Paul Damian Cross, OAM[1] (born 10 February 1979)[2] is an Australian swimmer with an intellectual disability.[3] He was born in Brisbane, Queensland.[2] He competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in two events. At the 2000 Sydney Games, he competed in eight events and won a gold medal in the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle S14 swimming event,[4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.[5] In 1999, he was an Australian Institute of Sport Athlete with a Disability scholarship holder.[6]
 Action shot of Cross in the pool at the 2000 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Paul Damian Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 February 1979 Brisbane, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 1998 Christchurch IPC Swimming World Championships, he won silver medals in Men's 50m Butterfly and Men's 200m Individual Medley.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Cross, Paul Damien, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ a b Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta U.S.A. August 15-25 1996 : Australia : team handbook. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1996. p. 70.
- ^ "University students help train swimmer for Paralympics". University of Queensland News, 31 July 1996. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Cross, Paul: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN 1-74013-060-X.
- ^ Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games, Sydney, Australia. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000. p. 129.
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