Sarah Walsh (athlete)
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| Born | 14 July 1998 Sydney, New South Wales | ||||||||
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| Club | Sutherland District Athletics Club | ||||||||
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Sarah Walsh (born 14 July 1998) is an Australian Paralympic amputee athlete. She represened Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics. [1]
Personal
Walsh was born on 14 July 1998 in Sydney, New South Wales. She was born with fibular hemimelia and this led to her right leg being amputated below the knee when she was 18 months old. [2][3] In 2015, she attended St John Bosco College, Sydney. [2]
Athletics
Walsh was encouraged by a teacher to take up para-athletics at the age of nine. She then joined Helensburgh Little Athletics Club. She received her first prosthetic running blade at the age of 10 as a result of sponsorship from Otto Bock and the Appliance and Limb Centre. [2] She is classified as a T44 athlete. [3] She competed at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha where she finished sixth in the Women's Long Jump T44 and competed in the heats of the Women's 100m T44. In the 2016 Rio Paralympics she competed in the T44 Long jump and receiving a result of 4.82 which placed her 6th overall.[4]
She is a member of the Sutherland District Athletics Club and coached by Brett Robinson. [2]
References
- ^ "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Sarah Walsh approaching world championship qualification". Athletics NSW website. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Sarah Walsh". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ^ "Women's T43/44 Long Jump Results". 2016 Rio Paralympics Website. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
