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==Career==
==Career==
Patterson started swimming at the age of three as part of her rehabilitation to overcome muscle stiffness.<ref name=caboulture/> She is classified as an [[S8 (classification)|S8]] swimmer. She initially trained under Steve Hadler at [http://scsaints.org.au/SCSaints/Welcome.html Southern Cross Swimming Club], [[Scarborough, Queensland|Scarborough]] and Suellyn Fraser at the Bribie Island Aquatic Leisure Centre.<ref name=caboulture>{{cite news|title=Lakeisha Patterson makes a splash with medal haul|url=http://www.caboolturenews.com.au/news/making-a-splash/1812603/|accessdate=17 July 2015|work=Caboulture News|date=1 April 2013}}</ref>
Patterson started swimming at the age of three as part of her rehabilitation to overcome muscle poo stiffness.<ref name=caboulture/> She is classified as an [[S8 (classification)|S8]] swimmer. She initially trained under Steve Hadler at [http://scsaints.org.au/SCSaints/Welcome.html Southern Cross Swimming Club], [[Scarborough, Queensland|Scarborough]] and Suellyn Fraser at the Bribie Island Aquatic Leisure Centre.<ref name=caboulture>{{cite news|title=Lakeisha Patterson makes a splash with medal haul|url=http://www.caboolturenews.com.au/news/making-a-splash/1812603/|accessdate=17 July 2015|work=Caboulture News|date=1 April 2013}}</ref>


At the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], she won the bronze medal in the [[Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle S8|Women's 100 m Freestyle S8]].<ref name=glasgow/> Competing at the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships]] in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], she won a gold medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points, silver medals in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S8 and Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points and bronze medals in the Women's 100 m Freestyle S8 and Women's 400 m Freestyle S8.<ref name=dayfour>{{cite web|title=Six golds and one world record for Ukraine at Glasgow 2015|url=http://www.paralympic.org/news/six-golds-and-one-world-record-ukraine-glasgow-2015|website=International Paralympic Committee News, 16 July 2015|accessdate=16 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Aussies unite for a nail biting bronze medal win in the men’s relay|url=http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=77051&id=2|website=Swimming Australia News, 18 July 2015|accessdate=18 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Seven golds in seven days for Dias at Glasgow 2015|url=http://www.paralympic.org/news/seven-golds-seven-days-dias-glasgow-2015|website=International Paralympic Committee News, 19 July 2015|accessdate=19 July 2015}}</ref> She finished fifth in the Women's 100m Backstroke S8.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lakeisha Patterson results|url=http://www.paralympic.org/glasgow-2015/schedule-results|website=Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships|accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref>
At the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], she won the bronze medal in the [[Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metre freestyle S8|Women's 100 m Freestyle S8]].<ref name=glasgow/> Competing at the [[2015 IPC Swimming World Championships]] in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]], she won a gold medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points, silver medals in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S8 and Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points and bronze medals in the Women's 100 m Freestyle S8 and Women's 400 m Freestyle S8.<ref name=dayfour>{{cite web|title=Six golds and one world record for Ukraine at Glasgow 2015|url=http://www.paralympic.org/news/six-golds-and-one-world-record-ukraine-glasgow-2015|website=International Paralympic Committee News, 16 July 2015|accessdate=16 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Aussies unite for a nail biting bronze medal win in the men’s relay|url=http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=77051&id=2|website=Swimming Australia News, 18 July 2015|accessdate=18 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Seven golds in seven days for Dias at Glasgow 2015|url=http://www.paralympic.org/news/seven-golds-seven-days-dias-glasgow-2015|website=International Paralympic Committee News, 19 July 2015|accessdate=19 July 2015}}</ref> She finished fifth in the Women's 100m Backstroke S8.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lakeisha Patterson results|url=http://www.paralympic.org/glasgow-2015/schedule-results|website=Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships|accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref>

Revision as of 12:57, 13 September 2016

Lakeisha Patterson
2016 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Patterson
Personal information
Full nameLakeisha Patterson
NicknameLucky
Nationality Australia
Born (1999-01-05) 5 January 1999 (age 25)
Wodonga, Victoria
Sport
SportSwimming
ClassificationsS8
Medal record
Women's paralympic swimming
Representing  Australia
Paralympics
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio Women's 400m Freestyle S8
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio Women's 100m Freestyle S8
IPC Swimming World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Women's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points
Silver medal – second place 2015 Glasgow Women's 50 m Freestyle S8
Silver medal – second place 2015 Glasgow Women's 4 x 100 Medley Relay 34 points
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow Women's 100 m Freestyle S8
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow Women's 400 m Freestyle S8
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Women's 100 m Freestyle S8

Lakeisha Patterson (born 5 January 1999) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She won medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won Australia's first gold medal of the games with a world record time swim in the Women's 400m Freestyle S8.

Personal

Patterson was born on 5 January 1999 in Wodonga, Victoria.[1] She has early onset Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and cerebral palsy left hemiplegia.[2][3] She lives on Bribie Island, Queensland.[4]

Career

Patterson started swimming at the age of three as part of her rehabilitation to overcome muscle poo stiffness.[4] She is classified as an S8 swimmer. She initially trained under Steve Hadler at Southern Cross Swimming Club, Scarborough and Suellyn Fraser at the Bribie Island Aquatic Leisure Centre.[4]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, she won the bronze medal in the Women's 100 m Freestyle S8.[2] Competing at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, she won a gold medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points, silver medals in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S8 and Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points and bronze medals in the Women's 100 m Freestyle S8 and Women's 400 m Freestyle S8.[5][6][7] She finished fifth in the Women's 100m Backstroke S8.[8]

Patterson after winning the 400m freestyle at the Rio Paralympics

In April 2016, she was selected as part of the national team for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.[9] She won Australia's first gold medal of the games. In winning the Women's 400m Freestyle S8, she set a new World record, Paralympic record, and Oceania record of 4:40:33, slicing 0.11 seconds of the previous world record time set by her long-time idol, American Jessica Long, who came in second.[10][11] She won a silver medal in the Women's 100m Freestyle S8 behind Maddison Elliott.[12]

In 2015 she was coached by Jan Cameron at the University of the Sunshine Coast Paralympic Training Centre.[1] In early 2016, she joined the Lawnton Swim Club to train under coach Harley Connolly.[13] In 2016, she is an Queensland Academy of Sport scholarship holder.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lakeisha Patterson". Swimming Australia website. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Lakeisha Patterson'". 2014 Commonwealth Games website. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Story Of The Month: Lakeisha Patterson". Future State Greats. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Lakeisha Patterson makes a splash with medal haul". Caboulture News. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Six golds and one world record for Ukraine at Glasgow 2015". International Paralympic Committee News, 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Aussies unite for a nail biting bronze medal win in the men's relay". Swimming Australia News, 18 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Seven golds in seven days for Dias at Glasgow 2015". International Paralympic Committee News, 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Lakeisha Patterson results". Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement". Swimming Australia News, 13 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Lakeisha Patterson 2016 Paralympic results". Rio-2016 Schedule & Results, Results - Women's 400m Freestyle - S8 Final. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Lakeisha Patterson claims Australia's first gold medal of Rio Paralympics". The Guardian. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  12. ^ "Lakeisha Patterson". Rio Paralympics Official site. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  13. ^ Grams, Jacob (17 April 2016). "Olympics and Paralympics beckon for Moreton products Taylor McKeown, Lakeisha Patterson, Brenden Hall and Blake Cochrane". Caboolture Shire Herald. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Lakeisha Patterson". Queensland Academy of Sport website. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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