Historical information
Kevin Richard Coombs, OAM (born 30 May 1941) is an Australian wheelchair basketballer and athlete who competed at 5 Paralympics including the first Paralympic Games in 1960. He was the first Australian Aboriginal Paralympic competitor for Australia.
Physical description
Silver medal from 1963 Victorian Paraplegic Games.
Inscriptions & markings
Front - Silver medal from 1963 Australian Paraplegic Games - Basketball - Kevin Coombs
Reverse - engraving of two hands grasping each other, with laurel
Subjects
References
- Kevin Coombs Wikipedia page Kevin Coombs Wikipedia page
- Kevin Coombs page on Aboriginal Victoria site Web page providing biography of Kevin Coomb
