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Full name | Richard Alden Oliver | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Gawler, South Australia | 16 April 1955||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Alden Oliver, OAM [1] (born 16 April 1955) [2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketball player. He was born in the South Australian town of Gawler. [2] He participated in athletics at both the 1976 Toronto and 1980 Arnhem Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in 1980 in the Men's 100 m 4 event. [3] He held the world records in the 100 m and 200 m events. [2] He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at all Paralympics from 1976 to 1996. [3] [4] [5] He won a gold medal as part of the winning team at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, [3] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. [1]
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Full name | Richard Alden Oliver | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Gawler, South Australia | 16 April 1955||||||||||||||||||||
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Richard Alden Oliver, OAM [1] (born 16 April 1955) [2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketball player. He was born in the South Australian town of Gawler. [2] He participated in athletics at both the 1976 Toronto and 1980 Arnhem Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in 1980 in the Men's 100 m 4 event. [3] He held the world records in the 100 m and 200 m events. [2] He was part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at all Paralympics from 1976 to 1996. [3] [4] [5] He won a gold medal as part of the winning team at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, [3] for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia. [1]