Paralympic Swimming - Achievements

Achievements and highlights

2004

At the Paralympics the Swim team won 6 Gold, 14 Silver and 15 Bronze. Of these medals, AIS Scholarship athletes (including relays) won Gold - 5; Silver - 11, Bronze -11.

The top individual medal winners were:

  • Matthew Cowdrey - 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze
  • Prue Watt - 5 Silver and 1 Bronze
  • Chantel Wolfenden - 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 4 Bronze

AIS Scholarship holders that medalled were: Kate Bailey, Daniel Bell, Sarah Bowen, Lichelle Clarke, Matthew Cowdrey, Marayke Jonkers, Katrina Lewis, Rick Pendleton (swam the heats of the gold medal relay win), Sarah Rose, Prue Watt and Chantel Wolfenden.

Siobhan Paton, also had a good representative year, winning 14 Gold and 3 Silver at the INAS - FID World Championships in January 2004. Siobhan also won 3 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze at the Global Games in Sweden in July 2004.

The following AIS Scholarship holders are current world record holders:

Matthew Cowdrey

S9 100m Freestyle
S9 50m Backstroke
S9 50m Butterfly
S9 200m Butterfly
SM9 200m Individual Medley
SM9 400m Individual Medley

Daniel Bell

S10 50m Butterfly

Chantel Wolfenden

S7 100m Freestyle
S7 200m Freestyle
S7 400m Freestyle

Siobhan Paton

S14 100m Freestyle
S14 200m Freestyle
S14 400m Freestyle
S14 800m Freestyle
S14 1500m Freestyle
S14 50m Backstroke
S14 100m Backstroke
S14 200m Backstroke
S14 50m Butterfly
S14 100m Butterfly
S14 200m Butterfly
SM14 200m Individual Medley
SM14 400m Individual Medley

Sarah Bowen

S6 50m Backstroke
SB6 50m Breaststroke
SB6 100m Breaststroke

Prue Watt

SB13 50m Breaststroke

 

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