Anton Zappelli

Anton Zappelli (born 28 September 1971) is an Australian Paralympic shooter. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Personal Zappelli was born on 28 September 1971 in Mullewa, Western Australia. At the age of 17, in March 1989, he was involved in a car accident that left him a paraplegic T12 complete. Prior to the accident, he was an apprentice boiler maker at Monodelphous Engineering Kalgoorlie. He has studied jewellery design and manufacturing. In 2010, Zappelli with two paraplegics Jim Cairns and Terry Mader and quadriplegic Craig Parsons embarked on a 5000 km tour of the Australian outback to visit the sites of their motor vehicles accidents. In 2016, he competed in the Rio Paralympics where he placed 18th in the Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH1 and placed 36th in the Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1.

Zappelli with Natalie Smith and Glen McMurtrie won the silver medal in the Team R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle prone SH1 at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships, Cheongju, South Korea.

At the 2019 World Para-sport Shooting Championships in Sydney, he won his first world championship medal with silver in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1.

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, he finished 15th in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 and 11th in the Mixed 50m Air Rifle Prone SH1. At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he finished 15th in the Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 and 18th in the Mixed 50m Air Rifle Prone SH1.

Recognition

2019 - Shooting Australia Ashley Adams Athlete of the Year 2022 - Shooting Australia High Performance Program Winner for Para-shooting