| 词条 | Stephen Simmonds (swimmer) |
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| name = Stephen Simmonds | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = | nicknames = | nationality = {{AUS}} | club = | collegeteam = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | medaltemplates={{MedalSport |Swimming}}{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}{{MedalBronze | 1992 Barcelona |Men's 200 m Medley SM10}} }}Stephen Leslie Simmonds is an Australian Paralympic swimmer and disabled waterskiing world champion. In February 1982, at the age of six, his right leg was amputated below the knee after a car knocked him off his bike.[1] After the accident, he took up BMX riding, football, basketball, gymnastics and competitive swimming.[1] He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra. At the age of twelve, he was the first student with a disability to compete at the Australian Primary Schools Championships.[1] At the 1989 FESPIC Games in Kobe, Japan, he won a gold medal, two silver medals and a bronze medal in swimming events.[1] He dis not win a medal at the 1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled in Assen, Netherlands.[2] He won a bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Games in the Men's 200 m Medley SM10 event; He also competed in the Men’s 50 m Freestyle, Men’s 100 m Freestyle, Men’s 100 m Butterfly S10, Men's 4x100 m, Freestyle S7–10 and Men's 4x100 m Medley S7–10 events.[3] At the age of eleven, he started water skiing.[1] At the 1993 World Disabled Water Skiing Championships in France he won four gold medals and broke three world records and named Overall Men’s World Champion.[1] He was the first disabled person to perform a flip. He continues to water ski at a competitive level.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}. He won 25 medals at the Paralympics He had an Australian Institute of Sport Athletes with a Disability scholarship from 1993 to 1995 and in 1997.[4] In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal for his skiing achievements.[5] He is married to Fiona, and has two daughters Ruby and Tayla.[6] His daughters both water ski with Tayla Simmonds in 2011 being the youngest ever skier to contest the Moomba Championships at Melbourne.[6] He has walked the Kokoda Track.[7] He works as an electrical contractor.[7] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite news|title=Interview – Steve Simmonds|work=National Australian Waterskier Magazine|date=December 1993|issue=3|pages=8–9}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Simmonds, Stephen}}2. ^{{cite book|title=World Championships and Games for the Disabled - Swimming Results|year=1990|publisher=Organising Committee|location=Netherlands}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Athlete Search Results|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Simmonds&fname=Stephen&gender=all|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=25 February 2012}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport|year=2002|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|location=Canberra|isbn=1-74013-060-X}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=975526&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=SIMMONDS, Stephen: Australian Sports Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=25 February 2012}} 6. ^1 {{cite news|last=Quick|first=David|title=Simmonds sisters shine in Catfish nationals|url=http://www.lakesmail.com.au/news/local/sport/waterskiing/simmonds-sisters-shine-in-catfish-nationals/2168636.aspx|accessdate=21 February 2012|newspaper=Lakes Mail|date=19 May 2011}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} 7. ^1 {{cite news|title=Simmonds targets new record|url=http://www.lakesmail.com.au/news/local/news/general/simmonds-targets-new-record/1601494.aspx|newspaper=Lakes Mail|date=20 August 2009|accessdate=21 February 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003175943/http://www.lakesmail.com.au/news/local/news/general/simmonds-targets-new-record/1601494.aspx|archivedate=3 October 2009|df=dmy-all}} 9 : Male Paralympic swimmers of Australia|Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics|Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia|Australian water skiers|Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic swimmers|Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal|Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics |
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