James Nomarhas (born 15 November 1951) is an Australian Paralympic shooter. He won a silver medal at the

1996 Summer Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...

. He competed in pistol events at three successive

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from 1996, as well as at the World Shooting Championships, Oceania, Korean, German and National Championships, and the Arafura Games in 2009.

Personal

Nomarhas was born on 15 November 1951 in the

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country town of

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. Following completion of his high school education at Wagga Wagga High School, he was assistant photographer at

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for 5 years. At 23 years of age he transferred to the

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Canberra. Nomarhas's photographic skills were recognised. His photographic work "The flame lighting the stadium during the opening ceremony"at the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, was published in Part 11 of the text Benchmark Games. During his 34 years employment at the National Library, Nomarhas continued his sports shooting career. The classification system in Paralympic sport ensures that competition is fair and equal. It determines the eligibility of the athlete and how they are grouped for competition. Nomarhas, classified SH1 (Pistol) is open to athletes with both upper and / or lower limb impairment. It designates Sport Class status in accordance with Classification Rules of the

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Sports Shooting

At Nomarhas' first International

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, the

, he won the silver medal in Sports Pistol Mixed SH1 event, finished 22nd in Air pistol Men event. At the Sydney

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, he competed in Air Pistol Men, Free Pistol and Sports Pistol Mixed events. At the Athens

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, Nomarhas competed in Sport Pistol Mixed. At the 1998 World Shooting Championships for the Disabled in Santander, Nomarhas competed in Air Pistol Men, Sport Pistol .22, and Free Pistol events. At the 1999 Oceania Championships Cecil Park Sydney, Nomarhas, who competed in Air, Sport and Free Pistol events, won the bronze medal in Sport Pistol. According to the ISCD Chairman, Dane Baskin, these championships were the biggest held outside Europe. At the 1999 Deutsche Meisterschaft Sportschiessen, Munich Germany, Nomarhas finished in 16th position in Sport Pistol and 15th in Free Pistol events. At the Korean Open Shooting Championships for the Disabled, Seoul 1999, he competed in Air Pistol, finished one point behind Australian shooter Keith Bremner. At the 2006 IPC World Championships, Sargans Switzerland, Nomarhas competed in Three Team competition events with team members Stephen McCormack and Jeffery Lane, the Elimination Relay Nr. Competing at the Arafura Games 2009 - Shooting - Pistol/Air Rifle events, Nomarhas won the gold medal in both ISCD Air Pistol Men and Sport Pistol events, gold medaL ISCD Air Pistol Mens Teams with fellow team members S. McCormack and Mark Gleeson, bronze medal ISCD 50 metre Pistol event.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nomarhas, James Paralympic shooters for Australia Shooters at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Shooters at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Australia Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics 1951 births Living people Paralympic medalists in shooting Australian male sport shooters Sportspeople from Wagga Wagga Sportsmen from New South Wales 20th-century Australian sportsmen