Andrew Newell (athlete)
Appearance
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Born | 28 February 1978 Terrigal, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrew Newell (born 28 February 1978) in Terrigal, New South Wales[1] is a Paralympic athletics competitor from New South Wales, Australia. Newell has an intellectual disability. [2]He won two bronze medals at the 2000 Sydney Games in the men's 100m T20 event and the men's 400m T20 event.[2] He competed at the 2002 IPC Athletics World Championships in 100m T20 and finished seventh in the final.[3]
References
- ^ Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
- ^ a b "Australian Honour Roll". Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report 2010. Australian Paralympic Committee: 10. 2010.
- ^ "Andrew Newell". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
Categories:
- Paralympic athletes of Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- 1978 births
- Intellectual Disability category Paralympic competitors
- People from the Central Coast (New South Wales)
- Australian athletics biography stubs
- Australian Paralympic medalist stubs