Phillip Tracey

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Phillip Tracey
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Nationality  Australia

Phillip John Tracey is an quadriplegic Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m Freestyle 1A event.[1] He won three silver medals at the 1988 Seoul Games in the Men's 100 m Freestyle 1A, Men's 25 m Backstroke 1A and Men's 50 m Freestyle 1A events.[1] He competed in swimming without winning a medal at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics,.[1] He was from Murrumbeena, Victoria [2] and 34 at the time of the Games.[3]

In 2002, Tracey in a specially designed wheelchair for paragliding had a paraglider flight Mystic near Bright, Victoria. This was a first paraglider flight for a quadriplegic.[4] At the time, Tracey was Chairman of Wheelchair Sports Victoria. [4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Results for Phillip Tracey from the International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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