Michael Alston

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Michael Alston
Portrait of Alston at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics
Medal record
Representing Australia
Disabled fencing
FESPIC Games
Silver medal – second place 1998 team
Stoke Mandeville Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Foil
DEFI Sport Event
Silver medal – second place 1998 Epee
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Sabre
Alston in competition at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics

Michael Alston is an Australian disabled fencer. He competed in the 1998 FESPIC Games and won a silver team medal. At the 1998 Stoke Mandeville Games, he won a gold medal in the foil event. That same year, he also competed at the DEFI Sport Event held in Canada. He won a silver medal in the épée event and a bronze medal in the sabre event. He was supported by the Blacktown City Council and was coached by Sally Kopiec.[1]

At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics he represented Australia in the Men's Foil Individual A and Men's Sabre Individual A but did not medal.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Australian Paralympic Committee 1999, p. 20
  2. ^ "IPC Historical Results - Michael Alston". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

Bibliography

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  • Australian Paralympic Committee (1999). "Fencing". Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report (1998 ed.). Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee.