Sport

The Paralympic Games took place between 24 August – 5 September 2021, where Sydney University had six of its athletes represent Australia.

On behalf of the entire Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness community, we would like to congratulate and thank all those involved. A full recap of how our Paralympians performed can be found here. 

Between 23 July – 8 August 2021, Australia sent a team of 486 to the Tokyo Olympic Games; 36* of those 486 athletes were current or former University of Sydney student athletes, Elite Athlete Program (EAP) or club members. University of Sydney graduate and former EAP member, Simon McTavish, represented Canada at the Games.

Australia finished in sixth place on the overall medal tally with 17 gold, 7 silver and 22 bronze medals (46 total). An incredible 99 Australian athletes left Tokyo with a medal – seven of whom are Sydney University Olympians.

Track selected athletes and their schedules and results below.

Watch live and free on 7plus. See the official schedule here. *All times below in JST (add 1 hour for AEST)

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