Hamish MacDonald (athlete)

Hamish MacDonald
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born 19 August 1974
Medal record
Athletics
Paralympic Games
Gold 1996 Atlanta Men's Shot Put F32-33
Silver 2004 Athens Men's Shot Put F32-33

Hamish MacDonald (born 19 August 1974) is a Paralympic athletics competitor from Australia.

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Personal

He was born on 19 August 1974 and lives in Waramanga, Australian Capital Territory.[1] He has cerebral palsy.[1] As of 2011, he has a job with the Australian Sports Commission.[1] MacDonald, alongside Branka Pupovac, Karni Liddell and Charmaine Dalli, was one of eighteen Australian Paralympians photographed by Emma Hack for a nude calendar.[2] His chest was shaved for the photograph and he appears nude from the waist up.[2]

Athletics

MacDonald is a seated shot putter.[1] He started competing in shot put in 1992 and first represented Australia that same year.[1] In 2002, at the World Championships, he set a world record in the seated shot put event.[1] At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he finished third in men's shot put.[1] He has competed at the Paralympic Games in Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.[1] He won a gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games in the Men's Shot Put F32-33 event.[3] He earned a silver medal at the 2004 Games in the Men's Shot Put F32-33 event.[1] At the 2008 Games, he finished sixth.[1]

Advocacy

MacDonald is an advocate for disabled sport, and travels the world to do this. He has visited the South Pacific and Caribbean in order to help create local disabled sport programs.[1] He has been involved with the International Paralympic Committee as a member of the International Paralympic Committee Athlete Commission.[1] In 1998, he became involved with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).[1] With the UNHCR, he visited two refugee camps located on the border between Thailand and Cambodia.[1] At the 2003 South Pacific Games, he was an athlete ambassador for the World Anti-Doping Authority.[1]

Recognition

MacDonald was named the Male Disability Athlete of the Year by the Australian Paralympic Committee in 2003.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Hamish MacDonald". Australian Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/hamish-macdonald. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Marks, Kathy (12 August 2000). "Calendar shows the naked truth about disabled athletes". The Independent (London, England). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/calendar-shows-the-naked-truth-about-disabled-athletes-711411.html. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=AUS&gender=all&medal=medals&sport=all&games=1996PG. Retrieved 29 September 2011.