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Description:
Matthew John Cowdrey
OAM
(born 22 December 1988) is an
Australian
swimmer
and holder of numerous
world records
. He lives in
South Australia
and swims for the Norwood Swimming Club. He has a
congenital
amputation
of his left
arm
; it stops at the elbow. Cowdrey competed at the
2004 Paralympic Games
,
2006 Commonwealth Games
and the
2008 Paralympic Games
. In the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Cowdrey came back to Australia with a total of 8 medals.
Cowdrey competes in the
International Paralympic Committee
's S9 (
freestyle
,
backstroke
and
butterfly
) SB9 (
breaststroke
) and SM9 (individual
medley
) classifications; which comprise swimmers with a severe leg weakness, swimmers with slight coordination problems and swimmers with one limb loss.
Cowdrey was awarded the
OAM
(Order of Australia Medal) as part of the Australia Day honours list in 2005 for service to Australian Sport as a Paralympic Gold Medalist.
He was named
Swimming World Magazine
's Disabled Male Swimmer of the Year in 2007 & 2008,
Swimming Australia
Swimmer of the year with a Disability 2004-08, The
National Australia Day Council
Young South Australian of the Year in 2008, Australian Paralympic Committee Paralympian of the Year 2008 and
South Australian Sports Institute
Male Athlete of the Year 2008.
2006 Commonwealth Games
Two EAD (Elite Athletes with Disabilities)
swimming events at the Games
counted with the able bodied events towards the medal tally: the
50 metre freestyle
and
100 metre freestyle
. Since the races had...
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