Roy Fowler was an Australia

Australia

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n Paralympic

Paralympic Games

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 competitor. He won a gold medal in men's Class 1 Complete 25 M Breaststroke at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

1964 Summer Paralympics

The 1964 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games, were the 2nd Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, they were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics...

 with a time of 0.45.6. He also won a gold medal in the Class 1 Complete 25 M Freestyle event with a time of 0.38.3. He won a third gold medal in the Class 1 Complete 25 M Backstroke event with the world record time of 0.41.0.

He also competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

1968 Summer Paralympics

The 1968 Summer Paralympics were the third Paralympic Games to be held. Organised under the guidance of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation , they were known as the 17th International Stoke Mandeville Games at the time...

, 1972 Summer Paralympics

1972 Summer Paralympics

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 and 1976 Summer Paralympics

1976 Summer Paralympics

The 1976 Summer Paralympics were the fifth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Toronto, in the province of Ontario, Canada from August 3 to 11, 1976...

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