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Adrian Grogan
Adrian Paul Grogan, Order of Australia, OAM (born 6 July 1977) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He was born in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta, New South Wales, Parramatta, and has cerebral palsy. He won two bronze medals in the 200 m and 400 m events at the 1994 FESPIC Games in Beijing. He participated but did not win any medals at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, 1996 Atlanta Paralympics. At the 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2000 Sydney Paralympics, he won two gold medals in the Men's 4x100 m Relay T38 and Men's 4x400 m Relay T38 events, for which he received a Order of Australia, Medal of the Order of Australia. References External links Adrian Grogan – Athletics Australia Results * Paralympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Australia Recipients of the Medal of the Order of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parramatta, New South Wales
Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Parramatta River. Parramatta is the administrative seat of the Local government areas of New South Wales, local government area of the City of Parramatta and is often regarded as the main business district of Greater Western Sydney. Parramatta also has a long history as a second administrative centre in the Sydney metropolitan region, playing host to a number of state government departments as well as state and federal courts. It is often colloquially referred to as "Parra". Parramatta, founded as a British settlement in 1788, the same year as Sydney, is the oldest inland European settlement in Australia and is the economic centre of Greater Western Sydney. Since 2000, government agencies such as the New South Wales Police Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
