Stewart Pike
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 Action shot of Pike in the pool during competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Stewart Alan Pike | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 June 1981 Taree, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
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Stewart Alan Pike, OAM[1] (born on 1 June 1981)[2][3] is an Australian Paralympic swimmer and was born in the New South Wales city of Taree.[2] Pike has an intellectual disability and took up swimming to overcome his life frustrations.[2] He attended Weston Primary School and Kurri Kurri High School.[4] He won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle S14 event, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia,[1] and a silver medal in the Men's 200 m Medley SM14 event.[5] In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal[6] and an Australian Institute of Sport Athlete with a Disability scholarship.[7] In 2001, he was awarded the Cessnock City Council Australia Day Sports Award. In 2006, he was an inaugural inductee in the Cessnock Hall of Fame.[2]
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