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词条 Gary Hooper (Paralympian)
释义

  1. Personal

  2. Career

  3. Recognition

  4. References

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Gary Leslie Hooper, MBE[1] (born 11 February 1939) is an Australian Paralympic competitor. He won seven medals at three Paralympics from 1960 to 1968.

Personal

Hooper was born on 11 February 1939 in Sydney.[2] He never knew his biological father, and lived with his stepfather.[2] He contracted polio at the age of eleven, and lost the use of both his legs.[2] He grew up near Newcastle in Toronto. [3]

He worked as a bookkeeper, and later as a public speaker and accessibility consultant.[2] He was a judge in fencing at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[2] He has been married to Janice since 1964, and they have two sons.[2]

Career

At the 1960 Rome Games, Hooper won a silver medal in the Men's Precision Javelin B event.[4] At the 1964 Tokyo Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Wheelchair Dash above T10 event and two silver medals in the Men's Wheelchair Relay above T10 and Men's Lightweight weightlifting events;[4][5] he also competed in swimming and wheelchair fencing at the games.[4] At the 1968 Tel Aviv Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's 100 m Wheelchair A event and two silver medals in the Men's 4x40 m Relay open and Men's Shot Put B events; he also competed in swimming, weightlifting, and wheelchair fencing at the games.[4] He participated in the 1962, 1966, and 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Perth, Jamaica, and Edinburgh, respectively.[2]

Recognition

Hooper became a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1969 "for achievements at the Paraplegic Olympics".[1]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1084398&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Hooper, Gary Leslie, MBE|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=18 February 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4972103|title=Gary Hooper interviewed by Rob Willis|publisher=Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project|date=19 August 2010|accessdate=18 February 2012}}
3. ^{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Lauren |title=There’s something about Gary |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/theres-something-about-gary/ |publisher=Paralympics Australia|date=15 February 2019|accessdate=15 February 2019}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Hooper&fname=Gary&gender=all|title=Athlete Search Results|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=18 February 2012}}
5. ^{{cite book|page=520|title=Paralympic Games results : Rome 1960 to Atlanta 1996|author1=International Paralympic Committee|author2=Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee|location=Sydney, Australia|publisher=Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee|year=2000|oclc=223030936}}
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