Isis Holt Explained

Isis Holt
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Nationality:Australian
Club:Old Xaverians Athletics Club
Birth Date:2001 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Isis Holt (born 3 July 2001) is an Australian Paralympic athlete competing in T35 sprint events. She is affected by the condition cerebral palsy. Holt won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m at the 2015 and 2017 World Para Athletics Championships. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won two silver medals and a bronze medal and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, two silver medals.[1] [2]

Personal life

Holt was born on 3 July 2001 with cerebral palsy, which affects both sides of her body.[3] She attended Brunswick Secondary College. She previously attended Melbourne Girls Grammar.

Athletics

Holt took up athletics in 2014.[4] At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha in her first major overseas competition, she won gold medals in world record time in two events: Women's 100m T35 (13.63 (w: +2.0) world record) and the Women's 200m T35 (28.57 (w: +1.5 world record).[5] [6] At the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Canberra on 7 February 2016, she smashed her 200m T35 world record by running 28.38 (w: +0.2).[7] At the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney, she broke world records in winning the 100m and 200m Ambulant events.

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won silver medals in the Women's 100 m T35 and Women's 200 m T25 and a bronze medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Relay T35-38.[8]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, she won gold medals in the Women's 100 m T35 and Women's 200 m T35.[9] In winning the 100 m, she broke the world record with a time of 13.43. This time broke the world record she previously held by 0.14 seconds[10] By winning the 100 m and 200 m, Holt defended titles won at the 2015 World Championships.[10] Two weeks prior to leaving for the World Championships, she was hospitalised with tonsillitis.[11]

After the Rio Paralympics, Holt moved to Queensland to be coached by Paul Pearce.[12] At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Queensland, she won the gold medal in the Women's 100m T35.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Holt won the silver medal in the Women's 100 m T35 in a personal best time of 13.13. She also won silver in the Women's 200 m T35, setting a new Oceania record with a run of 27.94.[13]

World records

DistanceTimeLocationDate
Women's 200m T3529.49Brisbane29 March 2015[14]
Women's 100m T3513.63 (w: +2.0)Doha29 October 2015
Women's 200m T3528.57 (w: +1.5)Doha24 October 2015
Women's 200m T3528.38 (w: +0.2)Canberra7 February 2016
Women's 100m T3513.57 (w: -0.8) Sydney1 April 2016[15]
Women's 200m T3528.30 (w: +1.1)Sydney3 April 2016[16]
Women's 100m T3513.43 (+0.9)London19 July 2017
Women's 100m T3513.37 (+0.8)Gold Coast, Queensland17 February 2018[17]
Women's 100m T3513.36 (+0.5)Sydney17 March 2018[18]
Her philosophy is "My ability is bigger than my disability."[5] She was coached in Melbourne by Nick Wall for 2016 Rio Paralympics and by Paul Pearce in Brisbane for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[4]

In November 2022, Holt announced her retirement to pursue a career in psychology.[19]

Recognition

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced . Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016 . 2 August 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160829033911/https://www.paralympic.org.au/11564-2/ . 29 August 2016 . dmy-all.
  2. Web site: 23 July 2021 . Para-athletics Team Set To 'Do What Australia Does Best' At Tokyo 2020 . 23 July 2021 . Paralympics Australia.
  3. Web site: Isis Holt . Victorian Institute of Sport . 24 October 2015.
  4. Web site: Isis Holt . International Paralympic Committee Athletics profiles . 24 October 2015 . 10 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191210124115/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=1419957&WinterGames=-1 . dead .
  5. Web site: Doha 2015 . Athletics Australia website . 25 October 2015 . 25 October 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160207104403/http://athletics.com.au/News/doha-2015-holt200 . 7 February 2016 . dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Doha 2015 . Athletics Australia . 29 October 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160207104453/http://athletics.com.au/News/doha-2015-117 . 7 February 2016 . dmy-all.
  7. Web site: IPC Grand Prix . Athletics Australia News, 7 February 2016 . 7 February 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160207103055/http://athletics.com.au/News/ipc-grand-prix-68 . 7 February 2016 . dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Isis Holt . Rio Paralympics Official site . 15 September 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922215651/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/isis-holt . 22 September 2016.
  9. Web site: Ryner . Sascha . Holt surges to gold once again . Athletics Australia News, 17 July 2017 . 19 July 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170724220504/http://athletics.com.au/News/holt-surges-to-gold-once-again . 24 July 2017 . dmy-all.
  10. Web site: Holt defends 100m title, breaks own record . SBS website . 19 July 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170908161311/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/07/20/holt-defends-100m-title-breaks-own-record . 8 September 2017 . dmy-all.
  11. Web site: Ryner . Sascha . Holt storms home in world record time . Athletics Australia News, 20 July 2017 . 20 July 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170724082535/http://www.athletics.com.au/News/holt-storms-home-in-world-record-time . 24 July 2017 . dmy-all.
  12. Web site: 25 November 2020 . Isis Holt Back On Track . 3 August 2021 . Athletics Australia.
  13. Web site: Athletics - HOLT Isis - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . 27 August 2021 . Tokyo2020.org . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  14. Web site: WOMEN'S 200M T35 . Championships Doha Results Book . 4 April 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091549/http://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/document/151109135241427_2015_11_09_ResultBook_WC_IPC_Doha_London_2015_v3.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dmy-all.
  15. Web site: #AAC16 . Athletics Australia News, April 2016 . 4 April 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160414083033/http://athletics.com.au/News/aac16-19 . 14 April 2016 . dmy-all.
  16. Web site: Women 200 Metre Ambulant . Athletics Australia Results . 4 April 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160406080511/http://results.athletics.org.au/results/2016/aac_16/Nationals16.php?filename=160331F058.htm . 6 April 2016 . dmy-all.
  17. Web site: #AthleticsGold: Cool Pearson wins ninth Australian 100m hurdles title . Athletics Australia website . 17 February 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180218091254/http://athletics.com.au/News/athleticsgold-cool-pearson-wins-ninth-australian-100m-hurdles-title . 18 February 2018 . dmy-all.
  18. Web site: Report: 2018 Australian Junior Championships Day 4 . Athletics Australia website . 18 March 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180318120507/http://www.athletics.com.au/News/report-2018-australian-junior-championships-day-4 . 18 March 2018 . dmy-all.
  19. Web site: 22 November 2022 . From School Sport To World Glory Holt Announces Retirement . 24 November 2022 . Athletics Australia.
  20. Web site: The Best Of The Best Honoured At The Victorian Sport Awards . Premier Victoria Website . 16 March 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160315021911/http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/the-best-of-the-best-honoured-at-the-victorian-sport-awards/ . 15 March 2016 . dmy-all.
  21. Web site: Athletics Gala . Atjhletics Australia News, 10 April 2016 . 10 April 2016.
  22. Web site: Paralympic medallist Isis Holt has gone back-to-back and won the Female Para-Athlete of the Year for 2016 . Athletics Australia twitter . 3 April 2017 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170419051834/https://twitter.com/AthsAust/status/848485908491902976 . 19 April 2017 . dmy-all.
  23. Web site: Winners announced for Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards . Disability Sport & Recreation Victoria . 18 August 2017 . 8 December 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122500/https://dsr.org.au/2017/08/18/winners-announced-for-victorian-disability-sport-and-recreation-awards/# . 8 December 2017 . dmy-all.
  24. Web site: Cooke earns Top Award . Victorian Institute of Sport website . 30 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031746/http://www.vis.org.au/news-events/news/2017/11/cooke-earns-top-award/ . 1 December 2017 . dmy-all.
  25. Web site: Our best athletes honoured at Athletics Australia Gala Dinner . Athletics Australia website . 18 February 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031312/http://athletics.com.au/News/our-best-athletes-honoured-at-athletics-australia-gala-dinner . 19 February 2018 . dmy-all.

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