Charlie Tapscott is an Australian Paralympic amputee swimmer and table tennis player from
Wollongong, New South Wales
Wollongong ( ; Dharawal: ''Woolyungah'') is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near water' or 'sound ...
. At the
1980 Arnhem Games, he competed in swimming and table tennis, winning two silver medals in Men's 50 m Backstroke J and Men's 50 m Freestyle J events.
He was inducted into New South Wales Hall of Champions. In 1981, he went on a hunger strike outside New South Wales Government Insurance Office over a damages award.
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Male Paralympic swimmers for Australia
Paralympic table tennis players for Australia
Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Table tennis players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic medalists in swimming
Australian male backstroke swimmers
Australian male freestyle swimmers
20th-century Australian sportsmen
Sportspeople from Wollongong
Sportsmen from New South Wales
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