Noel Robins

He began sailing as a child, and became partially quadriplegic after receiving a spinal fracture from a car crash at the age of 21.

[3] At the age of 21, he was a passenger in a car crash on Mounts Bay Road, which left him with a broken neck and a fractured spine; as a result, he became a "walking quadriplegic", with reduced mobility and strength in all four limbs.

[5] In 1981 he skippered Hitchhiker II, which won that year's Admiral's Cup in Cowes and the Two Ton World Championship in Porto Cervo, Sardinia.

[3][11] In 2000, he won the North American championship for disabled persons in St. Petersburg, Florida with Jamie Dunross and Graeme Martin, in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Games.

[15] in 2020, Robins along with Jamie Dunross and Graeme Martin were inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame.

Action shot of Australian sonar class sailor Noel Robins with teammates Jamie Dunross and Graeme Martin on their boat in the Sydney Harbour during sailing competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Portrait of Australian sailors (left to right) Noel Robins, Graeme Martin and Jamie Dunross at Sydney Harbour during the 2000 Summer Paralympics