Fabian Blattman

Fabian John Blattman, OAM is an Australian Paralympic athlete. He became disabled after a motorbike accident. He started playing disabled bowls, before switching to athletics. As a Paralympic athletics competitor, he has set several world records and won two Paralympic gold medals.

Blattman was born onDecember 1958 in the New South Wales town of Narrandera. He attended Springwood High School, leaving the school in 1975 to take up an apprenticeship. A 1978 motorcycle accident left him a paraplegic. Following the accident, he spent eighteen months in rehabilitation at the Mt Wilga Rehabilitation Centre in Hornsby, New South Wales. After rehabilitation, Blattman moved into his parents home in Springwood, New South Wales. The house was retrofitted with a lift to enable him to reach his third floor bedroom. Blattman moved out of his parents home, and independently travels around the world. He played table tennis socially.

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