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The disabled sports movement is considered to have started in 1948 olympics when, under the aegis of Ludwig Guttmann, England hosted the first wheelchair games at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
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Perth hosted the 1st Commonwealth Paraplegic Games. It was the first international disability multi-sport held in Australia and raised the profile of disability sport.
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Dylan Martin Alcott, AO (born 4 December 1990) is an Australian former wheelchair tennis player and former wheelchair basketball player.
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Kurt Fearnley is a three time Paralympic gold medalist and two time Commonwealth Games gold medalist. He has won over 40 marathons.
He won a bronze medal in the 1500 m at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.