Charlie Tapscott
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| Full name | Charles Tapscott | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | Wollongong , New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18/12/1993 | |||||||||||||||||
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Charlie Tapscott is an Australian Paralympic amputee swimmer and table tennis player from Wollongong, New South Wales. At the 1980 Arnhem Games, he competed in swimming and table tennis, winning two silver medals in Men's 50 m Backstroke J and Men's 50 m Freestyle J events.[1]
He was inducted into New South Wales Hall of Champions.[2] In 1981, he went on a hunger strike outside New South Wales Government Insurance Office over a damages award.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "C. Tapscott". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ^ "Honour Roll". NSW Hall of Champions. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ "All Their Own Work". The Bulletin. 101 (5272). 21 July 1981.
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