Neil Fuller

Neil Robert Fuller, OAM[1] (born 2 August 1969 in Shoreham by Sea, Sussex)[2] is an Australian athlete, Paralympic competitor, and amputee.

During his youth, Neil was an ambitious soccer player, gaining a position playing at state level for South Australia.

It was during a soccer match on 25 July 1987[3] that his tibia and fibula were broken, and a major artery in his right leg was severed in an attempted tackle to the shin.

He is now coordinator of Sport at St Peters Collegiate Girls School in Adelaide, South Australia In 1990, Fuller competed in the World Championships and Games for the Disabled in Assen, Netherlands winning a bronze medal in the men's long jump 7F.

[7] In 2000, Fuller received an Australian Sports Medal for "service to amputee athletics as World Class Competitor and Development of National Training Squad".

Fuller carrying the Australian flag at the 2000 Summer Paralympics