Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain at the Paralympic Games
Flag of the United Kingdom IPC code  GBR NPC British Paralympic Association Website www.paralympics.org.uk
At the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney
Competitors	215
Medals Rank: 2	Gold 41	Silver 43	Bronze 47	Total 131
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Great Britain competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. Britain finished second in the medal table, in both number of gold medals won and total medals, behind host nation Australia.

Medallists

The following British competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medallists' names are in bold.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Anita Chapman	Archery	Women's individual standing
Gold	Deborah Brennan	Athletics	Women's 200m T34
Gold	Kenneth Churchill	Athletics	Men's javelin F37
Gold	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Athletics	Women's 100m T53
Gold	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Athletics	Women's 200m T53
Gold	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Athletics	Women's 400m T53
Gold	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Athletics	Women's 800m T53
Gold	Caroline Innes	Athletics	Women's 200m T36
Gold	Caroline Innes	Athletics	Women's 400m T36
Gold	Christopher Martin	Athletics	Men's discus F33
Gold	Robert Matthews	Athletics	Men's 10,000m T11
Gold	Stephen Miller	Athletics	Men's club throw F51
Gold	Sally Reddin	Athletics	Women's shot put F52-54
Gold	Hazel Robson	Athletics	Women's 100m T36
Gold	Noel Thatcher	Athletics	Men's 5,000m T12
Gold	Lloyd Upsdell	Athletics	Men's 100m T35
Gold	Lloyd Upsdell	Athletics	Men's 100m T35
Gold	Nigel Muray	Boccia	Mixed Individual BC2
Gold	Anne Dunham Kay Gebbie Lee Pearson Nicola Tustain	Equestrian	Mixed Dressage Team open
Gold	Kay Gebbie	Equestrian	Mixed Dressage - Freestyle grade IV
Gold	Lee Pearson	Equestrian	Mixed Dressage - Championship grade I
Gold	Lee Pearson	Equestrian	Mixed Dressage - Freestyle grade I
Gold	Nicola Tustain	Equestrian	Mixed Dressage - Freestyle grade II
Gold	Emma Brown	Powerlifting	Women's 82.5 kg
Gold	Anthony Peddle	Powerlifting	Men's 48 kg
Gold	Isabel Newstead	Shooting	Women's Air Pistol SH1
Gold	Victoria Broadribb	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S2
Gold	Kenneth Cairns	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S3
Gold	James Crisp	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke S9
Gold	James Crisp	Swimming	Men's 200 m Medley SM9
Gold	James Crisp Jody Cundy Giles Long David Roberts Matthew Walker Marc Woods	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34 pts
Gold	Jody Cundy	Swimming	Men's 100 m Butterfly S10
Gold	Melanie Easter	Swimming	Women's 400 m Freestyle S12
Gold	Emily Jennings	Swimming	Women's 100 m Butterfly S9
Gold	Sascha Kindred	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB7
Gold	Sascha Kindred	Swimming	Men's 200 m Medley SM6
Gold	Andrew Lindsay	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke S7
Gold	Giles Long	Swimming	Men's 100 m Butterfly S8
Gold	Margaret McEleny	Swimming	Women's 50 m Breaststroke SB3
Gold	David Roberts	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S7
Gold	David Roberts	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S7
Silver	Anita Chapman Kathleen Smith Jane White	Archery	Women's Teams open
Silver	Kathleen Smith	Archery	Women's Individual W1/W2
Silver	Mark Brown	Athletics	Men's Marathon T46
Silver	Stephen Brunt	Athletics	Men's Marathon T12
Silver	Michael Churm Stephen Cooper Stephen Herbert Stephen Payton Lloyd Upsdell	Athletics	Men's 4x100 m Relay T38
Silver	Dan Greaves	Athletics	Men's Discus F44
Silver	Tracey Hinton	Athletics	Women's 800 m T12
Silver	Caroline Innes	Athletics	Women's 100 m T36
Silver	Pauline Latto	Athletics	Women's Javelin F37
Silver	Janice Lawton	Athletics	Women's Discus F33-34
Silver	Christopher Martin	Athletics	Men's Javelin F33
Silver	Robert Matthews	Athletics	Men's 5,000 m T11
Silver	Robert Matthews	Athletics	Men's marathon T11
Silver	Stephen Payton	Athletics	Men's 400 m T38
Silver	Allan Stuart	Athletics	Men's 400 m T20
Silver	Darren Westlake	Athletics	Men's 1,500 m T12
Silver	Thomas Evans	Cycling	Mixed Bicycle Road Race CP Div 3
Silver	Robert Allen	Cycling	Men's 1 km Time Trial Tandem open
Silver	Andrew Slater	Cycling	Men's 1 km Time Trial Tandem open
Silver	James Anderson	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S2
Silver	James Anderson	Swimming	Men's 50 m Backstroke S2
Silver	James Anderson	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S2
Silver	Sarah Bailey	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke S10
Silver	Sarah Bailey Lara Ferguson Emily Jennings Jeanette Chippington	Swimming	Women's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts
Silver	Ritchie Barber	Swimming	Men's 50 m Butterfly S7
Silver	Elaine Barrett	Swimming	Women's 200 m Medley SM11
Silver	Kenneth Cairns	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S3
Silver	Kenneth Cairns	Swimming	Men's 200 m Freestyle S3
Silver	James Crisp	Swimming	Men's 100 m Butterfly S9
Silver	James Crisp Sascha Kindred Giles Long Paul Noble Marc Woods	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts
Silver	Francis Dart Chris Hendy Chris Pugh Peter Snashall	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m Freestyle S14
Silver	Melanie Easter	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S12
Silver	Christopher Holmes Darren Leach Tim Reddish Ian Sharpe	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m Medley S11-13
Silver	Darren Leach	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S12
Silver	Nyree Lewis	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke S6
Silver	Emma Mounkley	Swimming	Women's 50 m Butterfly S14
Silver	Emma Mounkley	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S14
Silver	Fiona Neale	Swimming	Women's 100 m Backstroke S8
Silver	David Roberts	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke S7
Silver	David Roberts	Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle S7
Silver	Ian Sharpe	Swimming	Men's 100 m Butterfly S12
Silver	Matthew Walker	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S7
Silver	Tracy Wiscombe	Swimming	Women's 200 m Freestyle S14
Silver	James Rawson Neil Robinson Stefan Trofan	Table tennis	Men's Teams 3
Bronze	Deborah Brennan	Athletics	Women's 100 m T34
Bronze	Stephen Cooper	Athletics	Men's 800 m T38
Bronze	Danny Crates	Athletics	Men's 400 m T46
Bronze	Tracey Hinton	Athletics	Women's 200 m T11
Bronze	Tracey Hinton	Athletics	Women's 400 m T11
Bronze	David Holding	Athletics	Men's 100 m T54
Bronze	Stephen Miller	Athletics	Men's discus F51
Bronze	Stephen Payton	Athletics	Men's 100 m T38
Bronze	Stephen Payton	Athletics	Men's 200 m T38
Bronze	Heindrich Swanepol	Athletics	Men's Javelin F12
Bronze	Noel Thatcher	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m T12
Bronze	Jonathan Ward	Athletics	Men's Shot put F13
Bronze	Daniel West	Athletics	Men's Discus T34
Bronze	Richard White	Athletics	Men's 100 m T35
Bronze	Richard White	Athletics	Men's 200 m T35
Bronze	Paul Williams	Athletics	Men's Discus F35
Bronze	Paul Williams	Athletics	Men's Shot put F35
Bronze	Paul Williams	Athletics	Men's Javelin F35
Bronze	Kay Gebbie	Equestrian	Mixed Dressage - Championship grade IV
Bronze	Nicola Tustain	Equestrian	Mixed Dressage - Championship grade II
Bronze	Simon Jackson	Judo	Men's Up To 81 kg
Bronze	Nicholas Slater	Powerlifting	Men's Up To 100 kg
Bronze	Deanna Coates	Shooting	Women's Air Rifle Standing SH1
Bronze	Elaine Barrett	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB12
Bronze	Kenneth Cairns Paul Johnston Sascha Kindred David Roberts	Swimming	Men's 4x50 m Freestyle 20 pts
Bronze	Jeanette Chippington	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S6
Bronze	Jeanette Chippington Nyree Lewis Margaret McEleny Jane Stidever	Swimming	Women's 4x50 m Medley 20 pts
Bronze	Jeanette Chippington	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S6
Bronze	James Crisp	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S9
Bronze	James Crisp	Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle S9
Bronze	Jody Cundy	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke S10
Bronze	Melanie Easter	Swimming	Women's 200 m Medley SM12
Bronze	Lana Ferguson	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB9
Bronze	Christopher Fox	Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle S13
Bronze	Dervis Konuralp	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S13
Bronze	Darren Leach	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB12
Bronze	Darren Leach	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle S12
Bronze	Nyree Lewis	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB5
Bronze	Margaret McEleny	Swimming	Women's 150 m Medley SM4
Bronze	Emma Mounkley	Swimming	Women's 200 m Medley SM14
Bronze	Wayne Ryding	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB6
Bronze	Ian Sharpe	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle S12
Bronze	Kirsty Stoneham	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S12
Bronze	Matthew Walker	Swimming	Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB7
Bronze	Tracy Wiscombe	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S14
Bronze	Tracy Wiscombe	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S14
Bronze	Catherine Mitton	Table tennis	Women's Singles 1-2

Events

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
• WR = World record
• PR = Paralympic record
• EU = European record
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men–field

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank
Heindrich Swanepol	Javelin F12
Jonathan Ward	Discus F13
	Shot put F13
Lee Mitchell	Shot Put F20
Christopher Martin	Discus F33
	Javelin F33
Dan West	Discus F34
Paul Williams	Discus F35
	Javelin F35
Kenneth Churchill	Javelin F37
Dan Greaves	Discus F44
	Shot put F42-44
Stephen Miller	Discus F51
	Club throw F51
James Richardson	Club throw F51
Paul Smith	Discus F51
Mark Smale	Shot put F56
	Shot put F58

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score			Total
			TT	CT	Total	Score	Rank
Anne Dunham		Team			137.87	427.42
Lee Pearson					141.31
Nicola Tustain					146.18
Kay Gebbie					139.93

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Men

• Ian Beverley
• Barrie Lane
• Harry Leese
• Christopher Mullins
• Anthony Reddish
• Shaun Stephenson

Women

• Natalie Ball
• Katy Colman
• Ann Fairweather
• Rachel Hall
• Louise Simpson
• Ami Turnbull

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Result	Rank Men
Anthony Peddle	Up to 48kg
Russell Willey	Up to 67.5kg
Nicholas Slater	Up to 100kg

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Squad list	Group stage		Semifinals	Finals
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Alan Ash Simon Chambers Troye Collins Keith Jones Graham Kamaly-Asl Bob O'Shea Ian Prescott Darren Ransome Paul Shaw Mike Spence Tony Stackhouse Rob Tarr	New Zealand L 37–46	3	Semi-final 5–8 Switzerland W 38–34	Classification 5–6 Sweden L 40–39	6
	Canada L 33-38
	Germany W 41-38

See also

• Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics