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Collin
Harrison

Para-sailing

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Key Facts

Date of Birth
20 February 1961
Currently resides
Victoria Park, WA
Start competing
1975
Australian debut
2002
Impairment
Physical Impairment – Right arm limb loss

Collin's Story

Raised in the United Kingdom, four-time Paralympian Colin Harrison was introduced to sailing as a teenager at a youth holiday camp in Northern Wales. Joining the Thames Estuary Yacht Club in Essex, England on his return, Colin began racing small boats. A cancer diagnosis several years later resulted in the amputation of his right arm, and after taking a short break from sailing to adjust, Colin made his international debut at the 2002 IFDS World Disabled Sailing Championships in Medemblik, the Netherlands. Together with Paralympic champions Noel Robins and Jamie Dunross, he finished 16th from a fleet of 21. At …

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  • Royal Australian Mint
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