Australian Paralympic Shooting Team
# Australian Paralympic Shooting Team

Shooting has been included in the Summer Paralympic Games from the 1976 Games. Australia has been represented at each Games since 1976.

Notable Australian athletes:

* Elizabeth Kosmala, a wheelchair athlete, has won 12 shooting medals (9 gold and 3 silver medals). Kosmala has been selected in the team for London Games. It will be her 11th consecutive Games.
* Barbara Caspers has won 7 medals (5 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals)

## Medal table

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1976 Toronto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 Arnhem | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 1984 Stoke Mandeville | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1988 Seoul | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1992 Barcelona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 Sydney* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 Athens | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 Beijing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 London | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 Rio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Tokyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 15 | 7 | 3 | 25 |

## Summer Paralympic Games

### 1976

Australia represented by: Men – Kevin Bawden, J. Handbridge

Women – Elizabeth Richards Australia won 1 gold medal through Elizabeth Richard's performance in Mixed rifle shooting 2–5.

### 1980

Australia represented by:

Men – Peter Pascoe

Women – Barbara Caspers, Elizabeth Kosmala

Australia won 6 medals - 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 1 bronze medal

### 1984

Australia represented by:

Men – Troy Andrews, Kevin Bawden, Keith Bremner, Allan Chadwick, Peter Parker, Andrew Rainbow, Stanley Sims, Grant Walker

Women – Barbara Caspers, Elizabeth Kosmala Australian team won 9 gold medals - Barbara Caspers and Elizabeth Kosmala both won 4 gold medals and Allan Chadwick one gold medal.

### 1988 Seoul

Australia represented by:

Men – Robert Bakker, Keith Bremner, Allan Chadwick, Andrew Rainbow, Stanley Simms, Grant Walker

Women – Barbara Caspers, Elizabeth Kosmala

Elizabeth Kosmala won all Australia's shooting medals - 3 gold medals and one silver medal.

### 1992 Barcelona

Australia represented by:

Men – Keith Bremner, Andrew Rambow

Women – Elizabeth Kosmala

### 1996 Atlanta

Australia represented by:

Men – Ashley Adams, Keith Bremner, Iain Fischer, James Nomarhas, Peter Worsley

Women – Patricia Fischer, Libby Kosmala

Coach – Yvonne Hill (Head), Raymund Brummell

### 2000 Sydney

Australia represented in shooting by: Men – Ashley Adams, Stephen Guy, Stan Kosmala, Jeff Lane, James Nomarhas, Paul Schofield, Peter Shannon, Peter Tait, Peter Worsley

Women – Elizabeth Kosmala

Coaches – Yvonne Hill (Head), Anne Bugden, Evangelos Anagnostou

Officials – Andre Jurich

Australia won a silver medal with Peter Tait's performance in the pistol. Six shooters made finals.

### 2004 Athens

Australia represented in shooting:

Men - Ashley Adams, James Nomarhas, Peter Worsley, David Ziebarth Women – Elizabeth Kosmala

Coaches - Miroslav Sipek (Head), Hans Heiderman

Officials - Michelle Fletcher (Manager), Craig Jarvis, Elizabeth Ziebarth

Australia won 1 silver and 1 bronze medal through Ashley Adams' performances.

Detailed Australian Results

### 2008 Beijing

Representing Australia in shooting:

Men - Ashley Adams, Sebastian Hume, Jason Maroney

Women - Libby Kosmala

Coaches - Miro Sipek (Head Coach), Michelle Fletcher

Officials - Nick Sullivan (Section Manager), Anne Bugden

Australia did not win a medal.

Detailed Australian Results

### 2012 London

Representing Australia in shooting:

Men - Ashley Adams, Luke Cain, Jason Maroney, Bradley Mark

Women - Libby Kosmala, Natalie Smith

Coach - Miro Sipek

Officials – Section Manager – Nick Sullivan, Technical Support – Stuart Smith, Personal Care Attendant – Anne Bugden, Yvonne Cain, Margaret Zubcic

Libby Kosmala competed at her 11th Paralympic Games at the age of 70. Ashley Adams competed at his 4th Games. Natalie Smith won a bronze medal.

Detailed Australian Results

### 2016 Rio

Representing Australia in shooting:

Men - Luke Cain, Bradley Mark, Chris Pitt (d), Anton Zappelli (d) Women - Libby Kosmala, Natalie Smith

'Coach - Head Coach - Miro Sipek, Assistant Coach - Margret Bugden,

Officials - Team Leader - Tim Mahon, Carers - Yvonne Cain, Stuart Smith, Maragret Zubcic

Australia did not win any medals. Australia's best placing was Christopher Pitt's fourth.

Detailed Australian Results

### 2020 Tokyo

Representing Australia in shooting:

Men - Chris Pitt, Anton Zappelli Women - Natalie Smith

Officials - Team Leader - Kurt Olsen, Technical Support - Catherine Berry

Australia did not win any medals.

Detailed Australian Results

   (d) Paralympic Games debut

Australia did not win any medals. Australia's best placing was Christopher Pitt's fourth.

