Robert Lindon McIntyre (1952/1953 – 23 December 1995)[1][2] nicknamed "Macca",[1] was an Australian Paralympic athlete, wheelchair basketball player and coach.

[2] He was then selected for the 1968 Tel Aviv Paralympics, where he won a gold medal in the Men's Slalom B event and participated in the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team; he would go on to win medals at athletics events at every Paralympics until 1984, and participate in Australia's wheelchair basketball squad at every games until 1980.

They lost the grand final match of the National Basketball Championships in 1978 by one point, and had back-to-back wins in 1980 and 1981.

[2] At the 1980 Arnhem Games, he won a bronze medal in the Men's Slalom 5 event, and coached the national wheelchair basketball team.

The person in front of him, New Zealand's Graham Condon, hit a pothole near the 20-kilometre (12 mi) mark, causing McIntyre to lose his balance and turn upside down in his wheelchair.