Neil Fuller

{{short description|Australian Paralympic athlete}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2011}}

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| name = Neil Fuller

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| caption = Action shot of Fuller sprinting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

| full_name = Neil Robert Fuller

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| nationality = Australian

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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|2 August 1969}}

| birth_place = Shoreham by Sea, Sussex, England

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{{MedalSport|Men's para athletics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1992 Barcelona|4 x 100 m TS2,4}}

{{MedalGold|1996 Atlanta|4 x 100 m T42-46}}

{{MedalGold|2000 Sydney|200 m T44}}

{{MedalGold|2000 Sydney|400 m T44}}

{{MedalGold|2000 Sydney|4 x 100 m T46}}

{{MedalGold|2000 Sydney|4 x 400 m T46}}

{{MedalSilver|1992 Barcelona|200 m TS2}}

{{MedalSilver|1992 Barcelona|400 m TS2}}

{{MedalSilver|1996 Atlanta|100 m T43-44}}

{{MedalSilver|1996 Atlanta|200 m T43-44}}

{{MedalSilver|2004 Athens|400 m T44}}

{{MedalSilver|2004 Athens|4 x 400 m T42-46}}

{{MedalBronze|1992 Barcelona|100 m TS2}}

{{MedalBronze|2000 Sydney|100 m T46}}

{{MedalBronze|2004 Athens|4 x 100 m T42-46}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|1994 Berlin|100 m T44}}

{{MedalGold|1994 Berlin|200 m T44}}

{{MedalGold|1994 Berlin|400 m T44}}

{{MedalGold|1994 Berlin|4 x 100 m T42-46}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Birmingham|100 m T44}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Birmingham|200 m T44}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Birmingham|400 m T44}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Birmingham|4 x 400 m T42-46}}

{{MedalSilver|2002 Lille|200 m T44}}

{{MedalSilver|2002 Lille|400 m T44}}

{{MedalBronze|1994 Berlin|Long Jump F44}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships and Games for the Disabled}}

{{MedalBronze|1990 Assen|Long Jump 7F}}

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File:69 ACPS Atlanta 1996 Track Neil Fuller.jpg

File:141100 - Athletics track Neil Fuller Australian flag - 3b - 2000 Sydney race photo.jpg

Neil Robert Fuller, OAM{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886382|title=Fuller, Neil Robert, OAM|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=2 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216183456/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=886382&search_type=advanced&showInd=true|archive-date=16 December 2013|url-status=live}} (born 2 August 1969 in Shoreham by Sea, Sussex){{cite book|title=Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta U.S.A. August 15-25 1996 : Australia : team handbook|year=1996|publisher=Australian Paralympic Federation|location=Sydney|pages=26}} is an Australian athlete, Paralympic competitor, and amputee.

During his youth, Neil was an ambitious soccer player, gaining a position playing at state level for South Australia. It was during a soccer match on 25 July 1987{{Cite book|title=One Foot in the Door|last=Fuller|first=Neil|publisher=Single X Publications|year=2000|isbn=0957702809|location=South Australia|pages=13}} that his tibia and fibula were broken, and a major artery in his right leg was severed in an attempted tackle to the shin. Legally

becoming an adult during his 22 days in hospital, he opted to have the lower part of his right leg amputated after gangrene had set in.

In February 1989, Fuller entered the Amputee Nationals in Adelaide in the 100m race, long jump and high jump. Fuller was then selected as a member of the Australian team to compete at the Far East and South Pacific International Championships where he competed in the 100m, long jump, high jump and the pentathlon.

After the accident, Fuller made a comeback into the world of sports becoming a world class runner and world record holder.

He is now coordinator of Sport at St Peters Collegiate Girls School in Adelaide, South Australia