Siobhan Paton
Siobhan Paton at the 2000 Paralympics
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| Full name | Siobhan Bethany Paton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Australia
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| Born | 28 August 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Telopea Swim Club (Joined: 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Siobhan Bethany Paton, OAM (born 28 August 1983) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. As of 2004, she holds thirteen world records in her disability class of S14.
Paton represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, where she won six gold medals, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia, and set world records on nine occasions in the process. In recognition of her achievement, the Australian Paralympic Committee named her "Paralympian of the Year", and she was honoured on a postage stamp. She was also awarded an Australian Sports Medal before the 2000 games. In 2013, she was inducted into the ACT Sport Hall of Fame.
Siobhan Paton only competed in one Paralympics in her career she managed to set many world records; some of which remain unbroken.
Paton won six Paralympic medals during the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games. She won gold in the 50m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 50m butterfly, 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley.
In 2004, Paton competed in the INAS-FID (International Sports Federation for People with an Intellectual Disability) World Championships, where she won fourteen gold medals and three silver. That same year, she won three gold medals, two silver and two bronze at the Global Games.
Paton could not compete in the 2004 or 2008 Paralympics, due to the International Paralympic Committee's decision to suspend the participation of all athletes with intellectual disabilities. From 2000 to 2002, she held an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship. Her sister Sarah Paton competed in the Women's 800m Freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
In 2013, she was inducted into the ACT Sport Hall of Fame. In October 2014, she was inducted into the Path of Champions at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.
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