Jess Hamill | |
Birth Name: | Jessica Helen Hamill |
Full Name: | Jessica Helen Gillan |
Birth Date: | 20 July 1990 |
Birth Place: | Invercargill, New Zealand |
Education: | Verdon College |
Country: | New Zealand |
Sport: | Athletics |
Disability Class: | F34 |
Club: | Athletics Taieri |
Pb: | [1] |
Jessica Helen Gillan (Hamill, born 20 July 1990) is a New Zealand paralympic athlete and shotputter. She represented New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, the latter where she won a bronze medal in the Women's shot put F34.[2]
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal in the F34 Shot put for elite athletes with a disability.
At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, Hamill won a silver medal in the women's shot put F34, earning her automatic qualification for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. She was officially confirmed to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics on 23 May 2016.[3]