Andrew Pasterfield Explained
| Andrew Pasterfield |
| Full Name: | Andrew Bruce Pasterfield |
| Nicknames: | Pasty |
| Birth Date: | 23 November 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Classification: | S10, SB9, SM10 |
| Strokes: | Freestyle, backstroke |
| Club: | Castle Hill RSL
Cranbrook Eastern Edge |
| Coach: | Greg Morrison |
Andrew Bruce Pasterfield, (born 23 November 1989) is a Paralympic swimmer from Australia.
Swimming
Andrew Bruce Pasterfield competed in the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, held in Eindhoven, Netherlands where he won a gold medal in the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay event.At the 2012 Summer Paralympics Pasterfield won a gold in the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points, and three bronzes in the Men's 50 m Freestyle S10, 100 m Freestyle S10 and Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points.[1] [2] He also participated in the Men's 100 m Backstroke S10 and Men's 100 m Butterfly S10 events.[2]
He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[3]
In 2016, he was awarded Speedo Services to the Australian Swim Team at the Swimming Australia Awards.[4]
See also
Bibliography
- Wake. Rebekka. Golden Glow Over Australian Swimming. Australian Paralympian. Australian Paralympic Committee. September 2010. Australia. 2.
Notes and References
- Web site: Andrew Pasterfield . London2012.com . . 9 September 2012 . 6 September 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120906110437/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/athlete/pasterfield-andrew-5516198/events/ . live .
- Web site: Andrew Pasterfield . Paralympic.org . . 6 October 2012 . 29 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200929113150/https://www.paralympic.org/andrew-pasterfield . live .
- News: The Daily Telegraph. Australia Day honours list 2014: in full. 26 January 2014. 26 January 2014. 22 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140622025403/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/australia-day-honours-list-2014-in-full/story-fni0cx12-1226808786064. live.
- Web site: Swimming Australia Gala Dinner 2016 . swimming.org.au . . 6 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170316025804/http://www.swimming.org.au/NewsCentral/Gold-medallists-scoop-the-pool-at-Swimming%E2%80%99s-Gala.aspx . 16 March 2017 . dead.
