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Paul Gonzalez won a silver medal for Australia in baseball in 2004. The outfielder was one of six players on the Athens team to have played at Sydney 2000, where the team finished seventh. Gonzalez ranked fourth for runs batted in at Sydney, and added to his fine Olympic record in Athens. He hit a home run in the fifth inning of the gold medal final, which Australia lost 6-2 to Cuba. The result was Australia’s first Olympic baseball medal.
The Australian Olympic Committee acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of all the lands on which we are located. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.
We celebrate and honour all of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians.
The Australian Olympic Committee is committed to honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society and sport.
