Boccia was the first cerebral palsy sport to be added to the Paralympic program in the 1984 Summer Paralympics.
Australia first started participating in the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1988 Seoul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2000 Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 Athens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 London | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Rio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Australia was represented by a team of four athletes:
Men - Bourke Gibbons OAM, Murray Parker, Donald Turton
Women - Lynette Coleman
Australia did not win any medals. [1]
Event | Athlete | Pool play | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W-L | Rank | Opposition
Result |
Opposition
Result |
Opposition
Result | |||
Mixed Individual C1 | Lynette Coleman | 0-3 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
Mixed Individual C2 | Burke Gibbons | 1-2 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
Murray Parker | 2-1 | 2 |
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Did not advance | |||
Donald Turton | 0-3 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
Mixed Team C1-C2 | Lynette Coleman
Murray Parker |
1-2 | 3 | Did not advance |
Australia represented by:
Australia did not win any medals.
Australia represented by:
The 1996 result was the best ever for an Australian team in Boccia, however they did not win any medals.
Australia represented in boccia by:
Most athletes did not progress from the first round of pool games. Scott Eslworth was the best performed athlete making the quarter-finals.
Australia did not participate
Australia did not participate
Australia did not participate
Australia selected Daniel Michel and his ramp assistant Ashlee McClure for their debut Games. Michel is the first player since the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. [2]
Australian Team at 2016 Summer Paralympics Detailed Results
Team - Daniel Michel (ramp assistant Ashlee McClure), Spencer Cotie (ramp assistant Zoe Dix) and Jamieson Leeson (ramp assistant Zoe Dix). [3] Officials - Ken Halliday (Head Coach); Caroline Walker (Team Manager); Sarah Skidmore (Carer). [4]
Daniel Michel won the Bronze Medal in the Mixed individual BC3
Australian Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Detailed Results
Boccia was the first cerebral palsy sport to be added to the Paralympic program in the 1984 Summer Paralympics.
Australia first started participating in the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
1988 Seoul | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 Atlanta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2000 Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 Athens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 London | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Rio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Australia was represented by a team of four athletes:
Men - Bourke Gibbons OAM, Murray Parker, Donald Turton
Women - Lynette Coleman
Australia did not win any medals. [1]
Event | Athlete | Pool play | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W-L | Rank | Opposition
Result |
Opposition
Result |
Opposition
Result | |||
Mixed Individual C1 | Lynette Coleman | 0-3 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
Mixed Individual C2 | Burke Gibbons | 1-2 | 3 | Did not advance | |||
Murray Parker | 2-1 | 2 |
![]() L 0:7 |
Did not advance | |||
Donald Turton | 0-3 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
Mixed Team C1-C2 | Lynette Coleman
Murray Parker |
1-2 | 3 | Did not advance |
Australia represented by:
Australia did not win any medals.
Australia represented by:
The 1996 result was the best ever for an Australian team in Boccia, however they did not win any medals.
Australia represented in boccia by:
Most athletes did not progress from the first round of pool games. Scott Eslworth was the best performed athlete making the quarter-finals.
Australia did not participate
Australia did not participate
Australia did not participate
Australia selected Daniel Michel and his ramp assistant Ashlee McClure for their debut Games. Michel is the first player since the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. [2]
Australian Team at 2016 Summer Paralympics Detailed Results
Team - Daniel Michel (ramp assistant Ashlee McClure), Spencer Cotie (ramp assistant Zoe Dix) and Jamieson Leeson (ramp assistant Zoe Dix). [3] Officials - Ken Halliday (Head Coach); Caroline Walker (Team Manager); Sarah Skidmore (Carer). [4]
Daniel Michel won the Bronze Medal in the Mixed individual BC3
Australian Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Detailed Results