Andrew Pasterfield

Andrew Pasterfield

2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Pasterfield
Personal information
Full name Andrew Pasterfield
Nickname(s) Pasty
Nationality  Australia
Born (1989-11-23) 23 November 1989
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, backstroke
Classifications S10, SB9, SM10
Club Castle Hill RSL
Cranbrook Eastern Edge
Coach Greg Morrison

Andrew Bruce Pasterfield, OAM is a Paralympic swimmer from Australia.

Swimming

Andrew Bruce Pasterfield competed in the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, held in Eindhoven, Netherlands where he won a gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay event.[1][2]

Pasterfield at the 2012 London Paralympics
Pasterfield at the 2012 London Paralympics

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics Pasterfield won a gold in the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points, and three bronzes in the Men's 50 m Freestyle S10, 100 m Freestyle S10 and Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points.[3][4] He also participated in the Men's 100 m Backstroke S10 and Men's 100 m Butterfly S10 events.[4]

He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[2]

In 2016, he was awarded Speedo Services to the Australian Swim Team at the Swimming Australia Awards.[5]

See also

References

  1. Wake 2010, p. 4
  2. 1 2 "Australia Day honours list 2014: in full". Daily Telegraph. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. "Andrew Pasterfield - Athlete Results". London 2012 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. 1 2 Results for Andrew Pasterfield from the International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  5. "Swimming Australia Gala Dinner 2016". Swimming Australia website. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

Bibliography

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