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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|27 April 1944|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Castlecrag, New South Wales|Castlecrag]], Australia
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{{MedalSport |[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]}}
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{{MedalSilver | [[1968 Summer Paralympics|1968 Tel Aviv]] |Men's 50 m Breaststroke class 3 complete}}
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'''Jeff SimmonsSimmonds''' (born 27 April 1944) is a former swimmer and athlete who participated at the [[1968 Summer Paralympics|1968 Tel Aviv Paralympics]], winning a silver medal.<ref name=ipc"IPC">{{cite web|title=SimmonsAthlete Search Results|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Athletesipc_results/Resultssearch.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=aus&name=Simmons&fname=&gender=all|work=International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database|accessdate=4 June 2012}}</ref> Before being a Paralympian, he was a notable [[rugby league]] half back with [[North Sydney Bears|North Sydney Leagues Club]].<ref name=dailymirror>{{cite news|last=Ramsay|first=Tom|title=League ace's comeback|newspaper=Daily Mirror|date=27 March 1968}}</ref> His rugby league career career ended after a seresseries of concussions and a serious fall.
 
==Personal==
Simmonds was born on 27 April 1944 in the Sydney suburb of [[Castlecrag, New South Wales|Castlecrag]]. At the age of 21, afterin playingSeptember 1965 he played in the premiership first grade preliminary final against [[South Sydney Rabbitohs|Souths]] inwhere September,he 1965,suffered Simmondsconcussion. He playedthen rugbywent leagueto Queensland for end of season games in Queensland where he sustainedsuffered further concussions. Finally, he suffered a fallfrll from a hotel's fire escareescape in the Queensland town of [[Sarina, Queensland|Sarina]]. This fall, according to Simmonds, brokefractured his spine a few inches above the waist and he was then confinedleft a wheelchairparaplegic.<ref name=Rugbyleaguelife>{{cite journal|last=James|first=Bill|journal=Rugby League Life|yeardate=August 1968|month=August|pages=13-1513–15}}</ref>
 
Following the accident, Simmonds, a patient at [[St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney]], received a visit from [[Kevin Betts]], remedial gymnast at [[Mount Wilga House|Mount Wilga Rehabilitation Centre, a private hospital in the Sydney suburb of [[Hornsby,New South Wales|Hornsby]] who encouraged JeffSimmonds to get back into sport.<ref name=Para>{{cite book|title=The ParaQuad NSW Story|year=2012|publisher=The Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association of NSW|location=Sydney|isbn=9780646568874|pages=51}}</ref> On moving to Mount Wilga, Simmonds recalls his rehabilitation and sports training under Betts,“He"He never lets you get the idea he’she's satisfied with what you are doing. That is his way of making you train harder.” "<ref name=Rugbyleaguelife/> In moving into Paralympic sport, ''The North Shore Clarion,'' reported, “Jeff"Jeff has two things in his favour, superb physical condition and courage”courage" <ref name=Clarion>{{cite news|title=Jeff Simmonds comes back|newspaper=Northshore Clarion|date=17 April 1973}}</ref>▼
 
Prior toBefore his accident he was a compositor/linotype printer.<ref name=Sundaytelegraph/> After his accident he worked in various roles at the North Sydney Leagues Club in clerical work and was the Clubclub's first time Coaching Director, and Secretary to the Under 23 Side.<ref name="Clarion"/> His philosophy on life was "I'm normal and that's the way I expect to be treated".<ref name=Rugbyleaguelife/>▼
▲Following the accident, Simmonds, a patient at [[St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney]], received a visit from [[Kevin Betts]], remedial gymnast at Mount Wilga Rehabilitation Centre, a private hospital in the Sydney suburb of [[Hornsby,New South Wales|Hornsby]] who encouraged Jeff to get back into sport.<ref name=Para>{{cite book|title=The ParaQuad NSW Story|year=2012|publisher=The Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Association of NSW|location=Sydney|isbn=9780646568874|pages=51}}</ref> On moving to Mount Wilga, Simmonds recalls his rehabilitation and sports training under Betts,“He never lets you get the idea he’s satisfied with what you are doing. That is his way of making you train harder.” <ref name=Rugbyleaguelife/> In moving into Paralympic sport,The North Shore Clarion, reported, “Jeff has two things in his favour, superb physical condition and courage” <ref name=Clarion>{{cite news|title=Jeff Simmonds comes back|newspaper=Northshore Clarion|date=17 April 1973}}</ref>
 
▲Prior to his accident he was a compositor/linotype printer.<ref name=Sundaytelegraph/> After his accident he worked in various roles at the North Sydney Leagues Club in clerical work and the Club's first time Coaching Director. His philosophy on life was "I'm normal and that's the way I expect to be treated".<ref name=Rugbyleaguelife/>
 
==Career==
[[File:141182 - Jeff Simmonds and John Newcombe promote WC tennis - 3b - scan cropped.jpg|thumb|left|Jeff Simmonds and Grand Slam tennis champion [[John Newcombe]] open the 1982 "Para Fun Day" at St Leonards Park in Sydney to help raise funds for the New South Wales wheelchair tennis association]]
[[File:Xx1168 - Jeff Simonds receives Paralympic silver medal Tel Aviv - 3b - scan.jpg|thumb|right|Simmonds receives silver medal at the 1968 Tel Aviv Games.]]
 
At the 1968, [[Australian Paraplegic Games]], in [[Perth, Western Australia]], he won two gold medals in backstroke and breaststroke. His breaststroke time of 64.1 seconds equalled his Australian record.<ref name=Sundaytelegraph>{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Leslie|title=Jeff's still a champ despite affliction|newspaper=Sunday Telegraph|date=8 September 1968}}</ref>
At the [[1968 Summer Paralympics|1968 Tel Aviv Paralympics]], he won a silver medal in breaststrokethe Men's 50&nbsp;m Breaststroke class 3 complete event and narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in backstroke and wheelchair sprint.<ref name="IPC"/><ref name=Para/>. At the 1970 [[1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games]] in [[Edinburgh, Scotland]], he won two bronze medals in breaststroke and backstroke. <ref name=Para/>
 
In 1983, the Australian Wheelchair Tennis Association selected Simmonds together with nine other wheelchair athletes as linesmen for the 1983 Custom Credit Indoor Tennis Championships. This followed the suggestion of [[John Newcombe]], famous Australian tennis champion. Simmonds, secretary of New South Wales Wheelchair Tennis Association, assured the public that the linesmen would be able to handle [[John McEnroe]] and other competitors.<ref name=dailyt>{{cite news|last=Hurst|first=Mike|title=Tough breed set to keep 'brat' in line|newspaper=Daily Telegraph|date=2 June 1983}}</ref> Well -known Australian radio announcer, [[John Laws,]] informsinformed the public that "Jeff is one of the tough, no nonsense linesmen Superbrat will encounter at this year’syear's Custom Credit Indoor Championship.” "<ref name=Laws>{{cite news|last=Laws|first=John|authorlink=John Laws|title=Wheelchair champ a match for Superbrat|newspaper=Sunday Telegraph|date=5 June 1983}}</ref>. According to Newcombe, most linesmen selected were able bodied before their injury, “They have great reflexes and good eyesight and they are involved in the game already so they should make good linesmen”.<ref name=dailyt/>
 
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