Stan Kosmala Explained

Stan Kosmala
Birth Date:19 February 1950
Birth Place:Germany

Stan Kosmala (born 19 February 1950)[1] is an Australian Paralympic competitor, who has competed in athletics, wheelchair basketball, lawn bowls and shooting. Born in Germany,[1] he contracted polio at the age of two.[2] He is married to Paralympic shooter Libby Kosmala, whom he met through wheelchair sport,[3] and has two sons and two grandchildren.[4] [5]

He participated in the 1976 Toronto Games in athletics events, and also as a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team.[6] [7] He won a gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Games in lawn bowls in the Men's Pairs 2–6 event with Roy Fowler.[6] At the 2000 Sydney Games, he came ninth just behind his wife in the preliminary round of the Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH1- event, and did not make the final.[6] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. PDF. Clearinghouse for Sport. 4 August 2016. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160318113201/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/625295/Sydney_Paralympics.pdf. 18 March 2016. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Libby Kosmala interviewed by Nikki Henningham. Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project. National Library of Australia. 16 April 2012.
  3. News: Out with a bang: Kosmala aiming for London. News Review Messenger. 11 January 2012. Matt. Turner. 18 April 2012.
  4. Web site: Libby Kosmala. Australian Paralympic Committee. 16 April 2012.
  5. Web site: Grandma Libby Guns for Gold. International Paralympic Committee. 15 April 2012. 18 April 2012.
  6. Web site: Athlete Search Results. International Paralympic Committee. 16 April 2012.
  7. Web site: Team Rosters:Paralympic Games (Men) 1960–1980. Wheelchairs Can Jump. Stan. Labanowich. Armand. Thiboutot. 21 April 2012. PDF.
  8. Web site: Results for 2000 Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH1- event. International Paralympic Committee. 16 April 2012.

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