Rheed mccracken paralympics archery

Mccracken breaks 100m t34 world record on day two of world. The make up of those events changed substantially from the 2012 games, and consisted of three mens events, three womens events and three events for mixed. Kelly and jones at the 2016 paralympics michellie yvonne jones am m. Now hes a triple paralympian and dual gold medallist, and thanks sport for changing his life. Athletes with disabilities such as spinal injuries, cerebral palsy, amputations and les autres take part. Rheed mccracken of australia competes in the t34 mens 200m heats on day six of the london 2012 paralympic games at olympic stadium on september 4, 2012 in london, england. Jun 29, 2016 a few short weeks stand between olympic athletes and the muchanticipated opening ceremony of the rio 2016 olympic and paralympic games. Smeenk austin canada mccracken rheed australia mitic bojan switzerland pruitt austin united states of america mobre sebastien france. Official live stream of archery at the rio 2016 paralympics, 718 sep. They began talking about australian wheelchair racer kurt fearnley, mccrackens hero.

Paralympic athlete nathan donaldson, born 19 april 2002, competes for in athletics. Having only started wheelchair racing two years before making his paralympic debut, twotime paralympian rheed mccracken is on track to become a legend of his sport. Wheelchair racer rheed mccracken is learning from his idol kurt fearnley ahead of the rio paralympics. The 2016 australian paralympic team below is the full list of athletes selected on to the 2016 australian paralympic team. The official torch lighting will usher in 29 days of nailbiting headtohead and teamtoteam action. His success led him to be named the 2012 junior athlete of the year as part of the australian paralympian of the year awa. Paralympian rheed mccracken on his preparation for the games. The competition has featured in every paralympic games, since they began back in 1960. Rheed mccracken athletics rheed is a paralympic wheelchair racer, who at 15 was the youngest member of the australian team at the london 2012 paralympic games where he won a bronze and silver medals in the 100m and 200m t34 events. My name is caroline mccracken, im a 16yr old archer from central virginia. He represented australia at the 2016 rio paralympics. Paralympics archery doesnt differ much from olympics archery archers shoot at targets at a distance of either 50m or 70m, with the bullseye scoring 10 points. Richard colman wikimili, the best wikipedia reader.

Torita isaac, brad scott, rheed mccracken, jayden sawyer, brenden hall, ahmed. It has been present on the programme of every summer paralympic games. Australian dylan alcott wins paralympic gold in wheelchair. Rheed mccracken of australia competes in the mens 200m t34 heats on day 6 of the london 2012 paralympic games. Australia at the 2016 summer paralympics wikimili, the free. The usas jeff fabry practising before the mixed team compound open archery semifinals at the sambodromo. Koch offered him the opportunity to compete in a race featuring fearnley. At the 2012 summer paralympics, he won a silver and bronze. Templeton was born in devonport, tasmania with retinitis pigmentosa which is a degenerative disease of the eye. Paralympians rheed mccracken liam malone cr mens steven klein. Rheed mccracken international paralympic committee.

Hogan was born in the melbourne suburb of ferntree gully, situated in the dandenong ranges, on 8 december 1988, without the lower half of her left arm. He represented australia at the 2016 rio paralympics where he repeated his medal success at. Archery featured at the first stoke mandeville games in 1948, the predecessor to the modern paralympic games, and has been included on every paralympic programme since the inaugural competition in 1960. British archer danielle brown aims for gold in london published. Australia repeated its 2012 summer paralympics achievement in finishing fifth of the medal tally notable achievements at the games. Rheed mccracken is an australian paralympic athletics competitor. The australian paralympic team uniform for the rio 2016. She represented australia at the 2016 rio paralympics in athletics.

Australia at the 2016 summer paralympics wikipedia. The 2016 australian paralympic team paralympics australia. Watch the worlds best athletes and medalwinning performances as they happen. Olympic or paralympic, archery is the perfect sport for athletes to put their accuracy and concentration to the test. Matt stutzman born december 10, 1982 is an american archer. Archery is open to athletes with a physical impairment, with some athletes using assistive devices such as a release aid or body support. Womens sm8 200m individual medley lakeisha patterson. Highlights from the 2012 london paralympics london 2012.

Nathan donaldson international paralympic committee. Interview with liam malone and rheed mccracken bionic. Top 10 paralympics athletes in the world 20192020 annews24. Sep 11, 2016 the rio 2016 paralympic games were held from 718 september 2016. With rio on the way, mccracken is ready to rock, and ladies are going gaga. Athletes from more than 160 countries competed in 528 medal events in 22 different sports. She has won two itu triathlon world championships, an olympic silver medal, 1 and the 2006 ironman world championship. The competition format for the paralympic games is identical to that of the olympic games.

Jonathon milne, mens individual compound open archery final bronze. Rheed mccracken hits the track for the 100mand kurt fearnley is back in action. View striking olympic videos of rio 2016archery see the best athletes, medalwinning performances and top olympic games moments. At the 2012 summer paralympics, he won a silver and bronze medal in t34 athletics events. In addition right now he is the top of the list of hottest paralympics athletes.

Although he was always determined to pursue a career in paraathletics, it was a chance meeting with channel 7 personality david kochi koch that propelled rheed into. Australia repeated its 2012 summer paralympics achievement in finishing fifth of the medal tally. Matt stutzman was born with no arms but went on to take up archery and is vying to become the paralympics champion in rio. He holds a world record for longest accurate shot in archery. Archery is also an event at the summer paralympics. Bbc sport other sport disability sport paralympics.

Rheed mccracken, evan ohanlon, liesl tesch, matt levy. The classification procedures, which can be downloaded on the. Sep 15, 2016 sixteen years ago, dylan alcott was bullied in school for being overweight and in a wheelchair. Mens 800m t34 final rio 2016 paralympic games youtube. In 2016, he is studying a bachelor of sport and exercise. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 paralympics and won a silver medal in 2012. Reed mccracken wears clothing and shoes dior homme. In true robin hood style, the aim is to shoot arrows accurately at a 122cm diameter target, 70 metres away. Jonathan milne mens archery individual compound standing finals. Jacob templeton born 24 may 1995 is an australian paralympic swimmer. These everyfouryear extravaganzas also showcase paralympians inspiring stories.

Rheed mccracken born 20 january 1997 is an australian paralympic athletics competitor. His success led him to be named the 2012 junior athlete of the year as part of the australian paralympian of the year awards. The most noticeable trend has been the excellence of south korean archers, who have won 23 out of 34 gold medals in events since 1984. I created this page so that others could follow my travels and competitions. Winning a silver medal in the mens t34 100m at both the 2012 and 2016 paralympic games. She has won bronze medals at the 2008 summer paralympics and 2012 summer paralympics. Archery has been a medal sport since the paralympic games rome 1960, which were the first games held. The armless archer won silver at london 2012 and amazed the world with his ability. Jessica gallagher became the first australian paralympian to win medals at the both the summer paralympics and winter paralympics by winning a bronze medal. Recurve archery is the only discipline of archery featured at the olympic games.