The second Commonwealth Paraplegic Games were held in
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...
from 14 to 20 August 1966. There were 133 athletes from 10 countries.
The Games were opened by
Prince Philip
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from E ...
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Participating nations
The following nations participated at the games:
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Sports
Sports on the program included:
* Archery
* Athletics
* Dartchery
* Pentathlon (Archery, Athletics & Swimming Events)
* Snooker
* Swimming
* Table Tennis
* Weightlifting (Men Only)
* Wheelchair Basketball (Men Only)
* Wheelchair Fencing
Venues
Performance
Australia
The Australian team included 8 men and 3 women.
Ten members of the team had competed at the 1962 Games and come away with gold medals, but the total delegation was smaller than in 1962 owing to a lack of funds.
The only newcomer to the Australian team was
John Martin. He competed in four sports, para-athletics, para-swimming, wheelchair basketball and table tennis.
Martin won silver in the men's 50 yard freestyle Class C event.
Lorraine Dodd
Lorraine McCoulough-Fry (née Dodd) (6 September 1944 – 26 November 2004) was an Australian Paralympic swimmer, athlete and table tennis player.
Personal
Dodd was born in the Perth suburb of Subiaco on 6 September 1944, as the youngest of ...
was Australia's only female competitor from Western Australia on the team. Going to the Games to compete in swimming, Dodd did not feel she had gotten in enough training.
Daphne Ceeney
Daphne Jean Hilton (née Ceeney; 7 January 1934 – 25 July 2016) was an Australian Paralympic competitor. She was the first Australian woman to compete at the Paralympic Games. She won fourteen medals in three Paralympics in archery, athleti ...
was another member of the Australian delegation, winning gold in wheelchair fencing.
Ceeney set a world record in the women's 50 m freestyle Class D event in a Games record time of 45.6 seconds.
The Australian delegation included Mikko Tamminen, who won 5 medals at the Games. His gold medals were in shot put and middleweight weightlifting. His silvers were in the javelin and club throw. His sole bronze medal came in the discus. The Finnish born competitor immigrated to Australia in 1951 and was injured in an accident in 1957. He died a year after the 1966 Games took place.
Vic Renalson
Victor "Vic" Allen Renalson, MBE (1926/1927 – July 1998) was an Australian athlete, weightlifter, and track and field coach. He won ten medals at four Paralympics from 1964 to 1976, and worked as a track and field coach for both Olympic and P ...
came away from the Games with 2 golds, 2 silver and 1 bronze. He competed in para-athletics in Kingston.
Following the Games, he started to get involved with athletics coaching.
The team manager was
Kevin Betts
Kevin Francis Betts, OAM (13 August 1926 – 4 May 1990) was a sports administrator known for his work in the Paralympic movement in Australia and his founding work related to wheelchair sports in New South Wales.
Personal
Born 13 August 1926, ...
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England
The English team included swimmer Sue Masham. She won silver in the women's 25 m breaststroke class A event. It also included swimmer Margaret Gibbs, who finished second in the women's 50 m freestyle Class D event.
Jamaica
The delegation from Jamaica included Octavius Morgan, who set a world record in the men's 50 yard freestyle Class C event in a time of 53.7 seconds.
New Zealand
New Zealand also participated in these Games. Their team manager was Max Steward. They had a better funding situation than their Australian competitors, but some team members withdrew early because of medical issues. The team included 1962 Games gold medalist Auckland's Pompey Heremaia. Heremaia competed in the precision javelin, snooker, shot put, club throw and wheelchair fencing.
Heremaia was New Zealand's sole representative at the 1962 Games; here he won medals in snooker and javelin.
Scotland
The Scottish team included Ruth Harvey, who claimed silver in women's wheelchair fencing.
Overall performance
England and Jamaica were leaders for medals in the pool. They had 3 gold medals each. Australia followed closely behind with 2. Scotland was the only other country with gold in the pool with one.
World and other records fell in the pool. One was set by Lorraine Dodd in the women's 25 m breaststroke class A event, where she posted a world record time of 32.0 seconds.
Final medal table
England, Australia and Scotland were the top three nations.
See also
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Commonwealth Paraplegic Games
The Commonwealth Paraplegic Games were an international, multi-sport event involving athletes with a disability from the Commonwealth countries. The event was sometimes referred to as the Paraplegic Empire Games and British Commonwealth Paraplegi ...
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1966 Commonwealth Games at
Kingston, Jamaica
References
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Commonwealth Paraplegic Games
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Commonwealth Paraplegic Games
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