Brendan Flynn
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Brendan Flynn was the Chief Executive for the Australian Paralympic Committee
Australian Paralympic Committee
The Australian Paralympic Committee is the National Paralympic Committee in Australia for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the means by which Australia participates at the Summer Paralympics and the Winter Paralympics.-History:...

. He held this position in 1999. As part of his work that year, he coordinated with the Sydney Olympic Organising Committee in preparation for the 2000 Summer Paralympics. He took the position in 1999. He still held this position in 2001.

In 2001, there was a controversy about intellectually disabled athletes at the 2000 Paralympic Games, which resulted in athletes being stripped of their medals. Flynn was one of the Australian Paralympic Committee spokespeople who talked to the media about this issue and its impact on Australian medalists.
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