Australian Paralympic Boccia Team

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

Medal Tally

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1988 Seoul	0	0	0	0
1992 Barcelona	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	0	0	0	0
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
Totals (8 games)	0	0	0	0

Summer Paralympic Games

1988

See also: Boccia at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Australia was represented by a team of four athletes:

Men - Burke Gibbons, 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	Lee (KOR) L 0:7	Did not advance
	Donald Turton	0-3	4	Did not advance
Mixed Team C1-C2	Lynette Coleman Murray Parker Burke Gibbons	1-2	3	Did not advance

1992

See also: Boccia at the 1992 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented by:
Men – Burke Gibbons, Corey Molan, Alexander Xeras
Women – Lyn Coleman
Officials – Tom Organ (Manager)

Australia did not win any medals.

1996

See also: Boccia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Australian Boccia team.

Australia represented by:
Men – Kris Bignall, Scott Elsworth, Tu Huyhn, John Richardson
Women – Lynette "Lyn" Coleman, Fiona Given
Coaches – Thomas Organ (Head), Ricky Grant

The 1996 result was the best ever for an Australian team in Boccia, however we did not win any medals.

2000

221000 - Boccia Scott Elsworth action - 3b - Sydney 2000 match photo

See also: Boccia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Australia represented in boccia by:

Men - Warren Brearley, Scott Elsworth, John Richardson

Women - Lyn Coleman, Angie McReynolds, Karen Stewart

Coaches – Joan Stevens (Head), Italo Vigalo

Officials – Peggy Richardson, Barry Stewart, Sue Beencke, Annette Low, Emily Connell, Carla Brearley, June Kaese

Most athletes did not progress from the first round of pool games. Scott Eslworth was the best performed athlete making the quarter-finals.

2004

Australia did not participate

2008

Australia did not participate

2012

Australia did not participate

2016

See also: Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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]

Athlete	Event	Seeding matches	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Michel	Mixed individual BC3	Jamie McCowan (GBR) W 3-2	Grigorios Polychronidis (GRE) L 2-7	Did not advance

See also

• Boccia at the Summer Paralympics
• Australia at the Paralympics

References

1. "Australian Results at 1988 Paralympics". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
2. "NSWIS boccia athlete to make history at Rio Paralympics". NSW Institute of Sport website. Retrieved 1 July 2016.