Athletes from Adelaide

Julie Elizabeth Russell (née Mitchell) (born 20 August 1951) is an Australian Paralympic athlete, powerlifter and wheelchair basketballer.

Katherine 'Katy' Parrish (born 4 July 1991) is an Australian athletics competitor. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in the 4x100 metre relay, 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump events. She did not medal at the 2012 Games.

Kieran John Modra AM (27 March 1972 – 13 November 2019) was an Australian Paralympic swimmer and tandem cyclist. He won five gold and five bronze medals at eight Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2016, along with two silver medals at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Elizabeth "Libby" Dudley Kosmala (née Richards), OAM (born 8 July 1942) is an Australian shooter with paraplegia. She has represented Australia at twelve Paralympics from 1972 to 2016, and has won thirteen medals, nine of them gold.

Isobel Batt-Doyle (born 14 September 1995) is an Australian Olympic athlete.

Kurtis Marschall (born 25 April 1997) is an Australian pole vaulter. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's pole vault.

Jessica Trengove (born 15 August 1987) is an Australian long-distance runner who competes in distances from 5000 metres up to the marathon. She represented Australia at the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the marathon.

Gabriel Cole (born 15 January 1992) who has a partially formed left arm, is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. He competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

Reginald James "Reg" Spiers (born 14 December 1941) is an Australian former athlete who competed in the javelin throw at the 1962 Commonwealth Games, before his later conviction on drug smuggling charges. He is best known for successfully posting himself in a box from England to Australia to avoid paying for a plane ticket.

Claire Tallent (née Woods, born 6 July 1981 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian racewalker.