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Paul Croft (born 11 March 1951) is an Australian arm amputee athlete who has participated in four Summer Paralympic Games. He was the Australian team captain and flag bearer at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics.
His first
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Personal
Croft was born on 11 March 1951 in Sydney. He was aTAFE
Technical and further education or simply TAFE (), is the common name in English-speaking countries in Oceania for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational cours ...
business studies teacher in Sydney. In 1992, he was Liverpool Citizen of the Year.
Paralympics career
His first Summer Paralympics
The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ...
was at the 1984 New York Paralympics, where he finished seventh in the Men's 1500m A6 and fourth in the Men's 5000m A6. At the 1988 Seoul Paralympics, he was appointed the Australian team captain. He participated in two sports. In athletics, he finished sixth in the Men's 10000m A6A8A9L4 despite an Achilles tendon injury. In table tennis he competed in the Men's Singles TT7 but do not progress past the preliminary round. At the 1992 Summer Paralympics
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, he finished seventh in the Men's 10000 m TS4. Croft qualified for the marathon 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.
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but was not selected due to the size of the team. At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, at the age of 49, he was a member of the Australian sitting volleyball
Sitting volleyball is a form of volleyball for athletes with a disability. As opposed to standing volleyball, sitting volleyball players must have at least one buttock in contact with the floor during the game.
History
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team. Croft had tried out for the standing volleyball team but transferred to sitting volleyball after he realized he was unlikely to be selected. He was originally not selected in the sitting volleyball team but fought to have the decision overturned. He ran a leg of the Sydney Paralympic Games Torch Relay.
In his post Paralympics career, Croft has been coaching at the Bankstown Sports Athletics Club and a regular swimmer. He has had three knee reconstructions and a serious push bike accident.
References
External links
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at Australian Athletics Historical Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Croft, Paul Living people 1951 births Paralympic athletes for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Long-distance runners with limb difference Australian amputees Australian male long-distance runners Athletes from Sydney Sportsmen from New South Wales