Kelly Cartwright Explained

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Kelly Cartwright
Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:22 April 1989
Country:Australia
Sport:Athletics

Kelly Cartwright (born 22 April 1989) is an Australian athlete and powerlifter. She won two medals at the London 2012 Paralympics, and represented Australia in the Beijing 2008 Paralympics.

Personal

Kelly Anne Cartwright was born on 22 April 1989[1] and is from Geelong.[1] [2] [3] When she was fifteen she had a form of cancer called synovial sarcoma. Part of her right leg needed to be amputated due to the cancer[1] [4] [5] because chemotherapy was not an option.[1] She has a prosthetic leg that she started using in high school.[1] Her regular walking leg cost A$62,000 and needed to be charged every night.[5] Before losing her leg she played netball.[1] [5] Cartwright climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in 2009.[1] she worked as a receptionist.[1] She is also an ambassador for the Australian Paralympic Committee and Make-A-Wish Foundation.[1] In 2012 she was named one of Zoo Weeklys sexiest Paralympian.[6]

Cartwright appeared on the fifteenth season of Dancing with the Stars.[7] In 2016 Cartwright and her partner, Ryan, became parents to a son.[8]

Athletics

Cartwright is a T42 classified runner[1] and is coached by Tim Matthews.[1] In 2008, she was awarded a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport[9] and in 2012 had a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport.[10]

Cartwright started competing in 2007[1] and first represented Australia in 2008[1] at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.[11] Making the 100-metre finals, she finished sixth[1] racing on a carbon fibre leg.[5] Going into the Games, she trained in Geelong.[5] She competed in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships where she finished first while setting a world record in the 100 m event.[1] [12] At the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships, she set a world record of 16.26 seconds in the 100 m T42 event.[1] [12] In 2012 she was the world champion in the T42 100 m and long jump events.[4] [12] At the 2012 London Paralympics she won a gold medal in the Women's Long Jump F42/44 event and a silver medal in the Women's 100 m T42 event.[11]

Powerlifting

Cartwright changed sports to para powerlifting due to a serious ankle injury after the 2012 Paralympics.[13] She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she came 7th in the lightweight event.[14]

Recognition

Cartwright was a finalist for the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year.[15] She was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kelly Cartwright . Australian Paralympic Committee . Australia . 2012 . 13 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120713092848/http://www.paralympic.org.au/team/kelly-cartwright . 13 July 2012 .
  2. Web site: Aussie Paralympic athletics squad named . Nine MSN . 13 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105532/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=590153 . 2 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Chris Dutton . Canberra's Paralympic athletes aim for Games glory . The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory . 6 June 2012 . 9 July 2012.
  4. Web site: Paralympic athletes embrace role model status. ABC News. 24 July 2012 . 24 December 2012.
  5. Web site: Beating the Odds . Sixty Minutes . 7 September 2008 . 24 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120718171354/http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/peteroverton/625742/beating-the-odds . 18 July 2012.
  6. Sexiest Paralympians. 64–67. Zoo Magazine. EMAP Australia. 142. 17 September 2012. Haymarket, New South Wales, Australia. 1833-3222.
  7. Web site: The full cast of Dancing with the Stars has been revealed!. Woman's Day. Bella. Brennan. 19 June 2015. 19 June 2015.
  8. Web site: Baby Max William Miller. Kelly Cartwright's website. 8 February 2016. 17 May 2016.
  9. Web site: AIS Athletes at the Beijing Paralympic Games : Research . Australian Sports Commission . 29 July 2008 . 24 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120328021619/http://www.ausport.gov.au/information/finding_sport_information/topic/paralympic_games/beijing_paralympic_games/ais_athletes_at_the_beijing_paralympic_games . 28 March 2012 .
  10. Web site: Victorian Athletes Selected for London Olympics and Paralympics . VicSport . 24 July 2012 . 22 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141022084149/http://www.vicsport.asn.au/News.aspx?ID=131 . dead .
  11. Web site: Kelly Cartwright . Paralympic.org . . 4 October 2012.
  12. Web site: World Records Fall at Australian Athletics Championships | IPC . International Paralympic Committee . 20 July 2012 . 24 July 2012.
  13. Web site: Comeback-kid Cartwright is back on 'track' for Tokyo . International Paralympic Committee . 21 January 2023 . en.
  14. Web site: Kelly Cartwright . results.gc2018.com . 21 January 2023.
  15. Web site: Freney favourite to win top Paralympian . . 5 November 2012 . 5 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201192927/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8559352 . 1 February 2014 .
  16. News: The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Australia Day honours list 2014: in full . 26 January 2014 . 26 January 2014.

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