Paul Mitchell (athlete)
 Paul Mitchell competing at the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid, Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Paul Graham Frederick Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 1970 England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paul Graham Frederick Mitchell, OAM[1] (born 24 October 1970 in England)[2] is a Paralympic athlete with an intellectual disability from Western Australia, Australia.
Athletics career
[edit]At the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid, Spain, he won a silver medal in the Men's 1500 m. Competing at the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships, he won a gold medal in the Men's 800 m T20.[3] At the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships, he competed in two events winning a silver medal in the Men's 5000m T20 and twelfth in the Men's 1500 m T20.[3]
He won a gold medal, with a personal best, at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 1500m T20 event,[4] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia.[1] In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.[5] In 2000, he was a carpenter.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mitchell, Paul Graham Frederick, OAM". It's an Honour. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ a b Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
- ^ a b "Paul Mitchell". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "Australian Honour Roll". Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report 2010. Australian Paralympic Committee: 10. 2010.
- ^ "Mitchell, Paul Graham: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
External links
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- Paralympic athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
- Intellectual Disability category Paralympic competitors
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- 1970 births
- Competitors in athletics with intellectual disability
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)