Terry Giddy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Terry Giddy
Date Of Birth	Apr 2, 1950(1950-04-02)
Age	74
Birthplace	Kempsey
Country	Australia
Birth City	New South Wales
Horoscope	Aries

Terry Giddy Biography

Terry Giddy is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on April 2, 1950 in Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia. Giddy was born the 2nd of April, 1950, in Kempsey, New South Wales town of Kempsey as the second out of four kids. Giddy was paraplegic at the age of 15 following an accident involving a tree. His marriage to Margaret since 1978. Margaret since 1978. He has three stepsons as well as two children. the Little Gym of Big Terry that has trained powerlifters who have been awarded world titles. He stands 1.8 meters (5 11 inches) tall.

In the days prior to when he was competing in the 2000 Sydney Paralympics the athlete’s qualification was changed to F56 to F55 He was told that he’d been playing within the wrong handicap category throughout his entire life. Giddy did not take home any medals during his participation in the 2000 Games. Giddy was disappointed by his disqualification based on video footage of the shot put event at the Sydney Games after throwing a world record. In 2002 during his training in Germany for the world championships in France He sprained his sternum, and injured his back after an accident. Then, he was preparing to compete in his participation in the 2004 Athens Paralympics but the back injury was been aggravated again and the plate that was in his back was broken in half. He resigned in the beginning of 2004 because of the injury. He returned for his participation in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, where he finished seventh in the standing shot put event, and was the oldest Australian Commonwealth Games athlete. In his farewell dinner in 2004 Chris Nunn, Head Coach of the Australian Athletics team at the Sydney Games, said “Whilst you may have travelled thousands of miles in economy class, your contribution has always been first class”.

The year 1988 was the first time Giddy was awarded the Advance Australia Award. In 2000, Giddy was awarded the Australian Sports Medal. In 2000 was the year he was the bearer of the Sydney Olympic torch. He was also awarded the Australia Day award and was granted keys to Kempsey Town. Kempsey. He was among three Paralympians who fought for the safety of workers for WorkCover both before and after during the 2000 Summer Paralympics. His image appeared on the front top of the Kempsey White Pages as well as the the Yellow Pages.

Terry Giddy Net Worth

Terry Giddy is one of the richest Basketball Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Terry Giddy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Terence “Terry” Giddy (born 2 April 1950) is an Australian Paralympic athlete with paraplegia and has was awarded six medals during six Paralympics.

Giddy’s first competition at the national level took place at that of the National Games in 1969, and his first international contest included the Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Edinburgh where he was awarded three gold medals as well as the silver medal. In 1972, at the Heidelberg Paralympics Giddy won an award of silver in the 100-meter men’s Wheelchair 4 race, and took part in the Australia wheelchair basketball national team. He was a participant during the 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Dunedin, New Zealand,. He was chosen, but did not compete at the 1976 Toronto Paralympics due to illness and did not take part at the 1988 Arnhem Paralympics. He took home an gold medal during the 1984 New-York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics for the men’s Discus 4 competition, winning a silver medal for the event in 1988 at the Seoul Paralympics and winning a silver medal at the Men’s Discus event THW6 and bronze medals in the men’s Shot Put THW6 event at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics and an award of bronze for the men’s Shot Put F55 event at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Terry Giddy height 5 ft 11 in Terry weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Terry Giddy Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Terry Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Terry Giddy celebrates birthday on April 2 of every year.