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]