Karni Liddell Explained

Karni Liddell
Birth Date:1 March 1979
Birth Place:Rockhampton, Queensland

Karni Liddell (born 1 March 1979) is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia.

Personal

Liddell was born on 1 March 1979 in Rockhampton, Queensland.[1] [2] She is a radio presenter for 4BC.[3]

At twelve months old, Liddell was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy a rare neuromuscular wasting disease. Karni was misdiagnosed for 40 years and has recently been diagnosed with Congenital Titinopathy which is also a neuromuscular wasting disease.[4] Karni was diagnosed via a whole genome sequencing test performed in Europe in 2019 and Karni and her family had been looking for a diagnosis for the past 12 years and this has been a lengthy, traumatic and expensive process for her family. Her parents were told by doctors that she would never be able to walk and that she would not live past her teens.

Liddell, alongside Branka Pupovac, Hamish MacDonald and Charmaine Dalli, was one of eighteen Australian Paralympians photographed by Emma Hack for a nude calendar.[5] Liddell's photography depicts her wearing sunglasses and a covered in body paint made to look like a polka-dotted bikini.[5] In 2008, she was one of several Queenslanders to have their images painted by Ludmila Clark to have the picture go on display at the Customs House in Rockhampton.[6]

Swimming

By the age of 14, Liddell had broken a swimming world record.[7] She has competed at two Paralympic Games: 1996 and 2000.[8] She won medals at both Games and was the Australian Swimming Team Captain at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Media guide : 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games. Australian Paralympic Committee. Australian Paralympic Committee. Sydney, Australia. 2008. Information on past Australian Paralympic Games results and profiles on Australian athletes and staff attending the Sydney Paralympic Games.
  2. Book: Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta U.S.A. August 15-25 1996 : Australia : team handbook. 1996. Australian Paralympic Federation. Sydney.
  3. Web site: Inaugural Marketing and Communications Conference. University of Queensland. Queensland, Australia. 12 November 2011. Ginny. Keegan. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111016193747/http://www.uq.edu.au/omc/inaugural-marketing-and-communications-conference. 16 October 2011.
  4. Web site: Community Achievement Award Winner Profile: Karni Liddell (Class of 2001). 6 April 2023 .
  5. News: Calendar shows the naked truth about disabled athletes. 12 November 2011. The Independent. London, England. 12 August 2000. Kathy. Marks.
  6. News: Olympians on display. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 12 November 2011. 15 August 2008. Jacquie. Mackay. Queensland, Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20140313094929/http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2008/08/olympians-on-di.html. 13 March 2014. dead.
  7. 12 November 2011. Conference Program. The Crane Industry Council of Australia. The CICA National Newsletter. 33. May 2011. 8. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120317094348/http://www.cica.com.au/pdf_documents/CICA%20Newsletter%20Issue%20No%2033.pdf. 17 March 2012.
  8. Web site: Paralympic Games Athletes from Queensland 1964-2008 . 12 November 2011 . Sporting Wheelies . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111006043038/http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/page.htm?ID=52 . 6 October 2011 .

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