Bruce Wallrodt

Bruce Wallrodt, OAM[1] (26 September 1951 – 2 July 2019) was an Australian Paralympic athlete.

After leaving school, he worked as a fitter and turner until the age of 29, when he had a spinal haemorrhage that left him paraplegic.

[4] Sport to me was an extended arm of the rehabilitation process and made me realise that there was little that I could not do even if I had to do it from a wheelchair.

Competing and mixing with my peers showed me that the upper limits of my capabilities were far greater than I had thought possible.

[6] At the 1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled in Assen, Netherlands he won gold medals in the Men's Shot Put and Discus F4 events.

Bruce Wallrodt prepares to throw in the F53 seated javelin event in which he won a bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics
Bruce Wallrodt throwing discus at 1992 Paralympics