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When Ponta began his competitive career, he played several sports, in common with most paraplegic athletes at the time. He competed in basketball, pentathlon, swimming and fencing. Ponta was a member of the first national wheelchair basketball team for Australia, formed in 1956, mostly composed of
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Sometimes Rita and other parents thought I was too tough on kids. 'You push them too hard.' they'd say. 'Bloody rubbish,' I'd respond. 'If we don't do it this way we're never going to get anything out of them and they're never going to learn and improve.' Yes, I've pushed kids through the barriers
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in Tokyo, Ponta competed in Class 2 Men's swimming in the 25 m breaststroke event, where he failed to medal. At those same games, he also competed in the class 2 Men's 25 m Freestyle Supine event, where he won a gold medal. He also competed in wheelchair fencing at the 1964 Games in the
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Ponta was influential in developing junior wheelchair sports in Western Australia and the rest of the country. Ponta pushed junior athletes to make something of themselves and put an emphasis on sportsmanship. He is described by the Western Australian government as having devoted his life to the
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Ponta competed in five Paralympic Games, including the first one held in Rome in 1960. As a Paralympic competitor, he won a gold medal, two silver medals and a bronze medal. He competed in several sports including wheelchair racing, wheelchair fencing, swimming and wheelchair basketball.
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Sport has been a big part of my life with many ups and downs. An outlet for frustration and a challenge either in playing, coaching or administration. I enjoyed my time as a competitor, but have had almost as much pleasure watching people that I have trained become achievers.
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when he was a teenager. Ponta was a member of Australia's first national wheelchair basketball team, and is credited with expanding the sport of wheelchair basketball in Western Australia. At the end of his competitive career, he became a coach, working with athletes such as
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One of Ponta's coaching skills was identifying which events that junior athletes would excel at. He did this with several athletes, including Sauvage. He transformed her from a sprinter to a middle and long distance competitor.
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credit Ponta with being a driving force for the development of the sport in Western Australia. He is considered by organisations such as Disability Services Australia as one of the greatest wheelchair basketball players ever.
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centre in the Royal Perth Hospital Shenton Park Campus. His request was denied, despite having been one of the first patients at the campus. Several high-profile individuals tried to intercede on his behalf including
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Australian Paralympic Team members in the in-field at the athletics during the 1964 Tokyo Paralympic Games. From left (seated) Frank Ponta, team official John Johnston, Elizabeth Edmondson, unknown and Bill
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competitor and coach. He competed in several sports including basketball, pentathlon, swimming and fencing. A paraplegic, he lost the use of both his legs after a tumour was removed from his
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won a gold medal in Foil Novice team at the wheelchair fencing event. In the same year, Ponta and Mather-Brown also competed at the Welsh Challenge Cup, where the pair also won gold.
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In July 2008, he had a stroke, which restricted his movement to his right arm and left him "virtually bedridden". Shortly after his stroke, he tried to get admitted to the
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Frank Ponta interviewed by Robin Poke in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project, National Library of Australia, 2010
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Ponta is credited with developing wheelchair basketball in Western Australia. He is described as a pioneer of the sport. Organisations such as
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in 2000; his citation said: "Basketball Paralympian - huge contribution to Junior w/c sports - team selector, team mgr coach".
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At the age of fourteen or fifteen, he injured his back while diving off a wharf in Geraldton, which aggravated a tumour in his
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that exist. Mainly I just give them the facts: 'You've got to work hard … you've got to train four or five days a week'.
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in 2007. In 2011, he was one of the first people to be inducted into the Australian Paralympian Hall of Fame, along with
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Eppee Team event, where he did not medal, and the Men's Foil Novice Individual, where he won a silver medal. At the
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Ponta coached the Western Australian youth team. He would remove any players who did not show good sportsmanship.
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In 2003, at the Wheelchair Sports WA Annual Awards, Ponta was named the Coach of the Year. He received the
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Ponta received the Sir Ludwig Guttman Award in 1984, and the Lord's Taverners Award in 1989, from
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Ponta married Margaret, a nurse, in 1962. They had four children: Mark, Andrew, Tanya, and Jamie.
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in the discus, javelin, precision javelin, and the wheelchair basketball team. At the
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in 1954 for rehabilitation, where he was trained in sports by John "Johno" Johnston.
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and Bryan Stitfall. He died on 1 June 2011 at the age of 75 after a long illness.
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on 8 November 1935, as the eldest of nine children. In 1947 he moved to
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He died on 1 June 2011 in Perth after a long illness, at the age of 75.
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because his father had a job there in the building trade. He attended
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Ponta coached several medal winning Paralympic athletes including
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The 50th anniversary of wheelchair basketball : a history
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Strohkendl, Horst; Thiboutot, Armand; Craven, Philip (1996).
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players from the spinal injury ward of Royal Perth Hospital.
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The Frank Ponta Trophy tournament was introduced by
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Index

Australia
Paralympic Games
1960 Rome
Wheelchair fencing
Stoke Mandeville Games
1957 Stoke Mandeville
Paralympic Games
1960 Rome
Paralympic swimming
Paralympic Games
1964 Tokyo
1968 Tel Aviv
Paralympic
spinal column
Louise Sauvage
Priya Cooper
Madison de Rozario
Bruce Wallrodt
Subiaco
Geraldton
Christian Brothers
Leederville
spinal column
Royal Perth Hospital
Australian Paralympic Team members in the in-field at the athletics during the 1964 Tokyo Paralympic Games. From left (seated) Frank Ponta, team official John Johnston, Elizabeth Edmondson, unknown and Bill Mather-Brown
Stoke Mandeville Games
Paralympic Games
Bill Mather-Brown
1960 Summer Paralympics
1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games

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