Alan Dufty
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| Full name | Alan Rex Dufty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alan Rex Dufty[1] (born 1947)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete who won twelve medals at three Paralympics from 1984 to 1992.
Personal
Born in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Dufty moved to the Queensland town of Proserpine, to be with his wife, Olga, whom he married in 1970.[3] He competed in rugby league, rugby union, and amateur boxing while living in New South Wales.[3] In August 1973, he broke his back and became paraplegic after a motorcycle accident.[4] He worked for the Shire of Proserpine from 1975 to 2003, at first as a parking inspector.[3][4] He has served on the committees of many organisations related to disability and sport.[3] In 2003, he won a by-election to select a councillor of the Whitsunday Shire Council after the previous holder of that position died suddenly, and he served out the remainder of her term.[3] He and his family were the subject of a 1981 documentary that aired throughout Australia.[4]
Competitive career
Dufty competed in wheelchair sport from 1976 to 1996.[4] At the 1984 New York/Stoke-Mandeville Paralympics, he won two gold medals in the Men's 400 m 1C and Men's Marathon 1C events, two silver medals in the Men's 200 m 1C and Men's 4x200 m Relay 1A–1C events, and two bronze medals in the Men's 800 m 1C and Men's 4x100 m Relay 1A–1C events.[4][5][6]
At the 1988 Seoul Games, he won two silver medals in the Men's 4x100 m Relay 1A–1C and Men's Marathon 1C events and two bronze medals in the Men's 1,500 m 1C and Men's 4x200 m Relay 1A–1C events.[5] At the 1992 Barcelona Games, he won a silver medal in the Men's 4x100 m Relay TW1–2 event and a bronze medal in the Men's 4x400 m Relay TW1–2 event.[5]
References
- ^ "Candidate Details (in Ballot Paper order) for 2008 Whitsunday Regional Council election" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ "Alan Dufty". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d e Dufty, Alan. "Alan Dufty for Whitsunday Council: Long time worker for the community". Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Dufty, Alan. "Alan Dufty for Whitsunday Council: Excelled at sport". Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ a b c "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "1984 Male Athletics Australian Medallists". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
