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Sam Carter (athlete)
Samuel Harrison Carter (born 6 August 1991) is a Paralympic athlete, who competes in 100m, 200m, 400m and 1500m T54 events. He has represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, as well as at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Personal Carter was born on 6 August 1991 in Toowoomba, Queensland with spina bifida. He attended Harristown State High School in Queensland. Before becoming a wheelchair racer, he was actively engaged in sport, in particular swimming and wheelchair basketball. In 2001, Carter attended a sports day held by Queensland Sporting Wheelies aimed at increasing the participation of disabled kids in sport, where he met Paralympian Geoff Trappett, who had won gold in the Men's T54 100m at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games and encouraged Carter to become involved in wheelchair racing. Carter has been an ethical vegan since 2017. He moved to Canberra in 2017 to make use of the training facilities at the Australian Institute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACT Greens
The ACT Greens is a green politics, green political party located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), and a member of the federation of the Australian Greens. Both parties were formed in 1992, three years after the ACT achieved self-government in 1989. Since its formation the ACT Greens has had a significant presence in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, ACT Legislative Assembly, having formed minority or Labor–Greens coalition, coalition governments with the ACT Labor Party, Labor Party since 2008. History 1995–1998 Assembly Two Greens candidates, Lucy Horodny and Kerrie Tucker, were successful at the 1995 election, the first to be run under the Hare-Clark system. The election resulted in a hung parliament, but the Liberal Party was able to form government with two independents. 1998–2001 Assembly Kerrie Tucker was left as the only Greens member during this assembly, in which the Liberal Party again formed government with the help of indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
