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Australia competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands. It was the 6th Summer Paralympic game in which Australia competed. Australia won 55 medals 12 gold, 21 silver and 22 bronze medals. Australia competed in 10 sports and won medals in 6 sports. It finished 14th on the gold medal table and 9th on the total medal table.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.paralympic.org/Results )〕 Notable Australian performances were: * In amputee athletes class: * * Charmaine Cree winning 5 medals in athletics 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal and 3 bronze medals〔 * * Wayne Lanham winning 2 medals in athletics 1 gold and 1 silver medal〔 * * Gary Gudgeon winning 4 medals in swimming 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal〔 * In vision impaired athletes: * * Gloria Pascoe winning the only gold medal for blind athletes in lawn bowls.〔 * * Carolyn Connors secured two silver medals and a bronze medal in swimming〔 * * Bruce Sandilands won a bronze medal in athletics.〔 * In spinal cord injury athletes class: * * Wayne Patchett, an Australian thrower, winning 3 gold medals〔 * * Eric Russell won a gold medal and two bronze medals〔 * * Mike Nugent won the silver medal in the 400metres, but his most notable performance was the 200metres event when he set a world record that was subsequently as the best individual performance by an Australian wheelchair athlete in 1980〔Epstein, ''Step by step we conquer'', 48.〕 * * Female shooters Barbara Caspers and Elizabeth Kosmala winning 6 medals between them including 2 gold medals〔 * Australian athletics team winning 34 medals out of the 55 medals won by Australia.〔 == Background == "I encourage all disabled people to follow your example and take an active part in sporting activities" This was the line delivered to the Paralympic team by the Prime minister at the time, Mr Malcolm Fraser. He remarked that "These Olympics are the culmination of many years of dedication and hard work." He congratulated the team "on behalf of the Government and all Australians" and wished them good luck and success. He spoke to the team on June 18 1980 and this was reported on in the national newspaper ‘The Australian’. To compete in the 1980 Paralympics in Arnhem, the athletes were required to raise their own funding for travel expenses as there was no governing body in Australia at the time.〔 One particular wheelchair athlete (Fred Pointer) was reported to be travelling from Melbourne to Sydney in his wheelchair to raise funds. He completed this in a wheelchair he designed his self. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australia at the 1980 Summer Paralympics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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