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Adrian Paul Grogan, OAM (born 6 July 1977) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He was born in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta, and has
cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...
. He won two bronze medals in the 200 m and 400 m events at the 1994
FESPIC Games The FESPIC Games or the Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled, was a multi-sport event in Asia and the South Pacific region which is considered to be a precursor to the Asian Para Games, as two of its edition games in 1999 (7th) and ...
in
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. He participated but did not win any medals at the
1996 Atlanta Paralympics The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million. It was the first Paralympic Games where Internatio ...
. At the
2000 Sydney Paralympics The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...
, 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 Medal of the Order of Australia.


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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 Australia Athletes from Sydney Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors Track and field athletes with cerebral palsy 1977 births Living people Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships FESPIC Games competitors Australian male sprinters Sportsmen from New South Wales {{Australia-Paralympic-medalist-stub