Lakeisha Patterson Explained

Lakeisha Patterson
Fullname:Lakeisha Patterson
Nicknames:Lucky
Nationality:Australian
Classification:S9
Club:USC Spartans
Coach:Casey Atkins
Birth Date:1999 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Wodonga, Victoria
Show-Medals:yes
Honorific Suffix:OAM
Spouse:William Martin

Lakeisha Dawn Patterson, (born 5 January 1999) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She won medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won Australia's first gold medal of the Games in a world record time swim in the Women's 400m freestyle S8. At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the Women's 400 m Freestyle S9.[1] Patterson has a been selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France

Personal

Patterson was born on 5 January 1999 in Wodonga, Victoria. She has early onset Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and cerebral palsy left hemiplegia.[2] [3] In 2020, she is undertaking a Bachelor of Communication (majoring in Digital Media) at University of Queensland.

She lives at Caboolture, Queensland.

Career

Patterson started swimming at the age of three as part of her rehabilitation to overcome muscle stiffness. She is classified as an S9 swimmer. She initially trained under Steve Hadler at Southern Cross Swimming Club, Scarborough and Suellyn Fraser at the Bribie Island Aquatic Leisure Centre.[4]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, she won the bronze medal in the Women's 100 m Freestyle S8.[2] Competing at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, she won a gold medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points, silver medals in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S8 and Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points and bronze medals in the Women's 100 m Freestyle S8 and Women's 400 m Freestyle S8.[5] [6] [7] She finished fifth in the Women's 100m Backstroke S8.[8]

In April 2016, she was selected as part of the national team for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.[9] She won Australia's first gold medal of the Rio Paralympics in winning the Women's 400m Freestyle S8, she set a new World record, Paralympic record, and Oceania record of 4:40:33, slicing 0.11 seconds of the previous world record time set by her long-time idol, American Jessica Long, who came in second.[10] [11] She was a member of the team that won the gold medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points. Three silver medals were won in the Women's 50 m and 100m Freestyle S8 behind Maddison Elliott and the Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points.[12]

In reflection on competing at Rio 2016, Patterson says "If someone told me one year ago that this is where I'd be I would have said, 'no, this is a joke.'"[13] But after winning her first gold medal against Jessica Long, she states "I knew I had to attack and go out hard and keep fighting for it, and I knew she was right behind me, so I just had to keep going forward."[14]

At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, she won the gold medal in the Women's 400 m Freestyle S9 and did not medal in three other events.[15]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, in her only event, she won the gold medal in the Women's 400 m Freestyle S9 with a time of 4:36.68. This repeated her success in Rio but this time she was in the S9 class as she was reclassified as an S9 swimmer, a class for less physically impaired swimmers.[16]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, England, she finished 5th in the Women's 200 m individual medley SM10.[17] [18] At the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships in Manchester, England, she won the gold medal in the Women's 400 m Freestyle S9.

Patterson has a been selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France. [19]

In 2015, she was coached by Jan Cameron at the University of the Sunshine Coast Paralympic Training Centre.[20] In early 2016, she moved to coach Harley Connolly.[21] In 2024, she is coached by Casey Atkins at USC Spartans. [22]

Recognition

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming - PATTERSON Lakeisha . 25 August 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  2. Web site: Lakeisha Patterson' . 2014 Commonwealth Games website . 17 July 2015 . 26 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210826092821/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/swimming/1097360/l_patterson.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Story Of The Month: Lakeisha Patterson . Future State Greats . 17 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160629162614/http://www.futurestategreats.com.au/story-of-the-month-lakeisha-patterson/ . 29 June 2016 . dead . dmy-all.
  4. News: Lakeisha Patterson makes a splash with medal haul . 17 July 2015 . Caboulture News . 1 April 2013 . 11 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130511075937/http://www.caboolturenews.com.au/news/making-a-splash/1812603/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Six golds and one world record for Ukraine at Glasgow 2015 . International Paralympic Committee News, 16 July 2015 . 16 July 2015.
  6. Web site: Aussies unite for a nail biting bronze medal win in the men's relay . Swimming Australia News, 18 July 2015 . 18 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150721093720/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=77051&id=2 . 21 July 2015.
  7. Web site: Seven golds in seven days for Dias at Glasgow 2015 . International Paralympic Committee News, 19 July 2015 . 19 July 2015.
  8. Web site: Lakeisha Patterson results . Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships . 21 July 2015.
  9. Web site: Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement . Swimming Australia News, 13 April 2016 . 14 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161113144330/http://www.swimming.org.au/NewsCentral/Swimming-Australia-Paralympic-Squad-Announcement.aspx . 13 November 2016 . dead . dmy-all.
  10. Web site: Lakeisha Patterson 2016 Paralympic results . Rio-2016 Schedule & Results, Results – Women's 400m Freestyle – S8 Final . 8 September 2016.
  11. News: . Lakeisha Patterson claims Australia's first gold medal of Rio Paralympics . 9 September 2016 . 9 September 2016.
  12. Web site: Lakeisha Patterson . Rio Paralympics Official site . 11 September 2016 . 22 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922201945/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athlete/lakeisha-patterson . dead .
  13. Web site: Spits . Scott . io Paralympics: Swimmer Lakeisha Patterson wins Australia's first gold medal . SMH Sport . Sydney Morning Herald . 22 October 2016.
  14. Web site: Rio 2016 Paralympics: Lakeisha Patterson wins gold in world record time, Powell takes silver . News ABC . ABC News . 22 October 2016.
  15. Web site: Lakeisha Patterson . 2019 World Para Swimming Championships Results . 14 September 2019.
  16. Web site: Lakeisha Patterson Results . dead . 25 August 2021 . Tokyo Paralympics Official Results . 25 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210825092651/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1498343-patterson-lakeisha.htm .
  17. Web site: 5 May 2022 . Cole, Patterson And Levy Amongst Stars Of The Pool Ready To Splash And Dash In Birmingham . 6 May 2022 . Commonwealth Games Australia.
  18. Web site: 2022 Commonwealth Games Results . 15 August 2022 . Commonwealth Games Australia.
  19. Web site: 14 June 2024 . Paralympics Australia Names Swimming Team For Paris 2024 Games . 15 June 2024 . Paralympics Australia.
  20. Web site: Lakeisha Patterson . Swimming Australia website . 17 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150721003308/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=61906 . 21 July 2015 . dead . dmy-all.
  21. News: Grams . Jacob . Olympics and Paralympics beckon for Moreton products Taylor McKeown, Lakeisha Patterson, Brenden Hall and Blake Cochrane . 9 September 2016 . Caboolture Shire Herald . 17 April 2016.
  22. Web site: 2024 Australian Championships - Queenslandresults . 15 June 2024 . Queensland Swimming.
  23. Web site: Cate Campbell takes out top honour at Queensland Sport awards . Q . 8 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220092556/http://www.qsport.org.au/_dbase_upl/MediaRelease-9December2016.pdf . 20 December 2016 . dead.
  24. Web site: 2016 Annual Awards winners . Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association website . 15 December 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220155728/http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/2016-annual-awards-winners/ . 20 December 2016 . dead.
  25. Web site: OAM Final Media Notes (M-R) . Governor General of Australia . 26 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171030003019/https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2017/slkh83xzcb/OAM%20Final%20Media%20Notes%20(M-R).pdf . 30 October 2017 . dead.
  26. Web site: Emily Seebohm and Emma McKeon reign supreme at Swimming's Gala Awards Night . Swimming Australia website . 29 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107013327/https://www.swimming.org.au/NewsCentral/Emily-Seebohm-and-Emma-McKeon-reign-supreme-at-Swi.aspx . 7 November 2017 . dead.
  27. Web site: 2018 UniSport award winners . UniSport Australia twitter . 18 December 2018.
  28. Web site: Triple Treat for 'Arnie' at Swimming's Night of Nights . 24 November 2019 . Swimming Australia . 2 December 2019.
  29. Web site: Lakeisha Patterson . 22 June 2020 . Swimming Australia.

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