Jamie Dunross

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Jamie Barry Dunross, OAM{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886932|title=Dunross, Jamie Barry, OAM|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=28 January 2012}} (born 28 August 1965){{cite book|title=Australian Media Guide : 2004 Paralympic Games|year=2004|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney}} is an Australian sailor who won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.

Personal

Dunross was born in Melbourne on 28 August 1965. A former miner, he became a quadriplegic after an explosion at a gold mine in Kalgoorlie.{{cite news|title=WA trio go for gold|publisher=The Sunday Times|date=23 July 2000|page=81|first=Neil|last=Smith}} He cannot use his legs, and has very restricted use of his arms. Jamie had depression for five years after the accident, and his passion for sailing helped him to recover from it. He has two children.

File:231000 - Sailing Jamie Dunross Noel Robins Graeme Martin portrait 2 - 3b - 2000 Sydney candid photo.jpg

Career and aftermath

In 2000, in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Games, Dunross won the North American championship in the Mixed Three Person Sonar event in St. Petersburg, Florida with Noel Robins and Graeme Martin. At the Sydney Games, Jamie won a gold medal with Robins and Martin again in the Mixed Three Person Sonar event,{{cite web|title=Athlete Search Results|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Dunross&fname=Jamie&gender=all|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=20 February 2012}}{{cite news|title=Age no barrier for former America's Cup Skipper|publisher=The Courier-Mail|date=28 October 2000|page=38|first=Amanda|last=Lulham}} in which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia for his 'service to sport'. He also participated in the Mixed Three Person Sonar event at the 2004 Athens Games, but did not win a medal. In 2010, Dunross became the first person with quadriplegia to circumnavigate around Australia unassisted.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/07/25/2963702.htm?site=perth|title=Father gets sailing record|date=25 July 2010|publisher=ABC News|format=video|accessdate=29 January 2012}}

On 9 August 2016, his 2000 Paralympic gold medal was stolen during a burglary at the Royal Perth Yacht Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-11/paralympic-gold-medal-stolen-in-perth-yacht-club-burglary/7720186|title=Paralympic sailor Jamie Dunross 'shocked' as gold medal stolen in Perth yacht club burglary|publisher=ABC News|first=Graeme|last=Powell|first2=Courtney|last2=Bembridge|date=11 August 2016|accessdate=11 August 2016}} He said he was devastated by the theft. "I was really shocked, actually quite numb. All of a sudden the memories started flowing back from 2000 ... getting the medal put around my neck, and to think that I might not see it again, it really did hit home", he said. He also stated that if the medal was returned, it would go back on display at the Royal Perth Yacht Club.

In 2020, Dunross along with Noel Robins and Graeme Martin were inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=27 October 2020|title=2020 Honourees to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame announced|url=https://www.sailing.org.au/news/2020-honourees-to-the-australian-sailing-hall-of-fame-announced/|access-date=28 October 2020|website=Australian Sailing}}