Bruce Oliver Thwaite (2 December 1923 – 21 September 1991) was an Australian Paralympic competitor.

During World War II, he sustained a spinal injury when he landed on a tree after parachuting from a bomber plane over Germany.

[2] At the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Perth, he won gold medals in the Men's Swimming 50 m Crawl Class B and Men's Swimming 50 m Breaststroke Class B events, a silver medal in the Weightlifting Class B Middleweight event and a bronze medal in the Men's Precision Archery event.

[2] At the 1976 Toronto Games, he teamed with Eric Magennis to win the gold medal in the Men's Pairs wh event.

[4][5] The first New South Wales Paraplegic Sports Club meeting was held in his jewellery shop in the Sydney suburb of Concord.