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Gary Leslie Hooper, MBE[1] (born 11 February 1939) is an Australian Paralympic competitor. He won seven medals at three Paralympics from 1960 to 1968.

Gary Hooper

Personal information
Full name	Gary Leslie Hooper
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1939-02-11) 11 February 1939 (age 83) Sydney, New South Wales
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games 1960 Rome Men's Precision Javelin B 1964 Tokyo Men's Wheelchair Dash above T10 1964 Tokyo Men's Wheelchair Relay above T10 1968 Tel Aviv Men's 100 m Wheelchair A 1968 Tel Aviv Men's 4x40 m Relay open 1968 Tel Aviv Men's Shot Put B Weightlifting Paralympic Games 1964 Tokyo Men's Lightweight

Personal

Hooper was born on 11 February 1939 in Sydney.[2] He never knew his biological father, and lived with his stepfather.[2] He contracted polio at the age of eleven, and lost the use of both his legs.[2] He grew up near Newcastle in Toronto. [3]

He worked as a bookkeeper, and later as a public speaker and accessibility consultant.[2] He was a judge in fencing at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[2] He has been married to Janice since 1964, and they have two sons.[2]

Career

At the 1960 Rome Games, Hooper won a silver medal in the Men's Precision Javelin B event.[4] At the 1964 Tokyo Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Wheelchair Dash above T10 event and two silver medals in the Men's Wheelchair Relay above T10 and Men's Lightweight weightlifting events;[4][5] he also competed in swimming and wheelchair fencing at the games.[4] At the 1968 Tel Aviv Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's 100 m Wheelchair A event and two silver medals in the Men's 4x40 m Relay open and Men's Shot Put B events; he also competed in swimming, weightlifting, and wheelchair fencing at the games.[4] He participated in the 1962, 1966, and 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Perth, Jamaica, and Edinburgh, respectively.[2]

Recognition

Hooper became a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1969 "for achievements at the Paraplegic Olympics".[1]

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