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He lost his right hand and forearm when he touched fallen high voltage power lines at Eden sportsground. Before the accident, he was a top athlete at high school.
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Peter Kirby
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At the age of 19, he competed at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics in five athletics events and won five medals – a gold medal in the Men's 4×100 m Relay A4–9 event, a silver medal in the Men"s 4 x 400 m Relay A4–9 event, and three bronze medals in the Men's 100 m A6, Men's 400 m A6 and Men's Long jump A6 events. He was the first indigenous Australian Paralympian to win a gold medal.
