Charlie Tapscott is an Australian Paralympic amputee swimmer and table tennis player from Wollongong, New South Wales. At the 1980 Arnhem Games, he competed in swimming and table tennis, winning two silver medals in Men's 50 m Backstroke J and Men's 50 m Freestyle J events.
He was inducted into New South Wales Hall of Champions. In 1981, he went on a hunger strike outside New South Wales Government Insurance Office over a damages award.
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Male Paralympic swimmers for Australia
Paralympic table tennis players for Australia
Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Table tennis players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in swimming Australian male backstroke swimmers Australian male freestyle swimmers 20th-century Australian people Sportspeople from Wollongong Sportsmen from New South Wales