.-References:...	New South Wales
Trevor French Trevor French Trevor French was an Australian Paralympic competitor. He won a bronze medal in men's Class 2 Complete 25 M Backstroke at the 1964 Summer Paralympics with a time of 0.31.6.-References:...	New South Wales
John Martin	New South Wales
Gary Hooper Gary Leslie Hooper Gary Leslie Hooper was an Australian Paralympic competitor. He won a silver medal in Men's Up to 65 KG Weightlifting at the 1964 Summer Paralympics. He won a gold medal at the same games in the athletics 60 m wheelchair above t. 10 event and a silver medal in the 4x40 wheelchair relay...	New South Wales
Bruce Thwaites	New South Wales
Elaine Schreiber Elaine Schreiber Elaine Schreiber was an Australian Paralympic competitor. She won a bronze medal in women's class b singles table tennis at the 1964 Summer Paralympics. She won a silver medal at the same games in the Class A Javelin event and a gold in the club class A event with a score of 17.31...	Victoria
Michael Dow Michael Dow Michael Dow was an Australian Paralympic competitor. He won a gold medal in men's Class 3 Incomplete 50 m Breaststroke at the 1964 Summer Paralympics with a time of 0.59.6. He won a gold medal in the 50 M Class 3 Incomplete Backstroke. He won a bronze medal in the Class 3 Incomplete 25 m...	Victoria
Vic. Renaldson	Queensland
Marion O'Brien Marion O'Brien Marion O'Brien was an Australian Paralympic competitor. She won a bronze medal in women's class c singles table tennis at the 1964 Summer Paralympics. She also won a gold medal at the same games in Class C doubles table tennis...	Western Australia
Frank Ponta Frank Ponta Ponta coached several medal winning Paralympic athletes including Louise Sauvage and Priya Cooper. He was Sauvage's first coach, starting when Sauvage was a junior competitor. Sauvage described Ponta's coaching style as patient....	Western Australia
Bill Mather-Brown Bill Mather-Brown Bill Mather-Brown was an Australian Paralympic competitor. He won a silver medal in men's class b table tennis at the 1960 Summer Paralympics.-References:...	Western Australia
Lionel Cousens	Western Australia
Elizabeth Edmondson Elizabeth Edmondson When Edmonson was 14, her coach told her she had broken a world record while swimming at Beatty Park as a member of the Swimming Squad. To qualify for the 1964 Summer Paralympics, she competed at the Third Australian Paraplegic Games held in Adelaide, South Australia. At the Australian Paraplegic...	Western Australia

The Australian team returned home with 16 gold, 10 silver and 7 bronze medals. Australia's main victories were in the pool, where Roy Fowler won 3 gold medals and Elizabeth Edmondson also won 3 gold medals at the age of 14.

External links

Paralympics Games history - Summer

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