Elaine Schreiber

Elaine Schreiber
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born (1939-06-04)4 June 1939
Died 11 June 2017(2017-06-11) (aged 78)
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Athletics
Paralympic Games
1964 Tokyo Club throw A
1964 Tokyo Javelin A
Table tennis
Paralympic Games
1968 Tel Aviv Doubles class C
1964 Tokyo Singles class B

Elaine Annette Schreiber (4 June 1939 – 11 June 2017) was an Australian Paralympic table tennis player and athlete. She contracted poliomyelitis as a child.[1] At the 1964 Tokyo Games, she won a gold medal in the women's club throw A event, a silver medal in the women's javelin A event, and a bronze medal in the women's singles B event.[2] At the 1968 Tel Aviv Games, she won a silver medal in the women's doubles C event with Marion O'Brien;[3] she also competed but did not win any medals in athletic events at the 1968 games.[2] She participated without winning medals in athletics events at both the 1972 Heidelberg and 1976 Toronto Games, and also participated in table tennis at the latter games.[2]

In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal.[4]

Schreiber died on 11 June 2017.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "From Trauma to Rehabilitation and Elite Sport:" (PDF). Clearinghouse for Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Women's Doubles C Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "SCHREIBER, Elaine: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "SCHREIBER Elaine Annette". Herald Sun. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
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