73:) and 2 silvers (100m and 1500m Paraplegic 2 class). As one of 157 Australian athletes to compete in 1982, his record contributed significantly to Australia's win of 315 medals at those games. As a long-term member of the Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association, Nitz also represented Queensland in the following major sporting events:
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in 1969 left him paraplegic. In the following year he competed in the 6th
Wheelchair Nationals, in Melbourne, which was the start of a long sporting career. Nitz married after returning to Australia from the FESPIC Games in Hong Kong in 1982. His wife, Dr Jennifer Nitz, who established a career in
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Nitz was also a member of the
Queensland Para-Cycling Committee for five years from 2009 before resigning. In his last competitive event, representing Queensland in a 50-kilometre hand cycling race at the 2002 national titles in Sydney, he finished the course coming last but also achieved his
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In 1991, Nitz established Nitz
Hydraulic Services to assist contractors with estimating, contract administration and design work. In 2019, he was recognised by the Master Plumbers' Association of Queensland for reaching his twenty-five-year milestone with the association.
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clinical lecturing and research in physiotherapy at the
University of Queensland, provided him with the support, assistance and professional training and guidance without which he could never have continued on with his sport.
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in Hong Kong, Nitz medalled in all of his events, winning 3 golds (200m, 400m and
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National
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National Wheelchair Basketball Championships, Perth 1987
262:"NHS Round 2 proves no holiday on the Sunshine Coast"
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198:"F.E.S.P.I.C. Games Disabled athletes' success"
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326:"Sporting Wheelies Queensland Hall Of Fame"
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173:"One of five gold medals won by Fred Nitz"
63:Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association
104:National Wheelchair Basketball team, 1992
89:12th Wheelchair Nationals, Melbourne 1981
357:Australian wheelchair basketball players
241:"CQ launches Accessible Cycling Program"
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283:"About us"
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