Allan Robert Butler,
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(born 1976)
from
Tumut
Tumut () is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the banks of the Tumut River.
Tumut sits on the north-west foothills of the Snowy Mountains and is located on the traditional lands of the Wiradjuri, Wolgal ...
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is an Australian
Paralympic
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athlete.
In 1993, Butler moved to
Canberra to take up a residential scholarship at the
Australian Institute of Sport
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.
He won a gold medal at the
1992 Barcelona Games
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
in the Men's 4 × 100 m Relay TS2,4 event.
He also competed in the Men's 100 m TS4, Men's 200 m TS4 and Men's 400 m TS4 but did not medal.
[
Butler continues to be involved in ]Little Athletics
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in Tumut.
References
Paralympic athletes of Australia
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Living people
1976 births
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic track and field athletes
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Australian male sprinters
Sprinters with limb difference
Paralympic sprinters
20th-century Australian people
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