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Robert McIntyre (Paralympian)

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146: 222: 203: 184: 165: 127: 57: 28: 311:, hit a pothole near the 20-kilometre (12 mi) mark, causing McIntyre to lose his balance and turn upside down in his wheelchair. Condon helped him get back into position, and he ended up finishing equal fourth. During his athletic career, he broke several national records, and held the world record for the 800 m event. 307:, he won a silver medal in the Men's 800 m 5 event and two bronze medals in the Men's 1,500 m 5 and Men's 5,000 m 5 events. He also participated in the marathon at the 1984 games; he was part of a bloc of Australian, Canadian, American and new Zealand athletes. The person in front of him, New Zealand's 296:, and began coaching and playing in the bottom-of-the-ladder Queensland wheelchair basketball team, the Brisbane Breakers. They lost the grand final match of the National Basketball Championships in 1978 by one point, and had back-to-back wins in 1980 and 1981. At the 265:, and was injured in a shooting accident when he was nine years old. His wheelchair basketball career began in 1968 when he represented Victoria at the National Wheelchair Games, where he was voted "best and fairest". He was then selected for the 571: 561: 551: 541: 576: 566: 556: 546: 536: 531: 322:. In 1995 he was inducted into the Australian Wheelchair Association's Wheelchair Basketball Hall of Fame. He died suddenly on 23 December 1995 at the age of 42. He was survived by his wife, Lee. 616: 496: 270: 417: 273:; he would go on to win medals at athletics events at every Paralympics until 1984, and participate in Australia's wheelchair basketball squad at every games until 1980. At the 611: 606: 621: 596: 591: 586: 581: 601: 636: 626: 526: 350: 631: 641: 318:
in 1983 and 1986. He was involved in wheelchair basketball at a national level until his retirement after the 1993 National Basketball Games on the
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Robert McIntyre in his trademark Brisbane Breakers No. 4 team shirt
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McIntyre was part of the first two Australian teams for the
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Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
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Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Australia
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Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
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Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team
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Australia
Paralympic Games
1968 Tel Aviv
1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville
1972 Heidelberg
1980 Arnhem
1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville
1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville
wheelchair basketball
Victoria
1968 Tel Aviv Paralympics
Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team
1972 Heidelberg Paralympics
1976 Toronto Games
1970 Edinburgh
1974 Dunedin
Queensland
1980 Arnhem Games
1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games
Graham Condon
Wheelchair Basketball World Championships
Gold Coast




Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association

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