| 词条 | Kevin Coombs |
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| headercolor = yellow | name = Kevin Coombs | image = 201000 - Opening Ceremony paralympian Kevin Coombs torch - 3b - 2000 Sydney opening ceremony photo.jpg | image_size = | caption = Coombs carries the Paralympic torch as part of the torch relay at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Opening Ceremony | birth_name = | fullname = Kevin Richard Coombs | nickname = | nationality = Australia | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1941|5|30}} | birth_place = Swan Hill, Victoria | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | website = | country = Australia | sport = Wheelchair basketball | event = | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = |medaltemplates= }}Kevin Richard Coombs, OAM[1] (born 30 May 1941) is an Australian wheelchair basketballer and athlete who competed at 5 Paralympics including the first Paralympic Games in 1960.[2][2] He was the first Australian Aboriginal Paralympic competitor for Australia.[2] Personal{{Quote box|align=left |width=35% |quote=It was a really big effort because they [the medical team] didn't know how we were going to travel – we didn't know how we were going to travel either. |source=Kevin Coombs[3] }} Coombs was born on 30 May 1941 in the Victorian town of Swan Hill, to Cecil Coombs and Rosie Clayton. After losing his mother at age five, he and his four siblings lived with relatives in the New South Wales town of Balranald.[4] He grew up in rural Victoria in a large family.[5][6] He became a paraplegic at the age of 12 when he was accidentally shot in the back while out shooting rabbits.[9] He spent time at the Royal Austin Rehabilitation Hospital in Melbourne where he was introduced to sport as part of his rehabilitation program.[9] One of the sports that he competed in was wheelchair basketball. He competed in the first Australian championships in 1960 and was then selected to compete at the 1960 Summer Paralympics.[9] Coombs only brought one wheelchair to the Paralympic Games, the wheelchair he used every day. His wheelchair weighed about {{convert|40|kg}}.[7] Outside of sport, Coombs worked for the Victorian Department of Human Services until 2000. During his career with the Health Services he established the Koori Hospital Liaison Officer program, was the coordinator of the Koori Drug and Alcohol Program and was also Manager of the Koori Health Unit.[5] Before working at the Department of Health Services, Coombs worked for Community Services Victoria.[5] He is a Wotjobaluk Elder.[15] Sporting careerCoombs was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1960 Rome, 1968 Tel Aviv, 1972 Heidelberg, 1980 Arnhem and 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics.[8] He served as coach/captain at the 1972 games and as captain at the 1984 games.[9] He also participated in athletics events at the 1968 and 1972 Paralympics.[10] He captained the silver-medal-winning Australian wheelchair basketball team at the 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Dunedin, led the Australian team in gold medal performances at the 1977 and 1982 FESPIC Games, captained the team at the 1977 Silver Jubilee Games, and played in the 1983 Wheelchair Basketball World Championship.[8][9] Contribution to the community
RecognitionIn 1983 Coombs received a Medal of the Order of Australia "in recognition of service to sport for the disabled and to Aboriginal welfare".[1] He had a street named after him at Sydney Olympic Park.[7] In 2000, Coombs was selected as a torch bearer for the Paralympic torch relay, carrying the torch inside the Stadium.[12] That year, he received an Australian Sports Medal.[13] In 2007, Coombs was inducted into the Australian Basketball Hall of Fame.[8] Basketball Australia holds a national annual Kevin Coombs Cup for Juniors with the first held in 2007.[14] In 2011, the Victorian Department of Health and Department of Human Services named a meeting room in honour of Coombs achievements.[15] In 2012, Coombs was inducted into the Victorian Indigenous Honour Roll.[16] He is a life Member of Paravics / Wheelchair Sports Victoria.[9] In December 2016, he was inducted into the Australian Paralympic Hall of Fame.[17] At the 2016 Australian Paralympic Committee awards, the Uncle Kevin Coombs Medal for the Spirit of the Games was awarded for the first time.[17] Bibliography
Notes1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=873036&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Coombs, Kevin Richard, OAM|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=4 October 2012}} 2. ^{{cite book|page=239|editor-first=Michael|editor-last=Roberts|title=Great Australian Sporting Moments|publisher=The Miegunyah Press|year=2008|location=Melbourne, Victoria|isbn=978-0-522-85547-0}} 3. ^{{harvnb|International Paralympic Committee|2010|p=6}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Kevin Coombs OAM (born 1941)|url=http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/index.php/aboriginal-affairs/projects-and-programs/leadership/victorian-indigenous-honour-roll/victorian-indigenous-honour-roll-2012-inductees/kevin-coombs-oam-born-1941|website=Victorian Indigenous Honour Roll website|accessdate=14 October 2014}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Mr Kevin Coombs|url=http://www.deewr.gov.au/Indigenous/Schooling/Programs/Documents/IEAP/MrKevinCoombs.pdf|publisher=Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations|accessdate=28 May 2012|format=PDF}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Paralympic pioneer celebrates two major milestones |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/paralympic-pioneer-celebrates-two-major-milestones |accessdate=29 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508013218/https://www.paralympic.org.au/news/paralympic-pioneer-celebrates-two-major-milestones |archivedate= 8 May 2012 |df= }} 7. ^1 {{harvnb|International Paralympic Committee|2010|p=7}} 8. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://basketball.net.au/index.php?id=909|title=Kevin Coombs|publisher=Basketball Australia|accessdate=28 May 2012}} 9. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.deewr.gov.au/Indigenous/Schooling/Programs/Pages/KevinCoombs.aspx|title=Kevin Coombs|publisher=Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations|accessdate=4 October 2012}} 10. ^{{IPC profile|surname=Coombs}}. Retrieved 4 October 2012 11. ^{{cite web|title=This Sporting Life |url=http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe-health/healthy-mind/item/3372-kevin-coombes.html |publisher=Deadly Vibe Group |accessdate=28 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325022636/http://www.vibe.com.au/vibe-health/healthy-mind/item/3372-kevin-coombes.html |archivedate=25 March 2012 |df= }} 12. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|last=Willis|first=Andrian|title=Didj u Know – Kevin Coombs|url=http://www.abc.net.au/messageclub/duknow/stories/s887827.htm|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=8 April 2004|accessdate=28 May 2012}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=975934&search_type=quick&showInd=true|title=Coombs, Kevin: Australian Sports Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=4 October 2012}} 14. ^{{cite web|title=Wheelchair Basketball|url=http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=845|publisher=Australian Basketball Association|accessdate=28 May 2012}} 15. ^{{cite web|title=Naming of conference room honours Kevin Coombs OAM |url=http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/about-the-department/news-and-events/news/general-news/naming-of-conference-room-honours-kevin-coombs-oam |publisher=Department of Human Services and Department of Health |accessdate=28 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413175555/http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/about-the-department/news-and-events/news/general-news/naming-of-conference-room-honours-kevin-coombs-oam |archivedate=13 April 2012 |df= }} 16. ^1 {{cite web|title=A conversation with Uncle Kevin Coombs – part one. |url=http://iivn.org.au/2014/10/14/a-conversation-with-uncle-kevin-coombs-part-1/ |website=International Indigenous Volunteer Network website |accessdate=14 October 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021175014/http://iivn.org.au/2014/10/14/a-conversation-with-uncle-kevin-coombs-part-1/ |archivedate=21 October 2014 |df= }} 17. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Walsh|first1=Scott|title=Dylan Alcott wins double at Australian Paralympic Awards|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/olympics-2016/dylan-alcott-wins-double-at-australian-paralympic-awards/news-story/ee02e262ebc0ea1cfcf0e7ca58c06392|date=8 December 2016|work=The Courier-Mail|accessdate=9 December 2016}} References{{refbegin|1}}
|author=International Paralympic Committee |title=50 Years – Remember Rome |journal=The Paralympian |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |year=2010 |issue=3 |ref=harv}}{{refend}} External links
18 : Paralympic athletes of Australia|Paralympic wheelchair basketball players of Australia|Indigenous Australian Paralympians|Wheelchair basketball players at the 1960 Summer Paralympics|Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair basketball players at the 1968 Summer Paralympics|Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair basketball players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair basketball players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair basketball players at the 1984 Summer Paralympics|Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors|Sportspeople from New South Wales|Sportspeople from Victoria (Australia)|People with paraplegia|Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia|Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal|1941 births|Living people |
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