Kevin Coombs is an Australian paralympian

Australia at the Paralympics

Australia has sent delegations to the Summer Paralympics since the first games in 1960, and to the Winter Paralympics since 1980, ....

 who competed at several Paralympics including the 1960 Summer Paralympics

1960 Summer Paralympics

The 1960 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, were the first international Paralympic Games, following on from the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1948 and 1952. They were organised under the aegis of the International Stoke Mandeville Games...

. One of the sports that he competed in was wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people in wheelchairs and is considered one of the major disabled sports practiced. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee as the sole...

. After games at the Paralympics, Coombs and his team went out and had cold beers. Coombs only brought one wheelchair to the Paralympic Games, the wheelchair he used every day. His wheelchair weighed about 40 kilograms (88.2 lb). Kevin Coombs had a street named after him at Sydney Olympic Park

Sydney Olympic Park

Sydney Olympic Park is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sydney Olympic Park is located 16 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Auburn Council....

. He was the first Australian Aboriginal Paralympic competitor for Australia. He was from Victoria. he was a pretty cool guy