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

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, 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

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, he won gold medals in weightlifting and the men's pentathlon. At the 1976 Toronto Games, he competed in athletics and weightlifting events, winning a bronze medal in the Men's Light-featherweight event. He coaches and promotes

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in the

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area. He assisted David Hall, a paralympic wheelchair gold medallist, early in his career. He is included in the list of Lithgow sporting champions.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mason, Terry 1943 births Living people Sportsmen from New South Wales Paralympic athletes for Australia Paralympic weightlifters for Australia Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic medalists in weightlifting Wheelchair-category Paralympic competitors Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Weightlifters at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics People with paraplegia Sportspeople from Lithgow, New South Wales 20th-century Australian sportsmen