List of New Zealand Paralympians

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

#	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

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.

Notes

^ 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]
^ Given name is shown as Steve in sources from PNZ,^[4]^[5] but as Stephen in source from IPC.^[6]

References

^ "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.
^ "Paralympians more respected now, says triple gold winner Cameron Leslie". Stuff.co.nz. 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
^ "PNZ Annual Report 2022, pg 28". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
^ ^a ^b "Paralympians". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
^ "Steve Guthrie". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
^ "Stephen Guthrie". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-09-10.

[4] 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]

[8] Given name is shown as Steve in sources from PNZ,^[4]^[5] but as Stephen in source from IPC.^[6]

[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.

[PNZ-5] "Paralympians". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 2024-09-10.

[6] "Steve Guthrie". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 2024-09-10.

[7] "Stephen Guthrie". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-09-10.

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See also

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References

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