Peter Leek
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Peter Leek is a disabled swimmer from Australia
. He competed in the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, held in Eindhoven, Netherlands where he won six gold medals and one silver medal. One of the medals was in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay event. Leek's medals helped Australia's national Paralympic swim team finish sixth overall. Leek is classified as an S8 swimmer. He is an Australian Institute of Sport
scholarship recipient and trains on campus.
He won four silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games
in the Men's 50 m Freestyle S8, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34 pts, Men's 400 m Freestyle S8 and Men's 100 m Backstroke S8 events. He won a bronze in the Men's 100 m Freestyle S8 event. He won three gold medals in the Men's 100 m Butterfly S8, Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 and Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts events.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He competed in the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships, held in Eindhoven, Netherlands where he won six gold medals and one silver medal. One of the medals was in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay event. Leek's medals helped Australia's national Paralympic swim team finish sixth overall. Leek is classified as an S8 swimmer. He is an Australian Institute of Sport
Australian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport is a sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services. The Institute's headquarters is situated in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The 66.0 hectare site campus is in the northern suburb of Bruce, but some of the...
scholarship recipient and trains on campus.
He won four silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Games
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....
in the Men's 50 m Freestyle S8, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34 pts, Men's 400 m Freestyle S8 and Men's 100 m Backstroke S8 events. He won a bronze in the Men's 100 m Freestyle S8 event. He won three gold medals in the Men's 100 m Butterfly S8, Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM8 and Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts events.