Australia at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Australia at the Paralympic Games

Flag of Australia
IPC code  AUS
NPC Australian Paralympic Committee
At the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver
Competitors 11 in 2 sports
Officials 15
Flag bearer Toby Kane (Opening)[1] Cameron Rahles-Rahbula (Closing)[2]
Medals
Rank: 16		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
3		 Total
4
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

Australia sent 11 competitors to compete in two disciplines at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada.[3] The delegation also consisted of 3 sighted guides and 17 support staff. This was the largest delegation Australia had sent to a Winter Paralympics.

Disability classification

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; and les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[4][5] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Events with "B" in the code are for athletes with visual impairment, codes LW1 to LW9 are for athletes who stand to compete and LW10 to LW12 are for athletes who compete sitting down. For the 2010 Paralympics alpine skiing events grouped athletes into sitting, standing and visually impaired categories.[6] The same three classifications are also used to group competitors in cross-country skiing.[7]

Administration

Team officials were:
Chef de Mission – Michael Hartung
Assistant Chef de Mission – Nick Dean
Coaches - Steve Graham (Head Coach), Matthew Lyons (Senior Coach), Michael Gould (Assistant Coach), Daniel Weiland (Nordic Coach)
Medical – Geoff Thompson (Team Doctor), Brett Robinson (Soft Tissue Therapist), Jason Patchell (Psychologist)
Media – Tim Mannion (Manager), Margie McDonald (Media Liaison Officer)
Support Staff – Caroline Walker (Games Coordinator) Alan Dean (Equipment Support), Michael Googan (Attache), Curtis Christian (Ski Technician) [8]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Mayberry, MartyMarty Mayberry Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill – Standing 18 March
 Bronze Gallagher, JessicaJessica Gallagher Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom – Visually Impaired 14 March
 Bronze Rahles-Rahbula, CameronCameron Rahles-Rahbula Alpine Skiing Men's Slalom – Standing 15 March
 Bronze Rahles-Rahbula, CameronCameron Rahles-Rahbula Alpine Skiing Men's Super Combined – Standing 20 March

Events

Alpine skiing

Women
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Time Rank
Jessica Gallagher Slalom visually impaired 57.57 56.83 2:04.35 3rd
Giant slalom visually impaired 1:41.24 1:43.40 3:24.64 7
Melissa Perrine Downhill visually impaired 1:33.30 5
Slalom visually impaired 1.09.56 1.12.92 2.22.47 8
Giant slalom visually impaired 1:37.57 DNF –
Super-G visually impaired 1:46.35 7
Super combined visually impaired DNF Did not advance –
Men
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Time Rank
Bart Bunting Downhill visually impaired DNF –
Giant slalom visually impaired 1:28.85 DNS –
Shannon Dallas Downhill sitting DNS –
Slalom sitting 56.86 1:00.79 1:57.65 17
Giant slalom sitting 1:23.10 1:26.42 2:49.52 6
Super-G sitting 1:25.21 11
Super combined sitting 1:25.21 DNF –
Mitchell Gourley Slalom standing 1:00.92 58.08 1:59.00 27
Giant slalom standing 1:15.76 1:17.27 2:33.03 12
Super-G standing 1:25.38 10
Toby Kane Downhill standing 1:25.26 10
Slalom standing 56.28 54.70 1:50.98 11
Giant slalom standing 1:15.50 1:15.53 2:31.03 10
Super-G standing DNF –
Super combined standing DNF Did not advance –
Marty Mayberry Downhill standing 1:22.78 T2nd
Slalom standing DSQ Did not advance –
Giant slalom standing DNF Did not advance –
Super-G standing 1:30.50 24
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula Downhill standing 1:22.88 4
Slalom standing 53.08 54.61 1:47.69 3rd
Giant slalom standing 1:13.73 1:15.34 2:29.07 6
Super-G standing 1:22.65 5
Super combined standing 1:25.19 48.34 2:13.85 3rd
Nicholas Watts Slalom standing 1:10.80 DNF –
Giant slalom standing 1:35.29 1:48.48 3:23.77 35
Super-G standing 1:47.84 33

Cross-country skiing

Athlete Event Factor % Qualification Semifinal Final
Real Time Result Rank Result Rank Real Time Result Rank
James Millar 1km sprint classic, standing 3:47.97 22 Did not qualify 22
10km classic, standing 33:12.7 22
20km free, standing 1:02:33.5 18
Dominic Monypenny 1km sprint classic, sitting 2:27.60 26 Did not qualify 26
10km classic, sitting 30:26.7 22
15km free, sitting 44:55.7 17

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Flagbearers from Opening Ceremony" (PDF). IPC. 12 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Rahles-Rahbula flag-bearer". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 21 March 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Athletes: Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, The Official Website of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
  4. ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  5. ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
  6. ↑ "Sport Profiles, Alpine Skiing". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from Skiing.aspx the original Check |url= value (help) on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  7. ↑ "Sport Profiles; Cross Country Skiing". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  8. ↑ Media Guide – Vancouver 2010 12–21 March (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2010.

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