Stan Kosmala

Stan Kosmala
Personal information
Nationality  Australia

Stan Kosmala is an Australian Paralympic competitor, who has competed in athletics, wheelchair basketball, lawn bowls and shooting. He contracted polio at the age of two.[1] He is married to Paralympic shooter Libby Kosmala, whom he met through wheelchair sport,[2] and has two sons and two grandchildren.[3][4]

He participated in the 1976 Toronto Games in athletics events, and also as a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team.[5][6] He won a gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Games in the Men's Pairs 2–6 event with Roy Fowler.[5] At the 2000 Sydney Games, he came ninth just behind his wife in the preliminary round of the Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH1- event, and did not make the final.[5][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Libby Kosmala interviewed by Nikki Henningham". Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Turner, Matt (11 January 2012). "Out with a bang: Kosmala aiming for London". News Review Messenger. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  3. ↑ "Libby Kosmala". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  4. ↑ "Grandma Libby Guns for Gold". International Paralympic Committee. 15 April 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
  6. ↑ Labanowich, Stan; Thiboutot, Armand. "Team Rosters:Paralympic Games (Men) 1960–1980" (PDF). Wheelchairs Can Jump. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Results for 2000 Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH1- event". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 April 2012.