Paul Croft
 Paul Croft Australian Flagbearer at the 1988 Paralympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Croft |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 11 March 1951 Sydney |
Paul Croft (born 11 March 1951) is an Australian arm amputee athlete who has participated in four Summer Paralympic Games. He was the Australian team captain and flag bearer at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics.[1]
Personal
[edit | edit source]Croft was born on 11 March 1951 in Sydney.[1] He was a TAFE business studies teacher in Sydney.[1] In 1992, he was Liverpool Citizen of the Year.[2]
Paralympics career
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His first Summer Paralympics was at the 1984 New York Paralympics, where he finished seventh in the Men's 1500m A6 and fourth in the Men's 5000m A6.[3] At the 1988 Seoul Paralympics, he was appointed the Australian team captain. He participated in two sports.[3] In athletics, he finished sixth in the Men's 10000m despite an Achilles tendon injury.[4] In table tennis he competed in the Men's Singles TT7 but did not progress past the preliminary round.[3] At the 1992 Summer Paralympics, he finished seventh in the Men's 10000 m TS4.[3] Croft qualified for the marathon at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics but was not selected due to the size of the team.[5] At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, at the age of 49, he was a member of the Australian sitting volleyball team.[5] He ran a leg of the Sydney Paralympic Games Torch Relay.[5]
In his post Paralympics career, Croft has been coaching at the Bankstown Sports Athletics Club[6] and a regular swimmer. He has had three knee reconstructions and a serious push bike accident.[7]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Paul Croft at Australian Athletics Historical Results
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- Living people
- 1951 births
- Paralympic athletes for Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Long-distance runners with limb difference
- Australian amputees
- Australian men long-distance runners
- Athletes from Sydney
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Paralympic table tennis players for Australia
- Australian male table tennis players