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|name = Darren Gardiner |image = 170511 - Darren Gardiner - 3b - 2012 Team processing.jpg |imagesize = |caption = 2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Gardiner |fullname = |nationality = {{AUS}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|11|19|df=y}} |birth_place = Brisbane |death_date = |death_place = |height = |weight = {{convert|125|kg}} |collegeteam = |club = |medaltemplates={{MedalSport|Powerlifting}}{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}{{MedalSilver|2004 Athens|Men's Over 100 kg}}{{MedalSilver|2008 Beijing|Men's Over 100 kg}} | |nicknames = }} Darren Gardiner (born 19 November 1969) is an Australian Paralympic powerlifter. He has won two Paralympic silver medals in the Men's Over 100 kg powerlifting event. He did not medal at the 2012 Games. PersonalGardiner was born on 19 November 1969.[1] In 1994[1] ,at the age of 24, his left leg was amputated below the knee due to cancer.[2][1] He works as a sales manager.[2] He moved from Brisbane to Perth in 2006.[1] He weighs {{convert|125|kg}}.[1]Gardiner is also known by the nickname of 'The Bear'.[3]Gardiner was given this nickname because of his unusual pre-lift behaviour which sees him roar like a bear.[4] PowerliftingGardiner started powerlifting in 1995, and first represented Australia in 1998.[2] He competes in the Over 100 kg men division.[2] He has had the nickname "the bear" since 1997 because of the loud roaring noise he makes during competition.[1] {{As of|October 2011}}, he is ranked second in the world.[5] {{As of|May 2011}}, his personal best lift is 235 kg.[1] He competed at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics but did not win a medal.[6] At the 2004 Athens Games, he won a silver medal in the Men's Over 100 kg event,[6] when he lifted 227.5 kg.[5] He repeated his silver medal performance in the same event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.[5][6] In 2005, he competed at the Trafalgar event in Melbourne, where he won a bronze medal in the EAD category for powerlifting with a lift of {{convert|227.5|kg}}.[7] He has competed at several other events outside the Paralympics. In 2006, he finished second at the World Championships. That year, he took a bronze at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. He won a silver medal in 2007 at the European Open.[2] He did not compete for most of 2010 due to injury.[1] At the 2011 Oceania Paralympic Championships, part of the Arafura Games, he finished first with a score of 230, 70 more than second place competitor Abebe Fekadu.[5][8] He was selected to compete at the 2012 London Paralympics.[2] He did not medal at the 2012 Games, missing out on a bronze medal by 1 kg.[9] His retirement was announced in December 2012.[9]Darren's retirement marked the end of his successful 15 year career.[3] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8250771|publisher=Nine MSN|accessdate=10 November 2011|title=Bear ready to roar at London Paralympics|date=18 May 2011|first=Justin|last=Chadwick}} {{2012 Australian Paralympic Team}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gardiner, Darren}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|title=Darren Gardiner |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |accessdate=9 November 2011 |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/darren-gardiner |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317214542/http://paralympic.org.au/team/darren-gardiner |archivedate=17 March 2012 |df= }} 3. ^1 {{Cite web|url=http://wais.org.au/other/news_detail.php?id=1951|title=WAIS|last=WAIS|website=wais.org.au|access-date=2017-09-08}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/sportold/powerlifter-darren-gardiner/news-story/99e3540017d5c3dc3ef09ca656faf4d5|title=Darren Gardiner to roar for powerlifting gold|last=|first=|date=12 October 2010|work=The Australian|access-date=8 September 2017|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|accessdate=10 November 2011|publisher=Western Australian Institute of Sport|author=Wheelchair Sports Western Australia|title=The Bear Eyes Fourth Paralympic Campaign|date=3 October 2011|url=http://www.wais.org.au/other/news_detail.php?ID=1425}} 6. ^1 2 {{IPC profile|surname=Gardiner|givenname=Darren}}. Retrieved 14 August 2012. 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/weight-lifting/elite-athletes-with-drive-not-disability/2006/03/24/1143083994311.html |title=Elite athletes with drive, not disability |publisher=The Age |date=25 March 2006 |accessdate=3 January 2012 |first=David |last=Reid |archivedate=4 June 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604134512/http://www.theage.com.au/news/weight-lifting/elite-athletes-with-drive-not-disability/2006/03/24/1143083994311.html |deadurl=no |df= }} 8. ^{{cite web|accessdate=10 November 2011|url=http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=6-8475-0-0-0|publisher=2011 Oceania Paralympic Championships|title=2011 Oceania Paralympic Championships - Powerlifting}} 9. ^1 {{cite web|title=Bear bows out of weightlifting |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/news/bear-bows-out-powerlifting |work=Australian Paralympic Committee News |date=11 December 2012 |accessdate=11 December 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419122435/http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/bear-bows-out-powerlifting |archivedate=19 April 2013 |df= }} 17 : Paralympic powerlifters of Australia|Powerlifters at the 2000 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifters at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Powerlifters at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|Powerlifters at the 2012 Summer Paralympics|Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics|Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|Paralympic silver medalists for Australia|Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia|Amputee category Paralympic competitors|Australian amputees|Sportspeople from Brisbane|Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia|1969 births|Living people|Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting |
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