Fred Pointer
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australia |
| Born | 19 July 1945 Melbourne |
| Died | 28 October 2024 |
Frederick "Fred" Pointer (19 July 1945 - 28 October 2024) was an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketball player. At the 1980 Arnhem Games, he competed in four athletics events and won two bronze medals in the Men's 400 m 3 and Men's Slalom 3 events.[1] He was also part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1980 games.[2]
In June 1979, he pushed his wheelchair from Melbourne to Sydney. He took 74 hours for the 907-kilometre journey. Pointer attempted to raise $100,000 to assist the Australian team at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands.[3]. It was reported that he only raised about $2,500.
References
- ^ "Fred Pointer". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ Labanowich, Stan; Thiboutot, Armand. "Team Rosters:Paralympic Games (Men) 1960–1980" (PDF). Wheelchairs Can Jump. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110950951 |title=Chair man reaches Sydney |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=53, |issue=15,965 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=9 June 1979 |accessdate=14 May 2025 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}
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