# Stephen Eaton

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**Stephen Robert Eaton**, [OAM](/source/Order_of_Australia)[1] (born 15 September 1975) is an Australian athlete with [cerebral palsy](/source/Cerebral_palsy) from [Toowoomba](/source/Toowoomba), [Queensland](/source/Queensland) who competes at the national and international level in [discus throwing](/source/Discus_throw) and [shot put](/source/Shot_put) at events such as the [Paralympic Games](/source/Paralympic_Games) and [IPC Athletics World Championships](/source/IPC_Athletics_World_Championships).[2]

Eaton first began to participate in track and field events at the age of eight, under the guidance of coach Anne Marsh.[2] He represented Australia at a Paralympic level for the first time in 1993, and won two gold medals at the 1994 [FESPIC Games](/source/FESPIC_Games).[2] He won a bronze medal in the Men's Discus F32–33 event at the [1996 Atlanta Paralympics](/source/1996_Summer_Paralympics).[3] He won a silver medal in the men's discus at the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships.[4] He had an [Australian Institute of Sport](/source/Australian_Institute_of_Sport) Athletics with a Disability scholarship from 1997 to 2000.[2] He was also supported by the [Queensland Academy of Sport](/source/Queensland_Academy_of_Sport).[5]

He won a gold medal at the [2000 Summer Paralympics](/source/2000_Summer_Paralympics) in the men's discus F34 event,[3] for which he received a [Medal of the Order of Australia](/source/Order_of_Australia).[1] In 2000, he received an [Australian Sports Medal](/source/Australian_Sports_Medal).[6]

Eaton has highlighted the therapeutic value of sport for anyone with a disability. He commented "If I didn't play sport I don't know what I would do. I get to meet people and to travel."[2]

## References

1. ["Eaton, Stephen Robert, OAM"](https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886923). It's an Honour. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

1. ["Childhood coach inspires Paralympian"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120219113556/http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2000/ascmedia/20001011e.html). [Australian Sports Commission](/source/Australian_Sports_Commission). 11 October 2000. Archived from [the original](http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2000/ascmedia/20001011e.html) on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.

1. ["Stephen Eaton"](https://www.paralympic.org/stephen-eaton). *Paralympic.org*. [International Paralympic Committee](/source/International_Paralympic_Committee). Retrieved 6 October 2012.

1. "AIS Athletes leave their mark on IPC World Track and Field Championships Fi". *Sports Chat*. '***(49): 1. Aug 1998.***

1. ["Elite athletes inspire school kids to get active"](http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/Id/45788). [Government of Queensland](/source/Government_of_Queensland). 26 April 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2012.

1. ["Eaton, Stephen Robert: Australian Sports Medal"](https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/970039). It's an Honour. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

## External links

- [Stephen Eaton – Athletics Australia Results](https://web.archive.org/web/20131006065402/http://www.athletics.com.au/history/athletes/athlete6467.htm)

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