Bruno Moretti (Paralympian)

Bruno Moretti
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Medal record
Table tennis
Paralympic Games
1960 Rome Men's Doubles Class B
Athletics
Paralympic Games
1968 Tel Aviv Men's Slalom A
1968 Tel Aviv Men's 100 m Wheelchair A
1968 Tel Aviv Men's 4x40 mm Relay open

Bruno Moretti is a former Australian Paralympic competitor. His spine was dislocated while he was being delivered at birth. .[1]

He won a silver medal in men's class b table tennis at the 1960 Rome Paralympics with Bill Mather-Brown.[2][3] At the 1968 Tel Aviv Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Men's Slalom A event and two silver medals in the Men's 100 m Wheelchair A and Men's 4x40 m Relay open events; he also participated in table tennis events and in the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team.[3][4] He coached Australia's wheelchair basketball team at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "From Trauma to Rehabilitation and Elite Sport:" (PDF). Clearinghouse for Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. ↑ International Paralympic Committee; Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee (2000). Paralympic Games results : Rome 1960 to Atlanta 1996. Sydney, Australia: Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee. p. 559. OCLC 223030936.
  3. 1 2 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
  4. ↑ Labanowich, Stan; Thiboutot, Armand. "Team Rosters:Paralympic Games (Men) 1960–1980" (PDF). Wheelchairs Can Jump. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Labanowich, Stan; Thiboutot, Armand. "Team Rosters:Paralympic Games (Men) 1984–2008" (PDF). Wheelchairs Can Jump. Retrieved 25 April 2012.


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