Terry Giddy interviewed by Rob Willis and Tony Naar in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5299977
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Giddy, Terry, 1950-, interviewee
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- National Library of Australia digitised item
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- Description:
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- 2011 May
- 3 sound files (ca. 184 min.)
- Series:
- Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project.
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- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Terry Giddy, born in Kempsey, New South Wales (1950), discusses his family's involvement in the timber industry; a tree-felling accident which resulted in his becoming paraplegic (1966); his rehabilitation at Mt Wilga Rehabilitation Centre; equipment and sports employed in this rehabilitation; competing in the Melbourne Games (1969); Edinburgh Games (1970); New York Games (1970); Paralympic Games Germany (1972); Commonwealth Games Dunedin (1972); Paralympic Games Stoke Mandeville (1984); Paralympic Games Seoul (1988); Paralympic Games Barcelona (1992); Atlanta Paralympic Games (1996); Paralympic Games Sydney (2000); Melbourne Commonwealth Games (2006); his retirement; descriptions of particular Games and events; fun and camaraderie at events; the development of wheelchairs since the 1970s.
Giddy discusses coaches, influences and friendships; training and training methods; difficulties accessing coaches in country areas; moving from track to field events; throwing frames for discus events; accidents and injuries; classification for athletes with a disability; the Australian Paralympic Federation; the Australian Institute of Sport; the formalisation of competitions since the 1980s; the increasing specialisation of athletes in particular events; social attitudes towards people with a disability within Australia and globally; the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981); travel, infrastructure and access for people with a disability; why the Commonwealth Games did not continue with competitions for athletes with a disability; coaching children; the relationships between disability, elite sports, depression and the need for support mechanisms; the importance of sport in his life; his gym and training weightlifters; holding a weightlifting record; giving motivations talks; his work with WorkCover.
- Notes:
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- The Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project is a joint project being conducted by the National Library of Australia and the Australian Paralympic Committee.
- Recorded on 17 and 19 May 2011 in Aldavilla, N.S.W.
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- Timed summary (8 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 127 leaves).
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