Australian Paralympic Powerlifting Team
Australia has been represented in weightlifting / powerlifting at every Games between 1964 and 2012 and, in that time, won a medal at every Games except 1984 and 2012. Paralympic powerlifting has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since 1984. Weightlifting had been on the Paralympic program since 1964, however after the 1992 Games the International Paralympic Committee made the decision drop weightlifting and hold powerlifting events only. Notable Australian athletes include: * Vic Renalson, has won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal in weightlifting events. He also won 2 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals in athletics events. * Brian McNicholl, has won 1 gold medal, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals in weightlifting and powerlifting events. * Darren Gardiner, has won 2 silver medals. Medal table Summer Paralympic Games Australian representatives in weightlifting and powerlifting. 1964 Australia represented by: Men – Michael Dow, Gary Hooper, Vic Renalson Austr ...
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International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports. Founded on 22 September 1989 in Düsseldorf, West Germany, its mission is to "enable Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and inspire and excite the world". Furthermore, the IPC wants to promote the Paralympic values and to create sport opportunities for all persons with a disability, from beginner to elite level. The IPC has a democratic constitution and structure and is composed of representatives from 182 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), four international organizations of sport for the disabled (IOSDs) and five regional organizations. The IPC's headquarters is located in Bonn, Germany. Overview On the basis of being able to organize the Paralympic Games mor ...
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2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Games as organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). They were the first Summer Paralympics to be hosted by London, and the first hosted solely by Great Britain; the English village of Stoke Mandeville co-hosted the 1984 Games with Long Island, New York after its original host, the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, withdrew due to financial issues. In 1948, the village hosted the Stoke Mandeville Games—the first organised sporting event for athletes with disabilities, and a precursor to the modern Paralympic Games—to coincide with the opening of the 1948 Olympics in London. Organisers expected the Games to be the first Paralympics to achieve mass-market appeal, fuelled by continued enthusiasm over Great ...
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Powerlifting At The 1988 Summer Paralympics
Powerlifting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of nine events. Medal Table Medal summary References * 1988 Summer Paralympics events Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...

Ray Epstein
Ramon (Ray) Gary Epstein, (born 14 October 1959) is an Australian Paralympic weightlifter and powerlifting coach. He represented Australia in weightlifting at the 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona Paralympics and was Head Coach of the Australian Paralympic powerlifting team between 2003 and 2013. Personal Epstein was born in Brisbane. He became a paraplegic in 1972 following a gym accident. He became a member of the Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association in 1977 and competed in a number of sports including wheelchair basketball and athletics before focusing on weightlifting. He was admitted as a Chartered Accountant in 1985 and joined the Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association as Administration and Finance Manager in 1990. He was the chief executive officer of the Association from 1998 to December 2016, and was appointed to the Board of the Queensland Academy of Sport in 2008. In 2002, his wife Vicki wrote the book ''Step by step we conquer : the story of Queensland' ...
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Matthew Pobje
Matthew Pobjie is a Paralympic powerlifting competitor from Australia. He won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Games The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ... in the Men's Up To 100 kg event. References Paralympic powerlifters for Australia Powerlifters at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Australia Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in powerlifting 20th-century Australian sportspeople Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-weightlifting-bio-stub ...
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Michael Farrell (powerlifter)
Michael Farrell (born 2 October 1962) is an Australian Paralympic powerlifter. He was born in the South Australian town of Elliston. He won a bronze medal at the 1988 Seoul Games in the Men's Up To 100 kg event. He finished eight in the Men's Over 100 kg at the 1996 Atlanta Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References Paralympic powerlifters for Australia Powerlifters at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Powerlifters at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Living people 1962 births Paralympic medalists in powerlifting Sportsmen from South Australia {{Australia-weightlifting-bio-stub ...
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Weightlifting At The 1980 Summer Paralympics
Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Paralympics consisted of eleven events for men. Participating nations There were 58 male competitors representing 18 nations. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal summary Medal table There were 18 medal winners representing nine nations. Men's events References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 1980 Summer Paralympics 1980 Summer Paralympics events 1980 Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...

Barry Kalms
Barry Kalms is an Australian Paralympic weightlifter and athlete. At the 1980 Summer Paralympics The 1980 Summer Paralympics ( nl, Paralympische Zomerspelen 1980), branded as the Olympics for the Disabled, were the sixth Summer Paralympic Games. They were held in Arnhem, Netherlands, from 21 to 30 June 1980. Background The Soviet Union, h ... he won a bronze medal in the Men's Weightlifting Lightweight 65 kg amputee division and competed in various athletics events (specifically high jump, long jump and the 100 m). References Paralympic athletes for Australia Paralympic weightlifters for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Australian amputees Australian male weightlifters Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Paralympic medalists in weightlifting Australian male sprinters Au ...
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Weightlifting At The 1976 Summer Paralympics
Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of six events for men. Participating nations There were 43 male competitors representing 16 nations. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal summary Medal table There were 18 medal winners representing nine nations. Men's events References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 1976 Summer Paralympics 1976 Summer Paralympics events 1976 Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...

Weightlifting At The 1972 Summer Paralympics
Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of six events for men. Participating nations There were 46 male competitors representing 18 nations. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal summary Medal table There were 18 medal winners representing 10 nations. Men's events References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 1972 Summer Paralympics 1972 Summer Paralympics events 1972 Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...

Terry Mason
Terry Mason (born 29 March 1943) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and weightlifter, who won two bronze medals at two Paralympics. Biography Mason grew up in the New South Wales town of Lithgow, and participated in several sports in the local area as a child and young adult, such as football, field hockey, swimming, athletics and wrestling. At the age of 26, he was injured in an accident resulting in him being in a wheelchair. After the accident, Jack Wilkinson encouraged him to become involved in wheelchair sports to maintain his physical fitness. Two years after the accident, he was selected for the Australian team for the Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Edinburgh, but did not attend the event. At the 1972 Heidelberg Games, he competed in athletics and weightlifting, winning a bronze medal in the Men's Pentathlon 3 event. At the 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Dunedin, New Zealand, he won gold medals in weightlifting and the men's pentathlon. At the 1976 Toronto ...
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Weightlifting At The 1968 Summer Paralympics
Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of four events for men held 07 – 12 November 1968. Participating nations There were 28 male competitors representing 13 nations. * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal summary Medal table There were 12 medal winners representing nine nations. Men's events References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 1968 Summer Paralympics 1968 Summer Paralympics events 1968 Paralympics The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaired ...