Stan Kosmala (born 19 February 1950) is an Australian Paralympic competitor, who has competed in athletics, wheelchair basketball, lawn bowls and shooting. Born in Germany, he contracted polio at the age of two. He is married to Paralympic shooter Libby Kosmala, whom he met through wheelchair sport, and has two sons and two grandchildren.

He participated in the 1976 Toronto Games in athletics events, and also as a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team. He won a gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Games in lawn bowls in the Men's Pairs 2–6 event with Roy Fowler. At the 2000 Sydney Games, he came ninth just behind his wife in the preliminary round of the Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH1- event, and did not make the final.

Stan Kosmala

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Paralympic athletes for Australia

Paralympic lawn bowls players for Australia

Australian male bowls players

Paralympic shooters for Australia

Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors

Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

Lawn bowls players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Shooters at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Paralympic gold medalists for Australia

Paralympic medalists in lawn bowls

Australian male sport shooters

German emigrants to Australia

German expatriate sportspeople in Australia

1950 births

Living people

Stan Kosmala