Fabian Blattman Explained

Fabian Blattman
Fullname:Fabian John Blattman
Birth Date:28 December 1958
Birth Place:Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia

Fabian John Blattman, OAM[1] (born 28 December 1958)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He became disabled after a motorbike accident. He started playing disabled bowls, before switching to athletics. As a Paralympic athletics competitor, he has set several world records and won two Paralympic gold medals.

Personal

Blattman was born on 28 December 1958 in the New South Wales town of Narrandera.[2] He attended Springwood High School, leaving the school in 1975 to take up an apprenticeship.[3] A 1978 motorcycle accident left him a quadriplegic.[4] Following the accident, he spent eighteen months in rehabilitation at the Mt Wilga Rehabilitation Centre in Hornsby, New South Wales. After rehabilitation, Blattman moved into his parents' home in Springwood, New South Wales. The house was retrofitted with a lift to enable him to reach his third floor bedroom.[5] Blattman moved out of his parents' home,[6] and independently travels around the world.[6] He played table tennis socially.

Sporting career

Bowls

In 1985, Blattman competed at the Royal North Shore Paraplegic Games in the bowls event.[5]

Athletics

Blattman started participating in wheelchair athletics to improve his general fitness level.[3] At the 1988 Seoul Games, he came fifth in the first heat of the Men's 200 m 1A – event.[7] [8] He competed in the Stoke Mandeville Games in 1989 and 1990. In 1990, at the World Championships and Games for the Disabled in Assen, Netherlands he won a gold medal in the men's 4x100 m relay T1 event and two bronze medals in the 100 m and 200 m T1 events.[9] He won a silver medal in the 4×100 m event and a bronze medal in the 4×400 m event at the 1992 Summer Paralympics.[10] At the 1996 Atlanta Games, he won a gold medal in the 1500 m event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia,[1] and a silver medal in the 800 m event.[10] In 1998, Blattman won the Men's Marathon (T51) event at the World Championships.[11] At the 2000 Sydney Games, he won a gold medal in the men's 400 m T51 event, a silver medal in the men's 1500 m T51 event, and a bronze medal in the men's 800 m T51 event.[8] That year, he received an Australian Sports Medal.[12] In 2002, Blattman came in first in the T51 Quads event at the Arrive Alive Summer Down Under Wheelchair Track and Road Racing Series 10k event, with a time of 37.52.[13] He competed at the 2010 Optus Grand Prix in Canberra in the Men & Women 5,000 metres wheelchair event, but he did not finish.[14]

He won the Oz Day 10K Wheelchair Road Race T51 event nine times, firstly in 1992 and then in each year from 1995 to 2002.[15]

Blattman has held several world records in athletics.[4] These include:

He had an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship from 1994 to 2000 in Athletics.[21] His coach was Andrew Dawes, who has worked with Paralympic gold medalists Louise Sauvage and Greg Smith.[22]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blackman, Fabian John. It's an Honour. 1 January 2012. 28 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128065640/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887484. live.
  2. Web site: Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Athletes. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000119130000/http:/www.ausport.gov.au/olym96/paraathl.html . 19 January 2000 . . 13 June 2014.
  3. News: Paralympian returns to Springwood High School . Blue Mountain Gazette . 8 October 2011 . 10 January 2001 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329173541/http://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/news/local/sport/other/paralympian-returns-to-springwood-high-school/589545.aspx . 29 March 2012 . dmy .
  4. Web site: Motor Accident Authority Paralympic Program . 8 October 2011 . Parliament of New South Wales . 2 June 1999 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006204419/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC19990602020 . 6 October 2013 . dmy .
  5. News: Sydney Morning Herald. 25 April 1985. Norington. Brad. 9. It's more than just a game.
  6. Gary Foley – Improving 'Life Skills' Through Boxing & Medicine Ball workouts . May 2009 . Deborah . Schofield . 19 . 8 October 2011 . ParaQuadNews . 2 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110411124643/http://www.paraquad.org.au/site/DefaultSite/filesystem/documents/2010-09-09%20ParaQuadNews_Mayfinal_website.pdf . 11 April 2011 . dmy .
  7. Web site: Men's 200 m 1A – Results. International Paralympic Committee. 7 February 2012. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205523/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?eclass=1A&sport=athletics&competition=1988PG&gender=m&discipline=&event=200%20%C2%A0m. dead.
  8. Web site: Athlete Search Results. International Paralympic Committee. 7 February 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131006164848/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Blattman&fname=Fabian&gender=all. 6 October 2013. dmy-all.
  9. Book: World Championships and Games for the Disabled – Athletics Results. 1990. Organising Committee. Netherlands.
  10. Web site: Track and Field Achievements . 8 October 2011 . Australian Institute of Sport . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321192641/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/athletics/achievements . 21 March 2012 .
  11. Web site: NSWIS World Champions . 8 October 2011 . NSW Institute of Sport . 2 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110813143847/http://www.nswis.com.au/assets/world/NSWIS%20world%20champions.pdf . 13 August 2011 . dmy .
  12. Web site: Blattman, Fabian: Australian Sports Medal. It's an Honour. 7 February 2012. 28 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128172029/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/975882. live.
  13. Web site: 9 October 2011. Racing. Sports N Spokes Magazine. 25 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120425051822/http://www.pn-magazine.com/sns/article/409/racing_. dead.
  14. Web site: OPTUS GRAND PRIX – CANBERRA. 21 March 2010. 8 October 2011. Cool Running Australia. 31 March 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120331170041/http://www.coolrunning.com.au/results/2000r008.shtml. dead.
  15. Web site: Oz Day 10K HALL OF FAME. Wheelchair Sports NSW website. 1 March 2015. 21 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150221102919/http://wsnsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Oz-Day-10K-Hall-of-Fame.pdf. dead.
  16. Book: Barcelona Paralympics 1992 : Australian team members profile handbook. Australian Paralympic Federation. Glebe, New South Wales. 1992. 20779.
  17. Web site: T51 MALE 800 m 2008. 8 October 2011. International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation. 2008.
  18. Web site: T51 MALE 1500 m 2008. 22 September 2012. International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation. 2008.
  19. Web site: Sydney's Blattman Sets 3rd World Record In 12 Months. 9 October 2011. 30 January 1999. Illawarra Mercury.
  20. Web site: T51 MALE 5000 m 2008. 22 September 2012. International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation. 2008.
  21. Book: Nihil, G.. Australian Institute of Sport : celebrating excellence . Focus Publishing. 2006. 1-921156-16-3. 103.
  22. Web site: 8 October 2011 . Australian Paralympic Committee . Paralympic Legend: Andrew Dawes . Tim . Mannion . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120403195651/http://www.paralympic.org.au/paralympic-legend-andrew-dawes . 3 April 2012 .

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