Greg Smith holds the Australian flag as the national anthem is sung by Men Only Aloud and the Australian flag is raised above Cardiff Castle at the naming of the 2012 Australian Paralympic Team flagbearer. Image: Australian Paralympic Committee/Tony Naar.
Office portrait of Greg Smith Image: Australian Paralympic Committee/Australian Sports Commission.
Members of the 2012 Australian Paralympic team in Cardiff Castle at the naming of the 2012 Australian Paralympic Team flagbearer Image: Australian Paralympic Committee/Tony Naar.
Members of the 2012 Australian Paralympic Team are cheered as they enter Cardiff Castle for the naming of the 2012 Australian Paralympic Team flagbearer Image: Australian Paralympic Committee/Tony Naar.
Earlier today, at a ceremony in Wales' CardiffCastle, the Australian Paralympic Committee announced the selection of wheelchair rugby player Greg Smith as Australian flag-bearer during the opening of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Over 260 members of Australia's 305-strong Paralympic team attended the announcement of Smith as flag-bearer.
Multiple gold, silver and bronze medallist, Smith has represented Australia in multiple Paralympic Games in two different sports: 1992, 1996 and 2000 saw him compete in athletics; 2004 and 2008 were the games where he switched to wheelchair rugby. The Australian Paralympic Committee quoted Smith saying of this honor, "I remember in Barcelona in 1992 at my first Games when the flag bearer was announced. I just thought "Wow, that's something very special". I could have never imagined that being me one day. I just remember that feeling of how proud you’d be if you were given such an honour."
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