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This is a list of Paralympians who have represented New Zealand at all Summer and Winter Paralympic Games since the nation's debut at the 1968 Summer Paralympics. Athletes are listed according to their official Paralympic number, with a total of 237 as of the 2024 Summer Paralympics. This number is bestowed once a Paralympian has competed at their first Paralympic Games.[1][2]

List

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# Name Year of
debut 		Sport PNZ
1 Norman Brown 1968 Para archery, Para swimming, Para table tennis [1]
2 Len Campbell 1968 Para athletics, Wheelchair fencing [2]
3 Leo Close 1968 Para athletics [3]
4 Graham Condon 1968 Para athletics, Para swimming [4]
5 Rex Fattorini 1968 Para athletics, Para powerlifting [5]
6 Bill Flood 1968 Para archery, Para athletics, Para bowls, Para table tennis, Wheelchair fencing [6]
7 Bill Lean 1968 Para archery, Para athletics, Para powerlifting, Para table tennis [7]
8 Graeme Marett 1968 Para archery, Para athletics, Para swimming, Para table tennis [8]
9 Not Allocated [a] [9]
10 Reuben Ngata 1968 Para athletics, Para powerlifting, Para table tennis [10]
11 Bill Plessius 1968 Para athletics [11]
12 Philip Read 1968 Para table tennis [12]
13 Eve Rimmer 1968 Para archery, Para athletics, Para swimming [13]
14 Jim Savage 1968 Para archery, Para athletics, Para table tennis [14]
15 John Stott 1968 Para swimming, Para table tennis [15]
16 Rodney Wright 1968 Para archery, Para swimming [16]
17 Neroli Fairhall 1972 Para archery, Para athletics [17]
18 Keith McCormick 1972 Para athletics, Para swimming [18]
19 Dennis Miller 1972 Para athletics, Para table tennis [19]
20 Tina Morgan 1972 Para athletics, Para swimming [20]
21 Chris Nicholls 1972 Para archery, Para athletics, Para swimming [21]
22 Paul Chambers 1976 Para athletics, Para swimming [22]
23 Fred Creba 1976 Para athletics, Para powerlifting [23]
24 Ross Hynds 1976 Para athletics, Para archery [24]
25 Brian McNicholl 1976 Para athletics, Para powerlifting [25]
26 Doug Moore 1976 Para athletics, Para table tennis [26]
27 Peter Baddeley 1980 Para alpine skiing [27]
28 Edward Nichols 1980 Para alpine skiing [28]
29 Craig Philip 1980 Para alpine skiing [29]
30 Greg Cochrane 1980 Para athletics, Para swimming [30]
31 John Eden 1980 Para athletics, Para swimming [31]
32 Kaye Firth 1980 Para athletics, Para swimming [32]
33 Brian Froggatt 1980 Para athletics, Para powerlifting [33]
34 Latoa Halatau 1980 Para athletics [34]
35 Patricia Hill 1980 Para athletics [35]
36 Chris Moran 1980 Para athletics, Para swimming [36]
37 Ken Raymond 1980 Para archery, Para athletics [37]
38 Tewai Skipwith-Halatau 1980 Para athletics [38]
39 Dave Tarrant 1980 Shooting Para sport [39]
40 Edwyn (Ed) Bickerstaff 1984 Para alpine skiing [40]
41 Denis Butler 1984 Para alpine skiing [41]
42 Martin Clark 1984 Para alpine skiing, Para sailing [42]
43 Patricia (Trish) Craig 1984 Para alpine skiing [43]
44 Mark Edwards 1984 Para alpine skiing [44]
45 Viv Gapes (Martin) 1984 Para alpine skiing [45]
46 Christopher Orr 1984 Para alpine skiing [46]
47 Denise Cook 1984 Para athletics [47]
48 Robert Courtney 1984 Para athletics [48]
49 Roly Crichton 1984 Para swimming [49]
50 Michelle Hadfield 1984 Para athletics [50]
51 Morice Hennessy 1984 Para athletics [51]
52 Michael O'Callaghan 1984 Para athletics [52]
53 Alison Smith 1984 Shooting Para sport [53]
54 Colin Willis 1984 Shooting Para sport [54]
55 Patrick Cooper 1988 Para alpine skiing [55]
56 Lorraine Te Punga 1988 Para alpine skiing [56]
57 Grant Buchanan 1988 Para athletics [57]
58 Janette Cordery 1988 Para athletics, Para swimming [58]
59 John Davies 1988 Para bowls [59]
60 Brent Gibson 1988 Para swimming [60]
61 Peter Horne 1988 Para bowls [61]
62 Lesli Mancktelow 1988 Para athletics [62]
63 Stelios Meimaris 1988 Para athletics [63]
64 David Mills 1988 Para athletics [64]
65 Yvonne Mills 1988 Para athletics [65]
66 Stuart Minifie 1988 Para athletics [66]
67 Tui Rupe 1988 Para athletics [67]
68 Brad Vear 1988 Para athletics [68]
69 Chris Adamson 1992 Para alpine skiing [69]
70 Stuart Graham 1992 Para alpine skiing [70]
71 Kevin O'Sullivan 1992 Para alpine skiing [71]
72 Devin Shanks 1992 Para alpine skiing [72]
73 Mark Weeks 1992 Para alpine skiing [73]
74 Glenn Barnes 1992 Wheelchair tennis [74]
75 Aaron Bidois 1992 Para swimming [75]
76 Evan Clulee 1992 Para athletics [76]
77 Gavin Foulsham 1992 Para athletics [77]
78 Denise Gow 1992 Para athletics [78]
79 Belinda Keogan (née Honey) 1992 Para swimming [79]
80 David (Dave) MacCalman 1992 Para athletics [80]
81 Jenny Newstead 1992 Para swimming [81]
82 Cristeen Smith 1992 Para athletics [82]
83 John Sorensen 1992 Wheelchair tennis [83]
84 Kevin Aleksich 1994 Para alpine skiing [84]
85 Matthew Butson 1994 Para alpine skiing [85]
86 Joanne Duffy 1994 Para alpine skiing [86]
87 Hayden Brown 1996 Para swimming [87]
88 Rewiti Cameron 1996 Para swimming [88]
89 Jacque Courtier 1996 Wheelchair tennis [89]
90 Jayne Craike 1996 Para equestrian [90]
91 Rob Creagh 1996 Wheelchair rugby [91]
92 Henk Dijkstra 1996 Boccia [92]
93 John Dowall 1996 Para athletics [93]
94 Jason Griffiths 1996 Para swimming [94]
95 Steve Guthrie [b] 1996 Wheelchair rugby [95]
96 Duane Kale 1996 Para swimming [96]
97 Paul Leefe 1996 Wheelchair rugby [97]
98 Carey Lineham 1996 Para athletics [98]
99 Ben Lucas 1996 Para athletics [99]
100 Peter Martin 1996 Para athletics [100]
101 Mervyn Mathews 1996 Para bowls [101]
102 Andrew May 1996 Para sailing [102]
103 Gary McMurray 1996 Wheelchair rugby [103]
104 Jeferey Muralt 1996 Para athletics [104]
105 Curtis Palmer 1996 Wheelchair rugby [105]
106 Cameron Scott 1996 Para sailing [106]
107 Grant Sharman 1996 Wheelchair rugby [107]
108 Thomas Simeon 1996 Boccia [108]
109 Derek Stewart 1996 Para sailing [109]
110 Marilyn Stratford 1996 Wheelchair tennis [110]
111 Sholto Taylor 1996 Wheelchair rugby [111]
112 Geremy Tinker 1996 Wheelchair rugby [112]
113 Chris Wornall 1996 Para sailing [113]
114 Rachael Battersby 1998 Para alpine skiing [114]
115 Steven Bayley 1998 Para alpine skiing [115]
116 Sue Gardiner 1998 Para alpine skiing [116]
117 Dean Booth 2000 Para swimming [117]
118 Tanya Bradley 2000 Para athletics [118]
119 Paul Britnell 2000 Wheelchair tennis [119]
120 David Collie 2000 Para athletics [120]
121 Phil Edwards 2000 Para sailing [121]
122 Wayne Fleming 2000 Wheelchair tennis [122]
123 Ross Flood 2000 Boccia [123]
124 Mark Inglis 2000 Para cycling [124]
125 Paul Jesson 2000 Para cycling [125]
126 Tim Johnson 2000 Wheelchair rugby [126]
127 Paul Van Den Munckhof 2000 Boccia [127]
128 Justin Muschamp 2000 Wheelchair rugby [128]
129 Bill Oughton 2000 Wheelchair rugby [129]
130 Hadleigh Pierson 2000 Para swimming [130]
131 Gillian Pollock 2000 Para swimming [131]
132 Tim Prendergast 2000 Para athletics [132]
133 Garth Reynolds 2000 Para sailing [133]
134 Stacey Roche 2000 Boccia [134]
135 Matthew Slade 2000 Para athletics [135]
136 George Taamaru 2000 Para powerlifting [136]
137 Sean Tretheway 2000 Para swimming [137]
138 Gary Williams 2000 Boccia [138]
139 Chris Wood 2000 Para sailing [139]
140 Tracey Wright 2000 Para powerlifting [140]
141 Willie Beattie 2004 Para athletics [141]
142 Dan Buckingham 2004 Wheelchair rugby [142]
143 Terry Faleva’ai 2004 Para athletics [143]
144 Theresa Griffin 2004 Para swimming [144]
145 Kate Horan 2004 Para athletics, Para cycling [145]
146 Greig Jackson 2004 Boccia [146]
147 Miriam Sheppard 2004 Para swimming [147]
148 Michael Johnson 2004 Shooting Para sport [148]
149 Jeremy Morriss 2004 Boccia [149]
150 Tiffiney Perry 2004 Wheelchair tennis [150]
151 Sarah Powell 2004 Para swimming [151]
152 Liam Sanders 2004 Boccia [152]
153 Daniel Sharp 2004 Para swimming [153]
154 Fiona Southorn 2004 Para cycling [154]
155 Maurice Toon 2004 Boccia [155]
156 Jai Waite 2004 Wheelchair rugby [156]
157 Anthony Field 2006 Para alpine skiing [157]
158 Adam Hall 2006 Para alpine skiing [158]
159 Kerri Bonner 2008 Boccia [159]
160 Annemarie Donaldson 2008 Para cycling [160]
161 Annaliisa Farrell 2008 Para cycling [161]
162 Jessica Gillan (née Hamill) 2008 Para athletics [162]
163 David Klinkhamer 2008 Wheelchair rugby [163]
164 Cameron Leslie 2008 Para swimming [164]
165 Jayne Parsons 2008 Para cycling [165]
166 Sophie Pascoe 2008 Para swimming [166]
167 Amanda Slade 2008 Boccia [167]
168 Paula Tesoriero 2008 Para cycling [168]
169 Adam Wakeford 2008 Wheelchair rugby [169]
170 Peter Williams 2010 Para alpine skiing [170]
171 Jan Apel 2012 Para sailing [171]
172 Timothy Dempsey 2012 Para swimming [172]
173 Rebecca Dubber 2012 Para swimming [173]
174 Mary Fisher 2012 Para swimming [174]
175 Paul Francis 2012 Para sailing [175]
176 Phillipa Gray 2012 Para cycling [176]
177 Anthea Dixon (née Gunner) 2012 Para equestrian [177]
178 Daniel Holt 2012 Para swimming [178]
179 Nikita Howarth 2012 Para swimming [179]
180 Aine Maeve Kelly-Costello 2012 Para swimming [180]
181 Danny McBride 2012 Para rowing [181]
182 Susan Reid 2012 Para cycling [182]
183 Holly Robinson 2012 Para athletics [183]
184 Christopher Ross 2012 Para cycling [184]
185 Nathan Smith 2012 Para cycling [185]
186 Rachel Hughes (née Stock) 2012 Para equestrian [186]
187 Laura Thompson 2012 Para cycling [187]
188 Corey Peters 2014 Para alpine skiing [188]
189 Carl Murphy 2014 Para snowboard [189]
190 Amanda Cameron 2016 Para cycling [190]
191 Richard Dodson 2016 Para sailing [191]
192 Caitlin Dore 2016 Para athletics [192]
193 Jason Eales 2016 Shooting Para sport [193]
194 Emma Foy 2016 Para cycling [194]
195 Anna Grimaldi 2016 Para athletics [195]
196 Stephen Hills 2016 Para cycling [196]
197 Liam Malone 2016 Para athletics [197]
198 Scott Martlew 2016 Para canoe [198]
199 Hamish McLean 2016 Para swimming [199]
200 Rory McSweeney 2016 Para athletics [200]
201 Tupou Neiufi 2016 Para swimming [201]
202 Jacob Phillips 2016 Para athletics [202]
203 Byron Raubenheimer 2016 Para cycling [203]
204 Greg Reid 2016 Shooting Para sport [204]
205 Jesse Reynolds 2016 Para swimming [205]
206 Chris Sharp 2016 Para sailing [206]
207 Fraser Sharp 2016 Para cycling [207]
208 William Stedman 2016 Para athletics [208]
209 Hannah van Kampen 2016 Para cycling [209]
210 Lisa Adams 2020 Para athletics [210]
211 Danielle Aitchison 2020 Para athletics [211]
212 Hayden Barton-Cootes 2020 Wheelchair rugby [212]
213 Sarah Ellington 2020 Para cycling [213]
214 Cody Everson 2020 Wheelchair rugby [214]
215 Corbin Hart 2020 Para canoe [215]
216 Robert Hewitt 2020 Wheelchair rugby [216]
217 Barney Koneferenisi 2020 Wheelchair rugby [217]
218 Tainafi Lefono 2020 Wheelchair rugby [218]
219 Gareth Lynch 2020 Wheelchair rugby [219]
220 Eltje Malzbender 2020 Para cycling [220]
221 Rory Mead 2020 Para cycling [221]
222 Nicole Murray 2020 Para cycling [222]
223 Gavin Rolton 2020 Wheelchair rugby [223]
224 Anna Steven 2020 Para athletics [224]
225 Anna Taylor 2020 Para cycling [225]
226 Mike Todd 2020 Wheelchair rugby [226]
227 Ben Tuimaseve 2020 Para athletics [227]
228 Aaron Ewen 2022 Para alpine skiing [228]
229 Devon Briggs 2024 Para cycling [229]
230 Matthew Britz 2024 Para table tennis [230]
231 Peter Cowan 2024 Para canoe [231]
232 Wojtek Czyz 2024 Para badminton [232]
233 Louise Duncan 2024 Para equestrian [233]
234 Mitch Joynt 2024 Para athletics [234]
235 Lili-Fox Mason 2024 Para swimming [235]
236 Neelam O'Neill 2024 Shooting Para sport [236]
237 Gabriella Smith 2024 Para swimming [237]
238 Joshua Willmer 2024 Para swimming [238]

Source:[4]

Milestones

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  • In Atlanta 1996, Paralympian #96 Duane Kale won 4 gold medals, a silver and a bronze in a single Paralympic Games - the best result of any New Zealander at a single Paralympics or Olympics.
  • Paralympian #166 Dame Sophie Pascoe has won 19 Paralympic medals over four Paralympic Games from Beijing 2008 - Tokyo 2020 - making her the most decorated New Zealander at the Paralympics or Olympics.
  • New Zealand's first Paralympic medals were won by Paralympian #13 Eve Rimmer. Eve competed in Para athletics and Para swimming, picking up 1 gold, two silvers and a bronze. She was the only medallist in the first NZ Paralympic Team at Tel Aviv 1968 and also the only woman.
  • At London 2012, at the tender age of 13, Paralympian #179 Nikita Howarth became New Zealand’s youngest ever Paralympian.
  • At Innsbruck 1984, Paralympian #45 Viv Gapes (nee Martin) won 3 medals and became New Zealand’s first ever Winter Paralympic medallist.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ There is no NZ Paralympian #9. Doug MacDonald was originally believed to have attended the 1968 games, but it was later confirmed that although selected he did not attend.[3]
  2. ^ Given name is shown as Steve in sources from PNZ,[4][5] but as Stephen in source from IPC.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "The Celebration Project kicks off in Auckland making history by 'numbering' and acknowledging New Zealand Paralympians for the first time". Paralympics New Zealand. 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  2. ^ "Paralympians more respected now, says triple gold winner Cameron Leslie". Stuff.co.nz. 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  3. ^ "PNZ Annual Report 2022, pg 28". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  4. ^ a b "Paralympians". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  5. ^ "Steve Guthrie". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  6. ^ "Stephen Guthrie". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
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