Kevin Cunningham (Paralympian)

Kevin Cunningham (11 August 1939 – 4 January 2023) was an Australian Paralympic athlete.

[2] Cunningham's interest in Paralympic sport stemmed from his time at Shenton Park Rehabilitation Centre where he witnessed residents training for the International Stoke Mandeville Games.

[1] He participated in the 1968 Tel Aviv Games in men's slalom C in athletics and wheelchair basketball.

[1] Whilst celebrating 50 years of Paralympic sport, in 2010, Cunningham was honoured as a member of the Australian wheelchair basketball team which competed at the 1960 Rome Games alongside his teammates; Kevin Coombs, Gary Hooper, Bill Mather-Brown, Bruno Moretti, and Chris O'Brien[6] (pictured on the right).

At the 1962 Perth Games, he competed in many events and won gold medals in the pentathlon and men's wheelchair basketball.

Seven of the members of the 1960 Australian Paralympic Team - the first - at the reunion to mark the 50th anniversary of the Games. L to R (athlete and partner): Chris O'Brien with his sister, Daphne Hilton (née Ceeney) with husband Frank, Gary Hooper with wife Jan, APC President Greg Hartung (standing in dinner suit), Bruno Moretti with wife Scarlett, Kevin Coombs with wife Linda, Kevin Cunningham with wife Maureen, and Bill Mather-Brown with wife Nadine