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Michael Dow

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Michael Dow
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Medal record
Swimming
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Men's 50 m Breaststroke incomplete class 3
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo Men's 50 m Freestyle Supine incomplete class 3
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Tokyo Men's 50 m Freestyle Prone incomplete class 3
Weightlifting
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Men's Featherweight

Michael Dow is an Australian Paralympic swimmer and weightlifter. He contracted poliomyelitis at the age of 5.[1]

At the 1964 Tokyo Games, he won two gold medals in the Men's 50 m Breaststroke incomplete class 3 and Men's 50 m Freestyle Supine incomplete class 3 events, a silver medal in the Men's Featherweight event, and a bronze medal in the Men's 50 m Freestyle Prone incomplete class 3 event.[2]

References

  1. ^ "From Trauma to Rehabilitation and Elite Sport:" (PDF). Clearinghouse for Sport. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 February 2012.