Joseph Stephen Egan[1] (born 31 October 1953) is an Australian athlete and volleyball player, who has won five medals at four Paralympics from 1980 to 2000.
Egan was born on 31 October 1953.[2] He was a keen sportsman during his youth, competing in sprinting, hurdling, and both rugby union and rugby league, the latter for South Sydney.[3] His right leg was amputated below the knee after a 1971 motorcycle accident.[3]
In 1999 he founded Dynamicaxtion (later named ProsMedix), a company based on the New South Wales Central Coast that makes prosthetic limbs.[4] He has a patent for a "Method of construction of moulded products" with Wong Cheng-Hing.[1]
Career
Egan was the captain of the Australian team at the 1980 Arnhem Paralympics, where he won two bronze medals in the Men's 100 m C and Men's 400 m C events.[3][5] At the 1984 New York Games, he won a gold medal in the men's 4×100 m relay A4–9 event, a silver medal in the men's 4×400 m relay A4–9 event, and a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m A4 event.[3][5][6] In 1984 he became the first person to remove the flesh-coloured covering from his prosthetic leg to improve its performance in competition.[3] He competed in athletics at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics,[5] after which he retired from competition.[3] In a 2000 interview, he said: "That was it. Finished. I'd had enough. ``I had a young family, and then there were the costs of travelling. You had to pay your way everywhere."[3]
Inspired by the prospect of the upcoming 2000 Sydney Paralympics, he began training again in 1996. However, he could no longer compete at an elite level in athletics, so he started playing volleyball, initially in sitting volleyball. He then recruited and participated in Australia's Paralympic standing volleyball team for the 2000 games.[3][5]
References
^ abAU patent 2003240304, Egan, Joseph Steven & Ching-Heng, Wong, "Method of construction of moulded products", issued 2005-01-04
egan, paralympian, joseph, stephen, egan, born, october, 1953, australian, athlete, volleyball, player, five, medals, four, paralympics, from, 1980, 2000, joseph, eganpersonal, informationfull, namejoseph, stephen, egannationality, australiaborn, 1953, october. Joseph Stephen Egan 1 born 31 October 1953 is an Australian athlete and volleyball player who has won five medals at four Paralympics from 1980 to 2000 Joseph EganPersonal informationFull nameJoseph Stephen EganNationality AustraliaBorn 1953 10 31 31 October 1953 age 69 Medal record AthleticsParalympic Games1984 New York Men s 4 100 m relay A4 91984 New York Men s 4 400 m relay A4 91980 Arnhem Men s 100 m C1980 Arnhem Men s 400 m C1984 New York Men s 100 m A4 Contents 1 Personal 2 Career 3 References 4 External linksPersonal EditEgan was born on 31 October 1953 2 He was a keen sportsman during his youth competing in sprinting hurdling and both rugby union and rugby league the latter for South Sydney 3 His right leg was amputated below the knee after a 1971 motorcycle accident 3 In 1999 he founded Dynamicaxtion later named ProsMedix a company based on the New South Wales Central Coast that makes prosthetic limbs 4 He has a patent for a Method of construction of moulded products with Wong Cheng Hing 1 Career EditEgan was the captain of the Australian team at the 1980 Arnhem Paralympics where he won two bronze medals in the Men s 100 m C and Men s 400 m C events 3 5 At the 1984 New York Games he won a gold medal in the men s 4 100 m relay A4 9 event a silver medal in the men s 4 400 m relay A4 9 event and a bronze medal in the Men s 100 m A4 event 3 5 6 In 1984 he became the first person to remove the flesh coloured covering from his prosthetic leg to improve its performance in competition 3 He competed in athletics at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics 5 after which he retired from competition 3 In a 2000 interview he said That was it Finished I d had enough I had a young family and then there were the costs of travelling You had to pay your way everywhere 3 Inspired by the prospect of the upcoming 2000 Sydney Paralympics he began training again in 1996 However he could no longer compete at an elite level in athletics so he started playing volleyball initially in sitting volleyball He then recruited and participated in Australia s Paralympic standing volleyball team for the 2000 games 3 5 References Edit a b AU patent 2003240304 Egan Joseph Steven amp Ching Heng Wong Method of construction of moulded products issued 2005 01 04 Athlete s Profile Australian Paralympic Committee Archived from the original on 4 December 2000 Retrieved 6 October 2012 a b c d e f g h Jeffrey James 9 October 2000 Hometown lure too big for Joe The Australian p L03 Dynamic Axtion Greg Martin Enterprises Archived from the original on 31 December 2012 Retrieved 6 October 2012 a b c d Joe Egan Paralympic org International Paralympic Committee Retrieved 6 October 2012 1984 Australian men s gold medallists in athletics International Paralympic Committee Retrieved 6 October 2012 External links EditJoe Egan at the International Paralympic Committee Joe Egan Athletics Australia Results at the Wayback Machine archived 2013 10 06 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joe Egan Paralympian amp oldid 1081819747, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
