Alan Dufty
{{short description|Australian Paralympic athlete|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2011}}
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{{MedalSport |Athletics}}
{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville|Men's 400 m 1C}}
{{MedalGold|1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville|Men's Marathon 1C}}
{{MedalSilver|1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville|Men's 200 m 1C}}
{{MedalSilver|1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville|Men's 4x200 m Relay 1A–1C}}
{{MedalSilver|1988 Seoul|Men's 4x100 m Relay 1A–1C}}
{{MedalSilver|1988 Seoul|Men's Marathon 1C}}
{{MedalSilver | 1992 Barcelona |Men's 4x100 m Relay TW1–2}}
{{MedalBronze|1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville|Men's 800 m 1C}}
{{MedalBronze|1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville|Men's 4x100 m Relay 1A–1C}}
{{MedalBronze|1988 Seoul|Men's 1,500 m 1C}}
{{MedalBronze|1988 Seoul|Men's 4x200 m Relay 1A–1C}}
{{MedalBronze | 1992 Barcelona |Men's 4x400 m Relay TW1–2}}
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Alan Rex Dufty{{cite web|url=http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/lg2008/WhitsundayRegionalCouncil/pdf%5CCandidateContactList.pdf|title=Candidate Details (in Ballot Paper order) for 2008 Whitsunday Regional Council election|publisher=Electoral Commission of Queensland|format=PDF|accessdate=7 October 2016|archive-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010152735/http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/local/lg2008/WhitsundayRegionalCouncil/pdf%5CCandidateContactList.pdf|url-status=live}} (born 1947){{cite web|url=http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete6466.htm|title=Alan Dufty|publisher=Athletics Australia|accessdate=5 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006043936/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete6466.htm|archive-date=6 October 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} is an Australian Paralympic athlete who won twelve medals at three Paralympics from 1984 to 1992.
Personal
Born in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Dufty moved to the Queensland town of Proserpine, to be with his wife, Olga, whom he married in 1970.{{cite web|url=http://alanduftyforwhitsundaycouncil.blogspot.com.au/p/long-time-worker-for-community.html |title=Alan Dufty for Whitsunday Council: Long time worker for the community |first=Alan |last=Dufty |accessdate=19 February 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122172123/http://alanduftyforwhitsundaycouncil.blogspot.com.au/p/long-time-worker-for-community.html |archivedate=22 January 2016 |url-status=live }} He competed in rugby league, rugby union, and amateur boxing while living in New South Wales. In August 1973, he broke his back and became paraplegic after a motorcycle accident.{{cite web|url=http://alanduftyforwhitsundaycouncil.blogspot.com.au/p/excelled-at-sport.html |title=Alan Dufty for Whitsunday Council: Excelled at sport |first=Alan |last=Dufty |accessdate=19 February 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122170346/http://alanduftyforwhitsundaycouncil.blogspot.com.au/p/excelled-at-sport.html |archivedate=22 January 2016 |url-status=live }} He worked for the Shire of Proserpine from 1975 to 2003, at first as a parking inspector. He has served on the committees of many organisations related to disability and sport. In 2003, he won a by-election to select a councillor of the Whitsunday Shire Council after the previous holder of that position died suddenly, and he served out the remainder of her term. He and his family were the subject of a 1981 documentary that aired throughout Australia.
Competitive career
Dufty competed in wheelchair sport from 1976 to 1996. At the 1984 New York/Stoke-Mandeville Paralympics, he won two gold medals in the Men's 400 m 1C and Men's Marathon 1C events, two silver medals in the Men's 200 m 1C and Men's 4x200 m Relay 1A–1C events, and two bronze medals in the Men's 800 m 1C and Men's 4x100 m Relay 1A–1C events.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Dufty&fname=Alan&gender=all|title=Athlete Search Results|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=19 February 2012|archive-date=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908175855/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Dufty&fname=Alan&gender=all|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?npc=AUS&gender=m&medal=medals&sport=2&games=1984PG|title=1984 Male Athletics Australian Medallists|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=19 February 2012|archive-date=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908180047/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?npc=AUS&gender=m&medal=medals&sport=2&games=1984PG|url-status=live}}
At the 1988 Seoul Games, he won two silver medals in the Men's 4x100 m Relay 1A–1C and Men's Marathon 1C events and two bronze medals in the Men's 1,500 m 1C and Men's 4x200 m Relay 1A–1C events. At the 1992 Barcelona Games, he won a silver medal in the Men's 4x100 m Relay TW1–2 event and a bronze medal in the Men's 4x400 m Relay TW1–2 event.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131006043936/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete6466.htm Alan Dufty – Athletics Australia Results]
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Category:Paralympic athletes for Australia
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Australian male wheelchair racers
Category:People with paraplegia
Category:Sportsmen from New South Wales