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List of New Zealand Paralympians

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This is a list of Paralympians who have represented New Zealand at all Summer and Winter Paralympic Games since the nation's debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics. Athletes are listed according to their official Paralympic number, with a total of 237 as of the 2024 Summer Paralympics. This number is bestowed once a Paralympian has competed at their first Paralympic Games.

List

# Name Year of
debut 		Sport PNZ
1 Norman Brown 1968 Para archery, Para swimming, Para table tennis
2 Len Campbell 1968 Para athletics, Wheelchair fencing
3 Leo Close 1968 Para athletics
4 Graham Condon 1968 Para athletics, Para swimming
5 Rex Fattorini 1968 Para athletics, Para powerlifting
6 Bill Flood 1968 Para archery, Para athletics, Para bowls, Para table tennis, Wheelchair fencing
7 Bill Lean 1968 Para archery, Para athletics, Para powerlifting, Para table tennis
8 Graeme Marett 1968 Para archery, Para athletics, Para swimming, Para table tennis
9 Not Allocated
10 Reuben Ngata 1968 Para athletics, Para powerlifting, Para table tennis
11 Bill Plessius 1968 Para athletics
12 Philip Read 1968 Para table tennis
13 Eve Rimmer 1968 Para archery, Para athletics, Para swimming
14 Jim Savage 1968 Para archery, Para athletics, Para table tennis
15 John Stott 1968 Para swimming, Para table tennis
16 Rodney Wright 1968 Para archery, Para swimming
17 Neroli Fairhall 1972 Para archery, Para athletics
18 Keith McCormick 1972 Para athletics, Para swimming
19 Dennis Miller 1972 Para athletics, Para table tennis
20 Tina Morgan 1972 Para athletics, Para swimming
21 Chris Nicholls 1972 Para archery, Para athletics, Para swimming
22 Paul Chambers 1976 Para athletics, Para swimming
23 Fred Creba 1976 Para athletics, Para powerlifting
24 Ross Hynds 1976 Para athletics, Para archery
25 Brian McNicholl 1976 Para athletics, Para powerlifting
26 Doug Moore 1976 Para athletics, Para table tennis
27 Peter Baddeley 1980 Para alpine skiing
28 Edward Nichols 1980 Para alpine skiing
29 Craig Philip 1980 Para alpine skiing
30 Greg Cochrane 1980 Para athletics, Para swimming
31 John Eden 1980 Para athletics, Para swimming
32 Kaye Firth 1980 Para athletics, Para swimming
33 Brian Froggatt 1980 Para athletics, Para powerlifting
34 Latoa Halatau 1980 Para athletics
35 Patricia Hill 1980 Para athletics
36 Chris Moran 1980 Para athletics, Para swimming
37 Ken Raymond 1980 Para archery, Para athletics
38 Tewai Skipwith-Halatau 1980 Para athletics
39 Dave Tarrant 1980 Shooting Para sport
40 Edwyn (Ed) Bickerstaff 1984 Para alpine skiing
41 Denis Butler 1984 Para alpine skiing
42 Martin Clark 1984 Para alpine skiing, Para sailing
43 Patricia (Trish) Craig 1984 Para alpine skiing
44 Mark Edwards 1984 Para alpine skiing
45 Viv Gapes (Martin) 1984 Para alpine skiing
46 Christopher Orr 1984 Para alpine skiing
47 Denise Cook 1984 Para athletics
48 Robert Courtney 1984 Para athletics
49 Roly Crichton 1984 Para swimming
50 Michelle Hadfield 1984 Para athletics
51 Morice Hennessy 1984 Para athletics
52 Michael O'Callaghan 1984 Para athletics
53 Alison Smith 1984 Shooting Para sport
54 Colin Willis 1984 Shooting Para sport
55 Patrick Cooper 1988 Para alpine skiing
56 Lorraine Te Punga 1988 Para alpine skiing
57 Grant Buchanan 1988 Para athletics
58 Janette Cordery 1988 Para athletics, Para swimming
59 John Davies 1988 Para bowls
60 Brent Gibson 1988 Para swimming
61 Peter Horne 1988 Para bowls
62 Lesli Mancktelow 1988 Para athletics
63 Stelios Meimaris 1988 Para athletics
64 David Mills 1988 Para athletics
65 Yvonne Mills 1988 Para athletics
66 Stuart Minifie 1988 Para athletics
67 Tui Rupe 1988 Para athletics
68 Brad Vear 1988 Para athletics
69 Chris Adamson 1992 Para alpine skiing
70 Stuart Graham 1992 Para alpine skiing
71 Kevin O'Sullivan 1992 Para alpine skiing
72 Devin Shanks 1992 Para alpine skiing
73 Mark Weeks 1992 Para alpine skiing
74 Glenn Barnes 1992 Wheelchair tennis
75 Aaron Bidois 1992 Para swimming
76 Evan Clulee 1992 Para athletics
77 Gavin Foulsham 1992 Para athletics
78 Denise Gow 1992 Para athletics
79 Belinda Keogan (née Honey) 1992 Para swimming
80 David (Dave) MacCalman 1992 Para athletics
81 Jenny Newstead 1992 Para swimming
82 Cristeen Smith 1992 Para athletics
83 John Sorensen 1992 Wheelchair tennis
84 Kevin Aleksich 1994 Para alpine skiing
85 Matthew Butson 1994 Para alpine skiing
86 Joanne Duffy 1994 Para alpine skiing
87 Hayden Brown 1996 Para swimming
88 Rewiti Cameron 1996 Para swimming
89 Jacque Courtier 1996 Wheelchair tennis
90 Jayne Craike 1996 Para equestrian
91 Rob Creagh 1996 Wheelchair rugby
92 Henk Dijkstra 1996 Boccia
93 John Dowall 1996 Para athletics
94 Jason Griffiths 1996 Para swimming
95 Steve Guthrie 1996 Wheelchair rugby
96 Duane Kale 1996 Para swimming
97 Paul Leefe 1996 Wheelchair rugby
98 Carey Lineham 1996 Para athletics
99 Ben Lucas 1996 Para athletics
100 Peter Martin 1996 Para athletics
101 Mervyn Mathews 1996 Para bowls
102 Andrew May 1996 Para sailing
103 Gary McMurray 1996 Wheelchair rugby
104 Jeferey Muralt 1996 Para athletics
105 Curtis Palmer 1996 Wheelchair rugby
106 Cameron Scott 1996 Para sailing
107 Grant Sharman 1996 Wheelchair rugby
108 Thomas Simeon 1996 Boccia
109 Derek Stewart 1996 Para sailing
110 Marilyn Stratford 1996 Wheelchair tennis
111 Sholto Taylor 1996 Wheelchair rugby
112 Geremy Tinker 1996 Wheelchair rugby
113 Chris Wornall 1996 Para sailing
114 Rachael Battersby 1998 Para alpine skiing
115 Steven Bayley 1998 Para alpine skiing
116 Sue Gardiner 1998 Para alpine skiing
117 Dean Booth 2000 Para swimming
118 Tanya Bradley 2000 Para athletics
119 Paul Britnell 2000 Wheelchair tennis
120 David Collie 2000 Para athletics
121 Phil Edwards 2000 Para sailing
122 Wayne Fleming 2000 Wheelchair tennis
123 Ross Flood 2000 Boccia
124 Mark Inglis 2000 Para cycling
125 Paul Jesson 2000 Para cycling
126 Tim Johnson 2000 Wheelchair rugby
127 Paul Van Den Munckhof 2000 Boccia
128 Justin Muschamp 2000 Wheelchair rugby
129 Bill Oughton 2000 Wheelchair rugby
130 Hadleigh Pierson 2000 Para swimming
131 Gillian Pollock 2000 Para swimming
132 Tim Prendergast 2000 Para athletics
133 Garth Reynolds 2000 Para sailing
134 Stacey Roche 2000 Boccia
135 Matthew Slade 2000 Para athletics
136 George Taamaru 2000 Para powerlifting
137 Sean Tretheway 2000 Para swimming
138 Gary Williams 2000 Boccia
139 Chris Wood 2000 Para sailing
140 Tracey Wright 2000 Para powerlifting
141 Willie Beattie 2004 Para athletics
142 Dan Buckingham 2004 Wheelchair rugby
143 Terry Faleva’ai 2004 Para athletics
144 Theresa Griffin 2004 Para swimming
145 Kate Horan 2004 Para athletics, Para cycling
146 Greig Jackson 2004 Boccia
147 Miriam Sheppard 2004 Para swimming
148 Michael Johnson 2004 Shooting Para sport
149 Jeremy Morriss 2004 Boccia
150 Tiffiney Perry 2004 Wheelchair tennis
151 Sarah Powell 2004 Para swimming
152 Liam Sanders 2004 Boccia
153 Daniel Sharp 2004 Para swimming
154 Fiona Southorn 2004 Para cycling
155 Maurice Toon 2004 Boccia
156 Jai Waite 2004 Wheelchair rugby
157 Anthony Field 2006 Para alpine skiing
158 Adam Hall 2006 Para alpine skiing
159 Kerri Bonner 2008 Boccia
160 Annemarie Donaldson 2008 Para cycling
161 Annaliisa Farrell 2008 Para cycling
162 Jessica Gillan (née Hamill) 2008 Para athletics
163 David Klinkhamer 2008 Wheelchair rugby
164 Cameron Leslie 2008 Para swimming
165 Jayne Parsons 2008 Para cycling
166 Sophie Pascoe 2008 Para swimming
167 Amanda Slade 2008 Boccia
168 Paula Tesoriero 2008 Para cycling
169 Adam Wakeford 2008 Wheelchair rugby
170 Peter Williams 2010 Para alpine skiing
171 Jan Apel 2012 Para sailing
172 Timothy Dempsey 2012 Para swimming
173 Rebecca Dubber 2012 Para swimming
174 Mary Fisher 2012 Para swimming
175 Paul Francis 2012 Para sailing
176 Phillipa Gray 2012 Para cycling
177 Anthea Dixon (née Gunner) 2012 Para equestrian
178 Daniel Holt 2012 Para swimming
179 Nikita Howarth 2012 Para swimming
180 Aine Maeve Kelly-Costello 2012 Para swimming
181 Danny McBride 2012 Para rowing
182 Susan Reid 2012 Para cycling
183 Holly Robinson 2012 Para athletics
184 Christopher Ross 2012 Para cycling
185 Nathan Smith 2012 Para cycling
186 Rachel Hughes (née Stock) 2012 Para equestrian
187 Laura Thompson 2012 Para cycling
188 Corey Peters 2014 Para alpine skiing
189 Carl Murphy 2014 Para snowboard
190 Amanda Cameron 2016 Para cycling
191 Richard Dodson 2016 Para sailing
192 Caitlin Dore 2016 Para athletics
193 Jason Eales 2016 Shooting Para sport
194 Emma Foy 2016 Para cycling
195 Anna Grimaldi 2016 Para athletics
196 Stephen Hills 2016 Para cycling
197 Liam Malone 2016 Para athletics
198 Scott Martlew 2016 Para canoe
199 Hamish McLean 2016 Para swimming
200 Rory McSweeney 2016 Para athletics
201 Tupou Neiufi 2016 Para swimming
202 Jacob Phillips 2016 Para athletics
203 Byron Raubenheimer 2016 Para cycling
204 Greg Reid 2016 Shooting Para sport
205 Jesse Reynolds 2016 Para swimming
206 Chris Sharp 2016 Para sailing
207 Fraser Sharp 2016 Para cycling
208 William Stedman 2016 Para athletics
209 Hannah van Kampen 2016 Para cycling
210 Lisa Adams 2020 Para athletics
211 Danielle Aitchison 2020 Para athletics
212 Hayden Barton-Cootes 2020 Wheelchair rugby
213 Sarah Ellington 2020 Para cycling
214 Cody Everson 2020 Wheelchair rugby
215 Corbin Hart 2020 Para canoe
216 Robert Hewitt 2020 Wheelchair rugby
217 Barney Koneferenisi 2020 Wheelchair rugby
218 Tainafi Lefono 2020 Wheelchair rugby
219 Gareth Lynch 2020 Wheelchair rugby
220 Eltje Malzbender 2020 Para cycling
221 Rory Mead 2020 Para cycling
222 Nicole Murray 2020 Para cycling
223 Gavin Rolton 2020 Wheelchair rugby
224 Anna Steven 2020 Para athletics
225 Anna Taylor 2020 Para cycling
226 Mike Todd 2020 Wheelchair rugby
227 Ben Tuimaseve 2020 Para athletics
228 Aaron Ewen 2022 Para alpine skiing
229 Devon Briggs 2024 Para cycling
230 Matthew Britz 2024 Para table tennis
231 Peter Cowan 2024 Para canoe
232 Wojtek Czyz 2024 Para badminton
233 Louise Duncan 2024 Para equestrian
234 Mitch Joynt 2024 Para athletics
235 Lili-Fox Mason 2024 Para swimming
236 Neelam O'Neill 2024 Shooting Para sport
237 Gabriella Smith 2024 Para swimming
238 Joshua Willmer 2024 Para swimming

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Milestones

  • In Atlanta 1996, Paralympian #96 Duane Kale won 4 gold medals, a silver and a bronze in a single Paralympic Games - the best result of any New Zealander at a single Paralympics or Olympics.
  • Paralympian #166 Dame Sophie Pascoe has won 19 Paralympic medals over four Paralympic Games from Beijing 2008 - Tokyo 2020 - making her the most decorated New Zealander at the Paralympics or Olympics.
  • New Zealand's first Paralympic medals were won by Paralympian #13 Eve Rimmer. Eve competed in Para athletics and Para swimming, picking up 1 gold, two silvers and a bronze. She was the only medallist in the first NZ Paralympic Team at Tel Aviv 1968 and also the only woman.
  • At London 2012, at the tender age of 13, Paralympian #179 Nikita Howarth became New Zealand’s youngest ever Paralympian.
  • At Innsbruck 1984, Paralympian #45 Viv Gapes (nee Martin) won 3 medals and became New Zealand’s first ever Winter Paralympic medallist.

See also

Notes

  1. There is no NZ Paralympian #9. Doug MacDonald was originally believed to have attended the 1968 games, but it was later confirmed that although selected he did not attend.
  2. Given name is shown as Steve in sources from PNZ, but as Stephen in source from IPC.

References

  1. "The Celebration Project kicks off in Auckland making history by 'numbering' and acknowledging New Zealand Paralympians for the first time". Paralympics New Zealand. 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  2. "Paralympians more respected now, says triple gold winner Cameron Leslie". Stuff.co.nz. 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  3. "PNZ Annual Report 2022, pg 28". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  4. ^ "Paralympians". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  5. "Steve Guthrie". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  6. "Stephen Guthrie". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
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