Sarah Walsh (athlete) explained

Sarah Walsh
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Club:Sutherland District Athletics Club
Coach:Matthew Beckenham
Birth Date:14 July 1998
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales

Sarah Walsh (born 14 July 1998) is an Australian Paralympic amputee athlete. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics. [1] .[2] [3]

Personal

Walsh was born on 14 July 1998 in Sydney, New South Wales. She was born with fibular hemimelia and this led to her right leg being amputated below the knee when she was 18 months old.[4] [5] She attended St John Bosco College, Sydney.[4]

Athletics

Walsh was encouraged by a teacher to take up para-athletics at the age of nine. She then joined Helensburgh Little Athletics Club. She received her first prosthetic running blade at the age of 10 as a result of sponsorship from Otto Bock and the Appliance and Limb Centre.[4] She is classified as a T64 athlete.[5] She competed at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha where she finished sixth in the Women's Long Jump T44 and competed in the heats of the Women's 100m T44. In the 2016 Rio Paralympics she competed in the T44 Long jump and receiving a result of 4.82 which placed her 6th overall.[6]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, she finished fourth in the Women's Long Jump T44 with a jump of 4.85m.[7]

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Long Jump T64 with a leap of 5.20m.[8]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she finished seventh in the Women's Long Jump T64 with a jump of 5:11m.[9] Walsh finished fifth place in the Women's Long Jump T64, leaping to a 4.84m (+0.2) at 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris.[10] At the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, she finished fourth in the Women's Long Jump T64 with a jump of 5.14m.[11]

She is a member of the Sutherland District Athletics Club and coached by Matt Beckenham.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-07-16 . Fearnley Protégé Among Newest Members Of Australian Paralympic Team Paralympics Australia . 2024-07-22 . www.paralympic.org.au . en-AU.
  2. Web site: Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced. Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. 2 August 2016.
  3. Web site: 23 July 2021. Para-athletics Team Set To 'Do What Australia Does Best' At Tokyo 2020. 23 July 2021. Paralympics Australia.
  4. Web site: Sarah Walsh approaching world championship qualification. Athletics NSW website. 27 July 2016.
  5. Web site: Sarah Walsh. International Paralympic Committee. 27 July 2016.
  6. Web site: Women's T43/44 Long Jump Results. 2016 Rio Paralympics Website. 9 November 2016. 22 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160922201213/https://www.rio2016.com/en/paralympics/athletics-standings-at-womens-long-jump-t43-44. dead.
  7. Web site: Ryner. Sascha. A silver lining for Australia. Athletics Australia News, 16 July 2017. 21 July 2017.
  8. Web site: World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 5 Recap. Athletics Australia. 12 November 2019.
  9. Web site: Sarah Walsh. 30 September 2021. Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 30 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210930064434/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1415987-walsh-sarah.htm. dead.
  10. Web site: 11 July 2023 . Clifford Finds Silver Lining Day Two World Para Athletics Championships . 18 July 2023 . Athletics Australia.
  11. Web site: Australia . Athletics . Golden girl Low back on top of the world, teenager Lovell scores bronze . 2024-05-24 . www.athletics.com.au . en.