page_title: Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
section_title: Shooting
hierarchical_section_title: Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics / Events / Shooting
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian paralympic shooter, James Nomarhas, displaying his silver medal at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games.
context_page_description: The 1996 Summer Paralympics were held in the United States city of Atlanta. Australia competed in 13 of the 17 sports, winning medals in 10 of those sports.
  At the 1996 Summer Paralympics, Australia had the second highest medal tally of any country competing. It won 42 gold, 37 silver and 27 bronze medals. It surpassed the 24 gold medals that Australia won at the 1992 Paralympics. The sports of athletics, swimming and cycling provided Australia with the majority of its medals.
context_section_description: Australia represented by: 
  Men – Ashley Adams, Keith Bremner, Iain Fischer, James Nomarhas, Peter Worsley 
  Women – Patricia Fischer, Libby Kosmala 
  Coach – Yvonne Hill (Head), Raymund Brummell 
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  The shooting events were some of the most competitive at the Atlanta Paralympics, with six world records and nine Paralympic records set. Australia did not set any of these records. The team still did well with Australian athletes setting 11 individual personal best records in the 22 events in which they competed. All but one of the seven Australian competitors set a personal best record.
  Ashley Adams was a member of this 1996 Paralympics team. He set four personal best records. He also set three Australian records. Adams also appeared in one event final.
  James Nomorhas was an ACT based shooter. He won a silver medal in the mixed SH1 Sport Pistol event.
  Libby Kosmala is a shooter from South Australia. The 1996 Paralympics were the seventh Paralympics in which she competed.
caption: James Nomarhas with his silver medal, Atlanta 1996.
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