page_title: Australia at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
section_title: Notable Performances
hierarchical_section_title: Australia at the 1992 Summer Paralympics / Notable Performances
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian swimmer Anne Curie at the medal ceremony of 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona.
context_page_description: Australia competed at the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona for physically and vision-impaired athletes. Immediately after the Barcelona Games, the city of Madrid held events for athletes with an intellectual disability. The Madrid results are not included in International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Australia finished 7th in the total medal count winning 76 medals. Australia competed in 13 sports and won medals in 3 sports – swimming, athletics and weightlifting. Australia finished first in the medal tally at the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid.
context_section_description: Notable Australian performances included:
  Louise Sauvage, a wheelchair racer, winning 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal
  In her first Paralympics, Louise Sauvage, at only 19 became the first women to break the 30sec mark for the 200m with a time of 29.03 winning her third gold medal of the games.  "You get such a buzz when you win, I love it", Sauvage said.
  Priya Cooper, an cerebral palsy swimmer, winning 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals She carried the Australian flag at the closing ceremony.
  Anne Currie, an S6 swimmer,  winning 3 gold and 1 bronze medals
  Four athletes won two gold medals – visually impaired thrower Russell Short, cerebral palsy sprinter Alison Quinn,  visually impaired swimmer Tracey Cross  and swimmer Tracy Barrell
  Jodi Willis competed in athletics and goalball and won gold in the Women's Shot Put B2 and silver in the Women's Discus B2. She was the last Australian athlete to compete in more than one sport at the same Games.
  Previously many athletes competed in multiple sports at the same Games.
caption: Anne Currie, triple gold medallist at the Barcelona Games
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