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She was therefore selected for a place in the Australian team at the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics, where she won three gold medals and broke world records in the Women's Discus 1B, Women's Javelin 1B, and Women's Shot Put 1B events, and two silver medals in the Women's 60 m Wheelchair 1B and Women's Slalom 1B events.
Born in Brisbane, [2] Smith was diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of thirteen, and one of her legs was amputated above the knee. [3]At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Javelin A2 event, a silver medal in the Women's Shot Put A2 event, and a bronze medal in the Women's Discus A2 event. [4]
Australian athlete Jodi Willis stands at the podium after winning the Women's Shot Put B2 event at the 1992 Summer Paralympics. See also: Goalball at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Goalball is the only Paralympic team sport for vision-impaired athletes and has been part of the competition program since 1976.
Action shot of Willis-Roberts throwing the discus at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics. Willis-Roberts was born in the Melbourne suburb of Preston. [3] She first competed at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics with the Australia women's national goalball team, when it finished seventh.
At the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid, Spain, she won silver medals in the Women's Shot Put and Women's Discus. [3] She did not compete at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics due her events not being on the program. [2] Competing at the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships, she finished fourth in the Women's Shot ...
Daphne Jean Hilton (née Ceeney; 7 January 1934 – 25 July 2016) was an Australian Paralympic competitor. She was the first Australian woman to compete at the Paralympic Games. [1] She won fourteen medals in three Paralympics in archery, athletics, fencing, swimming, and table tennis from 1960 to 1968.
At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, she finished sixth in Women's Shot Put F34 and fourth in the Women's Javelin F34. She broke Australian and Oceania records in the javelin event. [4] At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Javelin throw F34 and finished ninth in the Women's Shot put F34. [5]
Australian Paralympic Committee announced a team of 44 athletes on 2 August 2016. [17] An additional two athletes - Tamsin Colley and Jessee Wyatt were added after the Russian suspension. [ 14 ] Emily Tapp was selected but forced to withdraw after a burnt leg did not heal in time for the Games.