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Ross Edward Sutton 〔 is an Australian Paralympian and was Australia's first gold medallist at the Paralympic Games.〔 Sutton was from Armidale, New South Wales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/first-australian-paralympic-medals-go-display )〕 In 1958, 21-year-old Sutton was involved in a Tiger Moth plane crash near Armidale whilst taking a flying lesson. The crash left him paralysed.〔Peter FitzSimons described the background to the crash. Sutton was in love with a young woman in the region and decided to drop a lover letter to her whilst flying. FitzSimons noted that he realized after he dropped it ''that it was not sufficiently weighted and his love was "blowin' in the wind", like a mad thing. Ross doubled the Moth back to try to catch it … and crashed.'' Sutton attended the first Summer Paralympics in Rome, Italy after undergoing two years of rehabilitation. He won a gold medal in Men's St Nicholas Round open archery. This was Australia's first gold medal at the Paralympic Games.〔 At the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Perth, Western Australia, he won gold medal in Dartchery, silver medal in Men's Team Sabre Fencing and bronze medals in the Gentleman FITA Round and Gentleman Windsor Round. Sutton died in 2000. His family donated his gold medal, with two bows, a box of arrows and various pieces of archery equipment to the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC), in what is arguably the most significant piece of sporting memorabilia in the APC’s collection. His medal and equipment have been on display at the National Sports Museum.〔 “ ==References== 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「Ross Sutton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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