Australian Paralympic Powerlifting Team

Australia has been represented in weightlifting / powerlifting at every Games between 1964 and 2012 and, in that time, won a medal at every Games except 1984 and 2012.^[1] Paralympic powerlifting has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since 1984. Weightlifting had been on the Paralympic program since 1964, however after the 1992 Games the International Paralympic Committee made the decision drop weightlifting and hold powerlifting events only.

Notable Australian athletes include:

Vic Renalson, has won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal in weightlifting events. He also won 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals in athletics events.^[2]
Brian McNicholl, has won 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals in weightlifting and powerlifting events.^[3]
Darren Gardiner, has won 2 silver medals.^[4]

Medal table


Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1964 Tokyo	0	3	0	3
1968 Tel Aviv	1	0	0	1
1972 Heidelberg	1	0	0	1
1976 Toronto	1	0	1	2
1980 Arnhem	0	0	2	2
1984 Stoke Mandeville	0	0	0	0
1988 Seoul	0	1	2	3
1992 Barcelona	1	0	0	1
1996 Atlanta	0	1	0	1
2000 Sydney*	0	1	0	1
2004 Athens	0	1	0	1
2008 Beijing	0	1	0	1
2012 London	0	0	0	0
Totals (13 entries)	4	8	5	17

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Summer Paralympic Games

Australian representatives in weightlifting and powerlifting.

1964

Australia represented by:
Men – Michael Dow, Gary Hooper, Vic Renalson ^[1]
Australia won three silver medals.

Medal	Name	Event
Silver	Michael Dow	Men's Featherweight
Silver	Gary Hooper	Men's Lightweight
Silver	Vic Renalson	Men's Heavyweight

1968

Australia represented by:
Men – Gary Hooper, Vic Renalson^[1]

Medal	Name	Event
Gold	Vic Renalson	Men's Heavyweight

1972

Australia represented by:
Men – Dennis Kay, Terry Mason, Vic Renalson^[1]

Medal	Name	Event
Gold	Vic Renalson	Men's heavyweight

1976

Australia represented by:
Men – Terry Mason, Vic Renalson^[1]

Medal	Name	Event
Gold	Vic Renalson^[1]	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Terry Mason^[1]	Men's light featherweight

1980

Australia represented by:
Men – Barry Kalms, Brian McNicholl, John Sheil^[1]

Medal	Name	Event
Bronze	Barry Kalms^[1]	Men's lightweight −65 kg amputee
Bronze	Brian McNicholl^[1]	Men's middleweight −75 kg paraplegic

1984

Australia represented by:
Men – Brian McNicholl^[1]
Australia did not win any medals. Brian McNicholl came 4th in his event.^[1]^[5]

1988

Australia represented in powerlifting by:
Men – Michael Farrell, Matthew Pobje^[1]
Australia represented in weightlifting by:
Men – Ray Epstein, Brian McNicholl, Arnie Money, Paul O'Brien, Col Richards ^[1]

Medal	Name	Event
Silver	Matthew Pobje	Men's 100 kg
Bronze	Michael Farrell	Men's 100 kg
Bronze	Brian McNicholl	Men's 85 kg

1992

Australia represented by:
Men – Ray Epstein, Steve Green, Brian McNicholl ^[1]^[6]

Medal	Name	Event
Gold	Brian McNicholl	Men's 90 kg

1996

Australia represented in powerlifting by:
Men – Willem Bos, Michael Farrell, Brian McNicholl, Richard Nicholson
Coach – Blagoi Blagoev^[1]^[7]

Medal	Name	Event
Silver	Brian McNicholl	Men's Up To 90 kg

2000

Australia represented in powerlifting by:

Men – Shaun Cavuoto, Darren Gardiner, Steve Green, Paul Hyde, Richard Nicholson, Kahi Puru, Wayne Sharpe
Women – Deahnne McIntyre, Julie Russell, Vicky Machen, Kim Neuenkirchen, Melissa Trafela, Sue Twelftree
Coaches – Blagoi Blagoev (Head), Ray Epstein

Medal	Name	Event
Silver	Richard Nicholson^[1]^[8]^[9]	Men's 60 kg

2004

Australia represented in powerlifting:
Men – Darren Gardiner, Steve Green, Wayne Sharpe
Women – Deahnne McIntyre
Coaches – Martin Leach (Coach), Michael Farrell^[1]^[10]

Medal	Name	Event
Silver	Darren Gardiner^[1]^[8]^[11]\| Men's +100 kg

Gardiner originally finished third but was awarded the silver medal after Habibollah Mousavi gold medallist in +100 kg was disqualified after a positive doping test.

2008

Representing Australia in powerlifting:
Men – Darren Gardiner, Abebe Fekadu
Women – Deahnne McIntyre
Coaches – Ray Epstein (Head Coach), Bill Nancarrow^[1]^[12]

Medal	Name	Event
Silver	Darren Gardiner	Men's 100 +kg

2012

Selected team of 2 athletes.
Men – Darren Gardiner and Abebe Fekadu.
Coaches – Ray Epstein (Head)
Darren Gardiner, a previous Games medallist competed at his fourth Games and Fekadu, a refugee from Ethiopia at his second Games. Australia did not win any medals.

2016

No athletes selected.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Powerlifting and weightlifting results". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
^ "Vic Renalson". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
^ "Brian McNicholl". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
^ "Darren Gardiner". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
^ "Results of VII World Wheelchair Games". Sports 'n spokes: 12. November–December 1984.
^ "History". Australian Paralympic Committee Media Guide Beijing 2008. Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008. p. 16.
^ Golden days of Atlanta : Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta, Georgia, August 15–25, 1996. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1996.
^ ^a ^b Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
^ "Australian 2000 Paralympic Team". Pandora WSebsite. Archived from the original on 19 October 2000. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
^ Media Guide – Athens 2004 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2004.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "15 November 2004". International Paralympic Committee Website. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
^ Media Guide Beijing 2008 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u "Powerlifting and weightlifting results". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

[2] "Vic Renalson". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

[3] "Brian McNicholl". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

[4] "Darren Gardiner". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

[5] "Results of VII World Wheelchair Games". Sports 'n spokes: 12. November–December 1984.

[media-guide-6] "History". Australian Paralympic Committee Media Guide Beijing 2008. Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008. p. 16.

[7] Golden days of Atlanta : Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta, Georgia, August 15–25, 1996. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1996.

[media-8] Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.

[pandora-9] "Australian 2000 Paralympic Team". Pandora WSebsite. Archived from the original on 19 October 2000. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

[media2004-10] Media Guide – Athens 2004 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2004.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[11] "15 November 2004". International Paralympic Committee Website. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

[media2008-12] Media Guide Beijing 2008 (PDF). Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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