page_title: Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
section_title: Fencing
hierarchical_section_title: Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics / Fencing
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian wheelchair fencer Michael Alston during 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games match
context_page_description: Australia was the host nation for the 2000 Summer Paralympics which was held in Sydney. Australia competed in the games between 18 and 29 October. The team consisted of 285 athletes in 18 sports with 148 officials. It was the country's largest ever Paralympic delegation to a Games. Australia has participated at every Summer Paralympic Games since its inception. Australia finished at the top of the medal tally with 63 gold, 39 silver and 47 bronze medals to total 149 medals for the games. This was the first time and the only time to date that Australia has finished on top of either an Olympic or Paralympic medal tally. The most successful sports were athletics, cycling, equestrian, swimming and wheelchair tennis.
  Notable Australian performances were:
  Siobhan Paton won six gold medals in S14 swimming events and set six world records
  Timothy Sullivan won five gold medals and set five world records in athletics
  Neil Fuller, a leg amputee sprinter, won four gold medals and one bronze medal and was flag bearer at the closing ceremony
  Lisa Llorens won three gold medals and one silver medal in athletics
  Greg Smith in wheelchair athletics events won three gold medals
context_section_description: Australia represented in wheelchair fencing by:
  Coach Sally Kopiec (Head)
  Australia did not win any medals but each athlete made the second round (top sixteen).
caption: Australian wheelchair fencer Michael Alston in action during competition at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics
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