Fred Pointer

Frederick "Fred" Pointer (19 July 1945 - 28 October 2024) was an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketball player. At the 1980 Arnhem Games, he competed in four athletics events and won two bronze medals in the Men's 400 m 3 and Men's Slalom 3 events.^[1] He was also part of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1980 games.^[2]

Frederick Pointer

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	19 July 1945 Melbourne
Died	28 October 2024
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games 1980 Arnhem Men's 400 m 3 1980 Arnhem Men's Slalom 3

In June 1979, he pushed his wheelchair from Melbourne to Sydney. He took 74 hours for the 907-kilometre journey. Pointer attempted to raise $100,000 to assist the Australian team at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands.^[3]. It was reported that he only raised about $2,500.