The most gold medals Australia has ever won at Paralympic Games

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Australia has a storied history at the Paralympic Games, dominating in a host of sports since its inception in 1960.

This will be the 16th Paralympics that we have sent athletes to, and in the previous 15 appeearances, Australia have brought home a grand total of 368 gold medals.

Australia hosted the Paralympics back in 2000 in Sydney, which coincided with our most successful gold medal tally of 63. 

Here's a detailed history of Australia's gold medal history at the Paralympic Games. 

HOW MANY GOLD MEDALS HAS AUSTRALIA WON AT EACH PARALYMPICS? 

Sydney 2000 was the most successful Paralympics for our athletes, bringing home 63 gold medals.

In New York, Australia won 49 golds but the overall tally was actually 154 - five more than the total tally in Sydney.

Here's a year-by-year breakdown of Australia' gold medal history, including a running tally of Tokyo 2020. 

YEAR GOLD MEDALS
Rome 1960 3
Tokyo 1964 12
Tel-Aviv 1968 15
Heidelberg 1972 6
Toronto 1976 16
Arnhem 1980 12
New York 1984 49
Seoul 1988 23
Barcelona 1992 24
Atlanta 1996 42
SYDNEY 2000 63
Athens 2004 26
Beijing 2008 23
London 2012 32
Rio 2016 22
Tokyo 2020 13* 

WHICH SPORT HAS AUSTRALIA WON THE MOST GOLD MEDALS IN AT PARALYMPIC GAMES?

Australia's two best sports in Paralympic Games history have undoubtedly been swimming and athletics.

Over the years, Australia have brought home 153 gold medals in athletics and another 128 gold in the pool.

Other notable sports include cycling (37 golds) and shooting (15 golds), with every other sport only producing single-figures in terms of gold medals.

Here's a sport-by-sport breakdown of Australia's gold medal history at the Paralympic Games. 

SPORT GOLD MEDALS
Athletics 153
Swimming  128
Cycling 37
Shooting 15
Lawn bowls 8
Weightlifting 4
Sailing 4
Archery 3
Wheelchair tennis 3
Equestrian 3
Wheelchair basketball 2
Table tennis 2
Wheelchair rugbyq 2
Paraconoe 1
Dartchery 1
Judo 1
Triathlon 1

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