 Australian T50 wheelchair athlete Fabian Blattman shades himself with a towel while he waits for his event at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Fabian John Blattman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 December 1958 Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fabian John Blattman, OAM[1] (born 28 December 1958)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He became disabled after a motorbike accident. He started playing disabled bowls, before switching to athletics. As a Paralympic athletics competitor, he has set several world records and won two Paralympic gold medals.
- ^ "Blackman, Fabian John". It's an Honour. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Athletes". Australian Sports Commission. Archived from the original on 19 January 2000. Retrieved 13 June 2014.