Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Australia was the host nation for the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney and the team consisted of 285 athletes in 18 sports and 148 officials. It was the country's largest ever Paralympic delegation to a Games. The chef de mission was Paul Bird. Australia finished at the top of the medal tally with 63 gold, 39 silver and 47 bronze medals. This was the first time and the only time to date that Australia has finished on top of either an Olympic or Paralympic medal tally. The most successful sports were athletics, cycling, equestrian, swimming and wheelchair tennis.Notable Australian performances were: Siobhan Paton won six gold medals in S14 swimming events and set six world records Timothy Sullivan won five gold medals and set five world records in athletics Neil Fuller, a leg amputee sprinter, won four gold medals and one bronze medal and was flag bearer at the closing ceremony Lisa Llorens won three gold medals and one silver medal in athletics Greg Smith in wheelchair athletics events won three gold medals Lisa McIntosh won three gold medals in athletics Athletes who won two individual gold medals were:Louise Sauvage, Russell Short, Amy Winters, Julie Higgins, Kingsley Bugarin, and Gemma Dashwood.↑"@en }
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- Australia_at_the_2000_Summer_Paralympics abstract "Australia was the host nation for the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney and the team consisted of 285 athletes in 18 sports and 148 officials. It was the country's largest ever Paralympic delegation to a Games. The chef de mission was Paul Bird. Australia finished at the top of the medal tally with 63 gold, 39 silver and 47 bronze medals. This was the first time and the only time to date that Australia has finished on top of either an Olympic or Paralympic medal tally. The most successful sports were athletics, cycling, equestrian, swimming and wheelchair tennis.Notable Australian performances were: Siobhan Paton won six gold medals in S14 swimming events and set six world records Timothy Sullivan won five gold medals and set five world records in athletics Neil Fuller, a leg amputee sprinter, won four gold medals and one bronze medal and was flag bearer at the closing ceremony Lisa Llorens won three gold medals and one silver medal in athletics Greg Smith in wheelchair athletics events won three gold medals Lisa McIntosh won three gold medals in athletics Athletes who won two individual gold medals were:Louise Sauvage, Russell Short, Amy Winters, Julie Higgins, Kingsley Bugarin, and Gemma Dashwood.↑".