Biography - Don Elgin

Don Elgin was raised in the NSW town of Tocumwal. Being born without the lower portion of his left leg was not a barrier for this boy who would make his first Australian team at 18 years of age.

Don went to the 1994 International Paralympic Committee World Athletic Championships in Berlin, where he won a gold medal as part of the 4x100m relay team. Following this event Don’s focus moved from the sprint events to the Pentathlon – five events: discus, long jump, shot put, 400m and 100m.

Don held a Victorian Institute of Sport Scholarship for 12 years. He competed in the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games where he won bronze in the Pentathlon.

Don continued to train towards his ultimate goal of being number one in the world, in the below knee amputee Pentathlon.

He moved a step closer to his goal when he finished with a Silver medal at the 2002 IPC World Athletic Championships.

In 2004 Don became a triple Paralympic medalist with one silver medal in the 4x400m relay and two bronze medals one in the Pentathlon and in the 4x100 at the Athens Paralympic Games.

INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Paralympics:

1996 – Shot Put 14th, Discus 13th, Pentathlon 4th

2000 – 100m 11th, 200m 9th, 400m 12th, Long Jump 9th, Shot Put 8th, Discus 11th, Pentathlon 4th

2004 – Pentathlon Bronze, 4x100m Bronze, 4x400m Silver

International Paralympic Committee World Athletic Championships

1994 - High Jump Bronze, Shot Put 15th, 4x100m Gold

1998 – Pentathlon 4th

2002 – Long Jump 8th, Pentathlon Silver, 4x100m Bronze, 4x400m Silver

2006 – Pentathlon 6th