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| Full name | Siobhan Bethany Paton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 August 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Telopea Swim Club (Joined: 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Siobhan Bethany Paton, OAM (born 28 August 1983) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer who was born in Sydney. Paton has had an intellectual disability from birth which was a consequence a lack of oxygen.[1] Paton decided to become a swimmer after finding out she has a connective tissue disorder and that swimming would assist in the strengthening of her joints.[1] Siobhan initially began competing with non-disabled athletes and only in 1997 did she compete in a competition for athletes with disabilities, where she won seven gold medals and one silver medal.[1] As of 2004, she holds thirteen world records in her disability class of S14.
Paton represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, where she won six gold medals, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia, and set world records on nine occasions in the process. In recognition of her achievement, the Australian Paralympic Committee named her "Paralympian of the Year", and she was honoured on a postage stamp. She was also awarded an Australian Sports Medal before the 2000 games. In 2013, she was inducted into the ACT Sport Hall of Fame.
- ^ a b c "Siobhan Paton interviewed by Rob Willis and Tony Naar in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studie... [nla.obj-219096388] | Digital Collection – National Library of Australia". Retrieved 14 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.