Michael Dow
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Michael Dow is an Australian Paralympic swimmer and weightlifter who won two gold, two silver and a bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Paralympics. He was one of only two Victorian athletes selected to compete at these games.
Biography
Dow contracted
Selection for the 1964 Summer Paralympics was based on Dow's outstanding results achieved at the National Championships. He competed in sprint, long-distance track, javelin, and weightlifting that was an Australian innovation, the program being developed in Perth.[4]
At the 1964 Summer Paralympics, he won two gold medals in the Men's 50 m Breaststroke incomplete class 3 and Men's 50 m Freestyle Supine incomplete class 3 events, a silver medal in Men's Weightlifting Featherweight event, a bronze medal in the Men's 50 m Freestyle Prone incomplete class 3 event.,[5] and a silver medal in the 4 x 60 metre wheelchair relay.[6]
Following his outstanding results at the 1964
Dow dropped out of competition for ten years, returned in 1979 and again in 1981 to compete in the Australian Paraplegic Championships. He then retired from competitive sport.[9]
References
- ^ Rob Hess, Matthew Klugman. THE FOUNDATION YEARS Disability Sport & Recreation. Victoria University October 2014.
- ^ Rob Hess, Matthew Klugman. THE FOUNDATION YEARS Disability Sport & Recreation. Victoria University October 2014.
- ^ Rob Hess, Matthew Klugman. THE FOUNDATION YEARS Disability Sport & Recreation. Victoria University, October 2014.
- ^ Rob Hess, Matthew Klugman. THE FOUNDATION YEARS Disability Sport & Recreation. Victoria University, October 2014.
- ^ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ISBN 0-9595274-2-7.
- ISBN 0-9595274-2-7.
- ^ "Monash University". RECORDS ARCHIVES.
- ^ Rob Hess, Matthew Klugman. THE FOUNDATION YEARS Disability Sport & Recreation. Victoria University October 2014.