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Australia competed at the 1992 Games in Barcelona for physically and vision-impaired athletes. Immediately after the Barcelona Games, the city of Madrid held events for athletes with an intellectual disability. The Madrid results are not included in International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Australia finished 7th in the total medal count winning 76 medals (24 gold, 27 silver and 25 bronze medals). Australia competed in 13 sports and won medals in 3 sports - swimming, athletics and weightlifting. Australia finished first in the medal tally at the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid. ==Notable Performances== Notable Australian performances included: * Louise Sauvage, a wheelchair racer, winning 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal〔〔 In her first Paralympics, Louise Sauvage, at only 19 became the first women to break the 30sec mark for the 200m with a time of 29.03 winning her third gold medal of the games. "You get such a buzz when you win, I love it," Sauvage said. * Priya Cooper, an cerebral palsy swimmer, winning 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals〔〔 She carried the Australian flag at the closing ceremony. * Anne Currie, an S6 swimmer, winning 3 gold and 1 bronze medals〔〔 * Four athletes won two gold medals - visually impaired thrower Russell Short, cerebral palsy sprinter Alison Quinn, visually impaired swimmer Tracey Cross and swimmer Tracy Barrell〔〔 * Jodi Willis competed in athletics and goalball and won gold in the Women's Shot Put B2 and silver in the Women's Discus B2. She was the last Australian athlete to compete in more than one sport at the same Games.〔〔 Previously many athletes competed in multiple sports at the same Games. 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 1992 Summer Paralympics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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