Stewart Pike | |
Fullname: | Stewart Alan Pike |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1981 |
Birth Place: | Taree, New South Wales |
Stewart Alan Pike, OAM[1] (born on 1 June 1981)[2] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer and was born in the New South Wales city of Taree. Pike has an intellectual disability and took up swimming to overcome his life frustrations.[3] He attended Weston Primary School and Kurri Kurri High School.[4] He won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle S14 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia,[1] and a silver medal in the Men's 200 m Medley SM14 event.[5] In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal[6] and an Australian Institute of Sport Athlete with a Disability scholarship.[7] In 2001, he was awarded the Cessnock City Council Australia Day Sports Award. In 2006, he was an inaugural inductee in the Cessnock Hall of Fame.[3]