Terry Giddy
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Full name | Terence Kenneth Giddy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia | 2 April 1950|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 18 August 2023 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 73)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Terence Kenneth Giddy (2 April 1950 – 18 August 2023) was an Australian Paralympic athlete with paraplegia, who won six medals over six Paralympics.
Personal life
Terence Kenneth Giddy was born on 2 April 1950 in the New South Wales town of Kempsey, as the second of four children.[1][2] He became paraplegic at the age of 15 after a tree-felling accident.[3] He was married to Margaret from 1978 until her death in 2022,[4][5][6] and had three stepsons and two grandchildren.[3] He ran Big Terry's Little Gym, which trained powerlifters who won world titles.[2] He was 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) tall.[7]
Terry Giddy died in Kempsey on 18 August 2023, at the age of 73.[5][8] In the later part of his life, he lived at Bupa Aged Care Facility in West Kempsey.[9]
Career
Giddy became involved in paralympic sport after a dare. He said "It began at a Christmas party...we were racing up and down the back lane and I said to the boss if I train a bit harder I may get to the Commonwealth Games. My boss and colleagues said if I got picked they would send me away and that's how it started."[10]
Giddy's first national competition was the National Games in 1969, and his first international competition was the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Edinburgh, where he won three gold medals and a silver medal.[2] At the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics, he won a silver medal in the Men's 100 m Wheelchair 4 event,[11] and also participated in the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team.[12] He participated in the 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Dunedin, New Zealand.[2] He was selected for but did not participate in the 1976 Toronto Paralympics due to illness, and also did not participate in the 1980 Arnhem Paralympics.[2] He won a gold medal at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics in the Men's Discus 4 event, a silver medal in the same event at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics, a silver medal in the Men's Discus THW6 event and a bronze medal in the Men's Shot Put THW6 event at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, and a bronze medal in the Men's Shot Put F55 event at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics.[11]
Just before the
Recognition
In 1988, Giddy received an
References
- ^ "Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Athletes". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 20 January 2000. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Terry Giddy interviewed by Rob Willis and Tony Naar". Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "WorkCover Goes For Gold in Paralympics". No. 74. Workers Online. 20 October 2000. Archived from the original on 13 December 2000. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "Margaret Giddy interviewed by Rob Willis". Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ a b Robert B Walker Funerals (23 August 2023). "Terry Giddy funeral". Vimeo. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Search for Notices: Margaret Giddy". The Ryerson Index. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Giddy Terence". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 27 August 2006. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "Confirmation lettter about funeral of Terence Kenneth Giddy "Terry"" (PDF). Robert B Walker Funerals. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ "Paralympian who gave it his best shot". Bupa Media. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Khoury, Andre (1 March 2004). "Injury forces Paralympic legend to retire". The Macleay Argus. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ a b c "Terry Giddy". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
- ^ Labanowich, Stan; Thiboutot, Armand. "Team Rosters:Paralympic Games (Men) 1960–1980" (PDF). Wheelchairs Can Jump. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ Tedmanson, Sophie (21 October 2000). "Outnumbered, but Giddy in class of his own". The Australian. p. 52.
- ^ "Pittman the Fastest into Final in Womens 400m Hurdles". Athletics Australia. 22 March 2006. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ Barcelona Paralympics 1992 : Australian team members profile handbook. Glebe, New South Wales: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1992. 20779.
- ^ "Giddy, Terry: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "Tribute to Terence Kenneth Giddy". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Parliament of New South Wales: Legislative Assembly. 23 August 2023. pp. 80–81.
External links
- Terence 'Terry' Giddy at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Terry Giddy interviewed by Rob Willis and Tony Naar in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project, National Library of Australia, 2011
- Margaret Giddy interviewed by Rob Willis in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project, National Library of Australia, 2011