Trude Raad
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| Nationality |  Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 27, 1990 Breim, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Gloppen FIL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trude Raad (born 27 April 1990) is a deaf Norwegian track and field athlete.[1][2] She generally competes in the discussion throw and hammer throw events at the International competitions. Trude has represented Norway at the Deaflympics in 2009, 2013 and 2017. She has won 4 gold medals in her Deaflympic career and she was also a champion in the women's hammer throw event at the Deaflympics on 3 consecutive occasions (2009,[3] 2013,[4] 2017[5]). She broke her own deaf world record in the women's hammer throw at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics with a distance of 66.35m,[6] the previous best was 65.03m[7]
Trude Raad currently holds the Deaflympic records for the women's hammer throw and discus throw events.[8] She was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2008 for the best performances at the deaf athletics including Junior deaf world records set by her in 2009 at the women's hammer throw[9] and discus throw events.[10][11] She was also nominated for the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2009.[12]
References
- ^ "Trude Raad | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Norges Fri-idrettsforbund". 11 November 2007. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Women's hammer throw |2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Women's hammer throw |2013 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Women's hammer throw | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Championships | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Women's discus throw | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Women's junior hammer throw (deaf) | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "Women's junior discus throw (deaf)| ICSD". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "2008 ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
- ^ "2009 ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award nomination | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
External links
- Trude Raad at World Athletics
- Profile at allathletics.com
- Profile at European Athletics.com
- Profile at ICSD
- Profile at Deaflympics
- Deaflympic records for women's in Athletics
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