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Daniel Fitzgibbon, (born 15 June 1976) is an Australian Paralympic sailor, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. ==Biography== Daniel Gerard Fitzgibbon was born in The Brisbane suburb of Manly on 15 June 1976. Having sailed since the age of five, he joined the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron in 1990.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Daniel Fitzgibbon — Bio )〕 On 29 March 1997, an incident occurred at the Middle Harbour Yacht Club jetty in which he broke his neck, leaving him a quadraplegic. He sued the Waterways Authority for negligence at the New South Wales Supreme Court. Fitzgibbon, who claimed that he was pushed into the water, stated that it was their failure to include a handrail in the design of the jetty that caused him to fall off. They stated that he dived in because he thought a friend was drowning, and thus was responsible for the accident. His claim was unsuccessful, and he appealed to the High Court of Australia, who ruled by a 4–3 majority that the case should be re-heard on the basis that all the evidence presented at the original hearing was not properly considered.〔 In 2004 Fitzgibbon competed in the Disabled Sailing World Championship, which he won in his class,〔 and was jointly awarded the Disabled Sailor of the Year along with Andrew Hartley. In 2007, Fitzgibbon partnered with Rachael Cox in the SKUD International Championships, where they won a gold medal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sailor of the Year with a Disability )〕 They later competed in the IFDS World Championships and placed fifth.〔 They were jointly named as Sailors of the Year with a Disability.〔 The two teamed up again in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in the SKUD 18 class and won the silver medal.〔. Retrieved 20 October 2012.〕 The class, which premiered at the 2008 games, was created when Fitzgibbon convinced the International Foundation for Disabled Sailing to adapt the class to allow two sailors with disabilities to participate.〔 They were again jointly named the Sailors of the Year with a Disability.〔 After seeing Liesl Tesch in an SBS documentary about the boat ''Sailors with Disabilities'' competing in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Fitzgibbon contacted her in late 2010 and they formed a sailing partnership. He partnered with Tesch at the ISAF World Cup in January 2011 where they won gold, and at the IFDS World Championships in July, where they won bronze. The pair were jointly named as Sailors of the Year with a Disability, the fourth time Fitzgibbon won the award.〔 At the 2012 London Paralympics, the pair won a gold medal in the Mixed Two Person SKUD18.〔 At the 2014 IFDS World Championships in Halifax, Canada , Fitzgibbon teamed with Tesch to win the two-person SKUD 18 class.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ifdsworlds2014.ca/view-results.html )〕 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「Daniel Fitzgibbon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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