Joshua Hofer
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| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joshua Powell Hofer, OAM is an Australian swimmer with an intellectual disability. At the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap, he won eleven medals - five gold, four silver and two bronze medals.
Personal
[edit]Hofer grew up in Perth, Western Australia and attended Christ Church Grammar School.[1] He was employed for many years by Royal Perth Hospital supply department.[2]
Swimming career
[edit]In 1981, at the age of 17, he competed in swimming events at the 8th Special Olympics World Games in Minneapolis, Minnesota and won three gold medals in the Men's 4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay, Men's 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men's 100 m Backstroke and a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Breaststroke.[3]
At the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid, Spain, he won five gold medals in the Men's 100 m Backstroke, Men's 4 x 50 m Freestyle Relay, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men's 4 x 50 m Medley Relay and Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay, four silver medals in the Men's 50 m Butterfly, Men's 100 m Butterfly, Men's 50 m Backstroke, Men's 200 m Backstroke and two bronze medals in the Men's 200 m Freestyle and Men's 400 m Freestyle.[4][5] In 1994, he competed at the first IPC Swimming World Championships in Malta and won a silver medal in the Men's 50 m Butterfly S14 and bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Freestyle S14.
In 2012, at the age of 38, he was training with the aim of competing at the 2012 London Paralympics.[2] He is a member of the Beatty Park Masters Swimming Club.[2]
Recognition
[edit]- 1993 - OAM for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Madrid 1992 Paralympic Games.[6]
- 2000 - Australian Sports Medal[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Hiatt, Bethany (9 November 2012). "Old boys to inspire new generation at school". West Australian. Retrieved 13 April 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c "Joshua sets sights on Paralympics". Guardian Express. 28 February 2012.
- ^ "Gold !" (PDF). Chronicle - Christ Church Grammar School (8). 1991. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "History in Madrid". Link: 28. November 1992.
- ^ "Madrid 1992 Paralympic Medallists". paralympicanorak. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Joshua Powell Hofer". It's An Honour. Archived from the original on 16 August 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- Australian male backstroke swimmers
- Australian male butterfly swimmers
- Australian male freestyle swimmers
- Intellectual Disability category Paralympic competitors
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
- Swimmers from Perth, Western Australia
- Living people
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- 1973 births
- Sportsmen from Western Australia