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Darren Brian Thrupp, OAM〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Thrupp, Darren Brian, OAM )〕 (born 6 December 1966) is an Australian Paralympic athlete competing mainly in category T37 sprint events. He has won nine medals at six Paralympics. ==Biography== Thrupp was born in the Queensland town of Kilcoy.〔 He acquired a brain injury in a car accident on a dusty Queensland road in February 1985 on the way home from a cricket match against Surat.〔 The accident affected the right side of his body, in a way similar to hemiplegic cerebral palsy.〔 Before the accident, like many young men from country Queensland, he was involved in running, cricket and playing A-grade rugby league for the Wallumbilla Herefords. He was looking forward to a rugby league career.〔 The people of Roma encouraged him to take up athletics. In 1987, he attended a Sporting Wheelies "come and try" day and his times qualified him for the 1998 Seoul Games.〔 His confidence was also assisted by being offered at job at the Roma Railway Station freight shed. 〔 Thrupp has highlighted the tremendous support of the country people of Wallumbilla and Roma in his rehabilitation and their financial support to allow him to attend many international competitions. In 1989, the community raised $6,000 to allow him to compete in a major competition Japan. He credits this support for assisting him to win a gold medal at 1992 Barcelona Games During his career, Thrupp has trained on his own in the bush around Wallumbilla.〔 His coaches have been in Brisbane. These have included Jo Hogan〔 and since 2001 Gary Bourne.〔 From 1994 to 1995, he had both an Australian Institute of Sport Athletics with a Disability non-residential scholarship and a Queensland Academy of Sport scholarship. He works as a porter.〔 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「Darren Thrupp」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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