Australian Paralympic Table Tennis Team
Australia was represented in table tennis at the 1960 Summer Paralympics.In the early Games, many Australian table tennis players represented Australia in several sports. It was won 8 medals - 2 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals.
Gold medallists are:
- Daphne Ceeney and Marion O'Brien in 1964
- Terry Biggs in 1984
Medal tally
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 Rome | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1964 Tokyo | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1968 Tel-Aviv | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1972 Heidelberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 Toronto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 Arnhem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 Stoke Mandeville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1988 Seoul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 Sydney* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 Athens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 London | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Rio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (15 games) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Summer Paralympic Games
1960
Australia represented by:
Men - Bruno Moretti, Bill Mather-Brown[1]
Australia won a silver medal in Men's Doubles B - Bruno Moretti, Bill Mather-Brown
1964
Australia represented by:
Men - Allan McLucas
Women - Daphne Ceeney, Marion O'Brien, Elaine Schreiber [1]
Australia won 1 gold and 3 bronze medals.
1968
Australia represented by:
Men - Kevin Bawden, Alan Conn, Kevin Coombs, John Martin, Bill Mather-Brown, Allan McLucas, Bruno Moretti, Jimmy Newton, Tony South, Don Watts
Women - Lorraine Dodd, Daphne Hilton, Cherrie Loydstrom, Marion O'Brien, Elaine Schreiber, Pam Smith [1]
Australia won 1 silver medal in Women's Doubles C - Marion O'Brien, Elaine Schreiber.
1972
Australia represented by:
Men – Bob Millan, Cliff Rickard
Women - ? [1]
Australia did not win any medals.
1976
Australia represented by:
Men – Kevin Bawden, Wayne Flood, Ray Letheby, Peter Marsh, John Martin, Ross Soutar
Women – Elaine Schreiber
[1]
Australia did not win any medals.
1980
Australia represented by:
Men – Donald Dann, Peter Marsh, John Martin, John Sheil, Charlie Tapscott [1]
Australia did not win any medals.
1984
Australia represented by:
Men – Terry Biggs, Paul Croft, Joe Marlow, Errol Smith [1]
Australian won a gold medal through Terry Biggs performance.
1988
Australia represented by:
Men – Geoffrey Barden, Marcel Bucello, Paul Croft, Gary Croker, Jeremy Halloran, Craig Parson, John Sheil, Ian Simpson
Women – Carmel Williams[1]
Australia did not win any medals.
1992
Australia represented by:
Men – Csaba Bobory [1][2]
Australia won no medals.
1996
No athletes
2000
Australia represented by:
Men - Bill Medley, Ross Schurgott
Officials - Head Coach - Joe Hoad (Head) ; Officials - Carmel Medley
Australia was given two wild card entries due to it being the host nation. It did not win any medals as no athlete progressed past the first round.[1][3]
2004
No athletes
2008
Australia represented by:
Women - Rebecca Julian, Sarah Lazzaro
Officials - Head Coach - Brian Berry, Section Manager - Barbara Talbot Catherine Morrow was selected but withdrew from the team.[4][5]
Australia did not win any medals.
2012
Australia represented by:
Women- Melissa Tapper, Rebecca McDonnell
Officials - Head Coach - Alois Rosario ; Team Leader - Roger Massie
[6]
Australia did not win any medals.
2016
Australia represented by:
Women- Daniela Di Toro, Melissa Tapper, Andrea McDonnell (d)
Men- Barak Mizrachi (d), Samuel Von Einem (d)
Officials - Head Coach - Alois Rosario ; Team Leader - Roger Massie
[7]
Sam Von Einem in winning the silver medal won Australia's first medal since Terry Biggs won gold in 1984.
(d)= Paralympic Games debut
References
- "Table tennis results". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- Australian Team Members Profile Handbook. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1992.
- Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
- Media Guide Beijing 2008 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
- Annual Report 2007-2008. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008.
- Media Guide : London 2012 Paralympic Games (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
- 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.