John Lindsay (Paralympian), Date of Birth
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Australian Paralympic athlete
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About John Lindsay (Paralympian)
- John Lindsay, OAM (born 29 January 1970) is an Australian Paralympic athlete from Melbourne.
- He competed in the 1988 Seoul games in distances ranging from 100 m to 800 m, but did not win any medals.
- At the 1992 Barcelona Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's 200 m TW3 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia, a silver medal in the Men's 100 m TW3 event and a bronze medal in the Men's 400 m TW3 event.
- That year, he had a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship.
- He was also working as a fitness instructor in 1992, held world records in the 100 m and 200 m events, and was ranked 6th in the world in the 400 m.
- He won a gold medal in the men's athletics 100 m T52 event at the 1996 Summer Paralympics with a time of 15.22, a silver medal in the 200 m T52 event with a time of 27.38, and a bronze medal in the 400 m T52 event with a time of 52.93.
- At the 2000 Sydney Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's 100 m T53 event, a silver medal as part of the Men's 4x100 m Relay T54 team, and a bronze medal in the Men's 200 m T53 event; he was also part of the Men's 4x400 m Relay T54 team, which was the only one to qualify in its heat, but it did not make it to the finals.
- At the 2004 Athens Games, he came seventh in the first round of the Men's 100 m T53 event and sixth in the third round of the Men's 200 m T53 event.
- He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in 1995 and 2000.In 1996, Kingston City Council created the John Lindsay Reserve in Patterson Lakes, Victoria.
- In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.
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