Michael Alston
Appearance
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Medal record
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Michael Alston is an Australian disabled fencer. He competed in the 1998 FESPIC Games and won a silver team medal. At the 1998 Stoke Mandeville Games, he won a gold medal in the foil event. That same year, he also competed at the DEFI Sport Event held in Canada. He won a silver medal in the épée event and a bronze medal in the sabre event. He was supported by the Blacktown City Council and was coached by Sally Kopiec.[1]
At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics he represented Australia in the Men's Foil Individual A and Men's Sabre Individual A but did not medal.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Paralympic Committee 1999, p. 20
- ^ "IPC Historical Results - Michael Alston". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
Bibliography
[edit]- Australian Paralympic Committee (1999). "Fencing". Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report (1998 ed.). Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee.