Background
He was born in Mount Lawley, Western Australia.
He was born in Mount Lawley, Western Australia.
He attended Louisiana Salle College, Perth.
He competed in five consecutive Summer Paralympics from 1984 to 2000, winning a total of five gold, eight silver, and six bronze medals. He held the Australian record for the highest Paralympic medal count until it was surpassed in 2012 by Matthew Cowdrey. Bugarin is officially retired from high level competition but still trains and competes in open water swimming events.
He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 1997 to 1999 in swimming.
