Rhodesia was one of the participants at the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, where one of its two representatives was Margaret Harriman, in swimming and archery. The country took part in every edition of the Summer Paralympics until 1972. Although Rhodesia was barred from all Olympics from 1968 until its disestablishment in 1979 after its 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom, it was allowed to participate in the 1968 Tel Aviv and 1972 Heidelberg games because politicians, both from Britain and the host nations of the games, were unwilling to sanction athletes with disabilities. However, the Canadian government refused to grant visas for the Rhodesian Paralympic team to attend the 1976 Toronto Paralympics.
Rhodesia ceased to exist before the 1980 Summer Paralympics, in which its successor state, Zimbabwe, competed.Zimbabwe at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
List of medalists Over their four appearances, Rhodesians won a total of 21 gold medals, 18 silver and 15 bronze.
Medal Name Games Sport Event Margaret Harriman 1960 Rome Archery FITA round open Margaret Harriman 1960 Rome Archery Windsor round open Margaret Harriman 1964 Tokyo Archery Albion round open Margaret Harriman 1964 Tokyo Archery FITA round open Margaret Harriman George Mann 1964 Tokyo Dartchery Mixed pairs open Lynette Gilchrist 1964 Tokyo Athletics Club throw B Lynette Gilchrist 1964 Tokyo Athletics Javelin throw B Lynette Gilchrist 1964 Tokyo Swimming 50m freestyle prone incomplete class 3 Lynette Gilchrist 1964 Tokyo Swimming 50m freestyle supine incomplete class 3 Lynette Gilchrist 1964 Tokyo Swimming 50m breaststroke incomplete class 3 Leslie Manson-Bishop 1964 Tokyo Swimming 50m freestyle supine complete class 4 Leslie Manson-Bishop 1964 Tokyo Swimming 50m breaststroke complete class 4 Jacqueline Thompson 1968 Tel Aviv Athletics Shot put B Leslie Manson-Bishop 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming 50m backstroke complete class 4 Andrew James Scott 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming 50m breaststroke class 4 incomplete Sandra Coppard 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming 25m freestyle class 1 incomplete Sandra Coppard 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming 25m breaststroke class 1 incomplete Andrew James Scott 1972 Heidelberg Swimming 75m individual medley 4 Sandra James 1972 Heidelberg Swimming 25m freestyle 1A Sandra James 1972 Heidelberg Athletics Javelin throw 1A Lynette Gilchrist 1964 Tokyo Athletics Discus throw B Lynette Gilchrist 1964 Tokyo Athletics Shot put B Leslie Manson-Bishop 1964 Tokyo Athletics Pentathlon 2 Leslie Manson-Bishop 1964 Tokyo Swimming 50m freestyle prone complete class 4 Lynette Gilchrist Leslie Manson-Bishop Keith Pienaar 1964 Tokyo Swimming Medley relay open Gesina Smit 1968 Tel Aviv Athletics Javelin throw C Peter Goldhawk 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming 50m backstroke class 3 incomplete Jacqueline Thompson 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming 50m freestyle class 3 incomplete Avril Davis 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming 50m backstroke class 5 (cauda equina) Virginia Tomlinson 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming 25m breaststroke class 2 incomplete Andrew James Scott 1972 Heidelberg Swimming 50m backstroke 1B Eileen Robertson 1972 Heidelberg Swimming 25m freestyle 1B Sandra James 1972 Heidelberg Swimming 25m breaststroke 1A Eileen Robertson 1972 Heidelberg Swimming 25m breaststroke 1B Sandra James 1972 Heidelberg Athletics Shot put 1A Keith Pienaar 1964 Tokyo Athletics Discus throw B Leslie Manson-Bishop 1964 Tokyo Athletics Javelin throw C David Holland 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming 25m freestyle class 1 incomplete Glynn Griffiths 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming 25m backstroke class 1 incomplete Virginia Tomlinson 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming 25m freestyle class 2 incomplete Jacqueline Thompson 1968 Tel Aviv Swimming 50m backstroke class 3 incomplete David Holland 1972 Heidelberg Swimming 25m freestyle 1B Kevin English 1972 Heidelberg Swimming 100m backstroke 5 Andrew James Scott 1972 Heidelberg Swimming 50m breaststroke 1B Sandra James 1972 Heidelberg Athletics Discus throw 1A
Andrew James Scott went on to compete for Zimbabwe, winning a number of silver and bronze medals in 1980.Rhodesia at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
See also Zimbabwe at the Paralympics Rhodesia at the Olympics
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