Joyleen Jeffrey Explained

Birth Place:Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea[1]
Sport:Paralympic athletics
Event:Sprint
Club:Wewak Provincial Sports Club
Disability Class:T12
Coach:Peter Agula

Joyleen Jeffrey (born 29 October 1989) is a Paralympic sprinter from Papua New Guinea.[2]

She represented Papua New Guinea at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, competing in the 100 metre sprint, T12 category (for visually impaired athletes).[3] [2] She was disqualified for stepping out of her lane.[4]

Jeffrey had previously won two silver medals at the Oceania Paralympic Championships in 2007, in the 100 m and 200 m events,[2] as well as a gold medal (200 m) and a silver (100 m) at the Pacific Regional Games for the Disabled that same year.[5]

In May 2011, she won gold in the T12 100 metre event at the Arafura Games, setting a new personal best of 14.27.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jeffrey, Joyleen. 29 July 2014. ipc.infostradasports.com. 9 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140809161208/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=966385. dead.
  2. http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=1901&sID=2 "Preview of Island Athletes at the Paralympic Games"
  3. http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20080903/sport02.htm "Sponsors bid PNG farewell"
  4. http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20080911/sport06.htm "Kompaon eyes 100m"
  5. http://www.thenational.com.pg/103107/sports%202.htm "Sponsor impressed with achievements"
  6. http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/19287 "PNG win seven golds"