Tim Sullivan (athlete)
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Timothy ("Tim") Francis Sullivan, OAM[1] (born 16 September 1975)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete.
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Personal[]
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Sullivan as born in Melbourne, Australia. When Tim was eight years old, he rode his bike to the local wreckers. It was among rusty car shells and beaten-up vehicles that a terrible accident occurred: he fell onto an aerial which slotted up one of his nostrils and struck his brain. From this accident Sullivan suffered cerebral palsy. It limits his verbal communication: he speaks in tiny, fast sentences and sometimes gives one-word answers.[3] It has also limited his use of the right side of his body but he has defied this disability and found real speed.
Career[]
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Tim Sullivan, is an Australian athlete who has won ten[4] gold medals at the Paralympic Games.[5] This includes five gold medals at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney (T38 200m; T38 100m; T38 400m; T38 4X400m relay; T38 4X100m relay),[6] in which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia for his 'service to sport'.[1] Tim also won four gold medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, in the T38 100m, 200m and 400m events, and as a member of the men's 4 × 100 m Relay team.[7] In addition to the gold medals won, Sullivan also set world records in the 100m, 200m and 4 × 100 m relay at the 2000 Athens Paralympic Games.[8] At the conclusion of the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Tim was ranked 1st overall among athletes in his competitions.[9]
Tim represented Australia again at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing,[5] where he won a gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 m T35-38 and also at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.[2]
He held the Australian record for the highest gold medal count until being surpassed by Matthew Cowdrey in 2012.[10]
Tim did not medal at the 2012 Games.[11]
Recognition[]
In 2000, Sullivan was named Male Athlete of the Year by the Australian Paralympic Committee. In the same year, Sullivan also received the Victorian Institute of Sport's Award of Excellence.[9]
In October 2004, he was named "Paralympian of the Year" by the Australian Paralympic Committee.[7] In 2004, Sullivan was also awarded the Victorian Institute of Sport's Athlete With a Disability award.[9]
See also[]
- Athletes with most gold medals in one event at the Paralympic Games
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Sullivan, Timothy Francis, OAM". It's an Honour. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Tim Sullivan". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
- ^ Halloran, Jessica (25 September 2004). "Sullivan's fateful ride leads to track of gold". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ Tim Sullivan at the International Paralympic Committee
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Aussie Paralympic athletics squad named" Archived 17 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine, The Age, 1 July 2008
- ^ "A look back at the Sydney Olympics and Paralympics" Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Sullivan Wins Prestigious Award Down Under" Archived 6 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, International Paralympic Committee, 1 November 2004
- ^ "Victorian Institute of Sport Annual Review" (PDF). Clearinghouse for Sport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Athlete Bio". www.paralympic.org. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Foreman, Glenn (6 September 2012). "Matt Cowdrey becomes Australia's greatest Paralympian with 11th gold medal". News Limited Network. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "Tim Sullivan - Events and results". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
External links[]
- Timothy Sullivan at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Paralympic athletes of Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)