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AIS Athletics Program

AIS Athletics Program

1996

Support staff
  • Craig Hilliard
  • Dick Telford
  • Efim Shuravetsky (based in Melbourne)
  • Fletcher McEwan (based in Adelaide)
  • Tudor Bidder (based in Perth)
  • Graeme Boase (based in Adelaide)
  • Peter Taylor (based in Sydney)
  • Chris Nunn (AWD)
  • Keith Connor (based in Sydney)
  • John Zanfirache (based in Brisbane)
  • Cliff Mallett (based in Brisbane)
Athletes
  • Nicholas A'Hern
  • Matthew Beckenham
  • Fabian Blattman
  • Nicole Boegman
  • Steve Brimacombe
  • Nyla Carroll
  • Angela Chalmers
  • Daniela Costian
  • Duane Cousins
  • Andrew Currey
  • Simon Doyle
  • John Eden
  • Jane Flemming
  • Timothy Forsyth
  • Catherine Freeman
  • Neil Fuller
  • Melinda Gainsford-Taylor
  • Wynn Gmitroski
  • Byron Goodwin
  • Gary Lough
  • Damien Marsh
  • Hamish Macdonald
  • Louise McPaul (Currey)
  • Lisa Ondieki
  • Susie Power
  • Sam Rickard
  • Rohan Robinson
  • Dion Russell
  • Louise Sauvage
  • Kerry Saxby
  • Christopher Shute
  • Dean Smith
  • Greg Smith
  • Frances Stanley
  • Thomas Suter
  • Wenk Urs
  • Kyle Vander-Kuyp
  • Lisa-Marie Vizaniari
  • Paul Wiggins
  • Alanna Yakiwchuk

Major international selections and medal performances

Olympic Games - Atlanta, USA 1996 (26 July-4 August)
Men
  • Nick A'Hern
  • Simon Arkell (Former)
  • Simon Baker (Former)
  • Steve Brimacombe
  • Duane Cousins
  • Shaun Creighton
  • Andrew Currey
  • Tim Forsyth
  • Paul Greene (Former)
  • Damien Marsh
  • James Miller (Former)
  • Rohan Robinson
  • Dion Russell
  • Kyle Vander-Kuyp
Women
  • Nicole Boegman
  • Daniela Costian
  • Cathy Freeman - Silver 400m
  • Melinda Gainsford Taylor
  • Susan Hobson (Former)
  • Louise McPaul (Currey) - Silver Javelin
  • Lisa Ondieki
  • Kerry Saxby-Junna
  • Carolyn Schuwalow (Former)
  • Lisa-Marie Vizaniari
Paralympic Games - Atlanta USA (16-25 August)
Men
  • Fabian Blattman (Wheelchair) - Gold 1500m; Silver 800m
  • John Eden (Amputee)
  • David Evans (Amputee) (Former) - Gold 1500m; Silver 800m; Gold 4x100m Relay
  • Neil Fuller (Amputee) - Silver 100m; Silver 200m; Gold 4x100m Relay
  • John Lindsay (Wheelchair) - Gold 100m; Silver 200m; Bronze 400m
  • Hamish McDonald (Cerebral Palsy) - Gold Shot Put
  • Sam Rickard (Vision Impaired)
  • Russell Short (Vision Impaired) - Silver Shot Put; Silver Discus
  • Greg Smith (Wheelchair) - Silver 5000m
  • Darren Thrupp (Cerebral Palsy) - Gold Long Jump; Bronze 200m
  • Paul Wiggins (Wheelchair)
Women
  • Frances Stanley (Amputee)
  • Louise Sauvage (Wheelchair) - Gold 400m; Gold 800m; Gold 1500m; Gold 5000m
World Cross Country Championships - Cape Town, South Africa (23 March)
Men
  • Shaun Creighton (Former)
  • Julian Paynter (Former)
Women
  • Carolyn Schuwalow (Former)

Image gallery

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Portraits

Grand Prix

National Championships

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