{{short description|Australian disabled fencer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox sportsperson| | name = Michael Alston | image = 221000 - Wheelchair Fencing Michael Alston portrait - 3b - Sydney 2000 photo.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Portrait of Alston at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics | fullname = | school = | nicknames = | nationality = | club = | stroke= | collegeteam = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry|Australia}} {{MedalSport|Disabled fencing}} {{MedalCompetition|FESPIC Games}} {{MedalSilver|1998|team}} {{MedalCompetition|Stoke Mandeville Games}} {{MedalGold|1998|Foil}} {{MedalCompetition|DEFI Sport Event}} {{MedalSilver|1998|Epee}} {{MedalBronze|1998|Sabre}} }} thumb|left|Alston in competition at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics '''Michael Alston''' is an Australian disabled fencer. He competed in the 1998 FESPIC Games and won a silver team medal. At the 1998 Stoke Mandeville Games, he won a gold medal in the foil event. That same year, he also competed at the DEFI Sport Event held in Canada. He won a silver medal in the épée event and a bronze medal in the sabre event. He was supported by the Blacktown City Council and was coached by Sally Kopiec.<ref name=APC-20>{{harvnb|Australian Paralympic Committee|1999|p=20}}</ref>
At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics he represented Australia in the Men's Foil Individual A and Men's Sabre Individual A but did not medal.<ref name="IPC Historical Results">{{cite web|title=IPC Historical Results – Michael Alston|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Athletes/Results?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Alston&fname=Michael&gender=all|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
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== Bibliography == {{refbegin}} * {{cite journal |author=Australian Paralympic Committee |title=Fencing |journal=Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report |edition=1998 |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |year=1999 |location=Australia }} {{refend}}
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