Anton Flavel

Anton James Flavel, OAM (born 3 May 1969) is an Australian athlete with an intellectual disability. He was born in the Western Australian town of Narrogin. At the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with mental handicap in Madrid, Spain, which were held immediately after the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the men's javelin, He was coached in Perth, Western Australia by Hilda Collier. At the 2000 Sydney Games, he won a gold medal in the Men's Javelin F20 event, and came ninth in the Men's Shot Put F20 event.

In 1997, he became the first intellectually disabled athlete to receive a residential scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and was coached by Chris Nunn. The move to the AIS highlighted the more professional approach to training. In Perth, he was doing three sessions per week and at the AIS he was doing thirteen sessions.

In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.

He married Trish Flavel, who won a bronze medal in the Women's 800m T20 at the 2000 Sydney Games.