Kaye Freeman Explained

Kaye Freeman from Queensland is an Australian athlete and lawn bowler with an intellectual disability. At the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap, she won a bronze medal.

Career

At the 1st World Games for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability in Härnösand, Sweden, she won three gold medals in Women's 200 m, Women's Javelin, and Women's Relay and a silver medal in the Women's 100 m.^[1] At the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid, Spain, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Javelin.^[2]

After her athletics career, she took up lawn bowls and has been the AUSRAPID Women's Open champion several times.^[3]

Notes and References

1. News: Sport results and detail. 14 April 2015. Canberra Times. 13 July 1989.
2. Web site: Madrid 1992 Paralympic Medallists. paralympicanorak. 14 October 2012 . 13 April 2015.
3. Results – Bowls Australian Open. AUSPID- e News. April 2014. 10.