1. Jonathon Milne represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics where he won a bronze medal.
16 Facts About Jonathon Milne
1. 2.
Jonathon Milne competed at 2024 Paris Paralympics - his third Paralympics.
3.
On 23 December 2012, while swimming with his wife Sarah at Avoca Beach on the New South Wales Central Coast, Jonathon Milne broke his neck diving into the ocean, leaving him paralysed from the chest down.
4.
Jonathon Milne was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney.
5.
Jonathon Milne spent the next five and a half months there and the Royal Rehabilitation Hospital in Ryde.
6.
Jonathon Milne completed a Certificate III in carpentry at TAFE in 2012, but now works full-time at the Abbey Archery store in Castle Hill, New South Wales.
7.
Jonathon Milne took up archery, a sport which he had tried as a teenager, as it allowed him to keep his mind off his injuries and could be easily performed in a chair.
8.
In 2015, Jonathon Milne competed at the National Championships held in Morwell, Victoria, placing eighth in target and twelfth in short-distance events against able-bodied athletes, and won the National Para championship.
9.
Jonathon Milne was selected to compete for Australia at the 2015 Para World Championships in Donaueschingen in Germany, where if he placed within the top 19 he would qualify for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
10.
Jonathon Milne placed an impressive fourth, losing the bronze medal final to Great Britain's John Stubbs.
11.
Jonathon Milne was the first Australian to qualify in Paralympic archery since the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, and Australia had not previously won a medal in the sport at the Paralympic Games since the 1984 Summer Paralympics.
12.
Jonathon Milne became Australia's first archery medallist since 1984 when Ian Trewhella won two silver medals.
13.
Jonathon Milne was seeded ninth in the competition and defeated the top seed Bulent Korkmaz in the quarter-final in a match that went down to the final arrow.
14.
Jonathon Milne teamed with Garry Robinson to win the silver medal in the Men's Team Compound at the 2022 World Para Archery Championships.
15.
Jonathon Milne won the bronze medal in the Men's Individual Compound Open at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships.
16.
Jonathon Milne partnered with Ameera Lee, in the Mixed team compound where they lost in the quarter-final.