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About Sam Rickard
- Sam Rickard (born 8 September 1971) in Mona Vale, New South Wales is a vision impaired Paralympic athletics competitor from Australia.
- He competed in four successive Paralympic Games 1988 to 2000, winning a bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Games.
- His nickname was ‘the Sparrow’.At the 1988 Seoul Games, he competed in Men's 400m B3, Men's 800m B3 (5th) and Men's High Jump B3 (9th).
- He competed in the World Championships and Games for the Disabled, Assen, Netherlands winning a bronze medal in the Men's 800m B3.At the 1992 Barcelona Games, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 800m B3 and competed in Men's 1500m B3 (5th).In 1994, he left the Northern Territory to accept an Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Athletes with a Disability residential scholarship in Canberra where he was coached by Chris Nunn.
- He departed the AIS in 1996.At the 1996 Atlanta Games, Sam competed in the Men's 400m T12 and Men's 1500m T12 (5th).
- He was disadvantaged because the 800m, his specialist distance was dropped from the Atlanta Athletics program.Finally, 2000 Sydney Games he competed in three events – Men's 400m T13 (7th), Men's 800m T13 (4th) and Men 1500 T13 (6th).He has been a Board Member of Blind Sports Australia.
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