Spencer Cotie Explained

Spencer Cotie
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Birth Date:18 April 1999
Sport:Boccia
Disability Class:BC3
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Spencer Cotie (born 18 April 1999) is an Australian boccia player. He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[1]

Early life

He was born on 18 April 1999, with cerebral palsy.[2] He is unable to walk or speak and communicates through typing on an iPad.[3] He attended Killarney Heights High School and is studying a Bachelor of Laws at Macquarie University.

Boccia

Cotie first represented Australia in 2014 at the BISFed World Open in Hong Kong, where he and Daniel Michel won the silver medal in the mixed pairs BC3. In 2017, he won the bronze medal in the mixed singles BC3 at the 2017 BISFed Regional Open Championships in Dubai, UAE.

Cotie and Michel won the silver medal in the mixed pairs BC3 at the 2018 BISFed World Boccia Championships in Liverpool, England. At the end of 2018, Cotie and Michel were ranked world number three.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Cotie in the Mixed Individual BC3 Pool Matches beat Stefania Ferrando of Argentine 4-1 and then also beat Jamie McCowan of Great Britain 5–2. He then lost to Scott McCowan 4–3. In spite of winning two out of three matches, he was still eliminated and failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. He teamed with Daniel Michel and Jamieson Leeson in the Mixed Pairs BC3, where they won 2 and lost 2 matches but failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 21 June 2021. Australian Boccia Players Ready To 'Shake Things Up' At Tokyo 2020. live. 22 June 2020. Paralympics Australia. 21 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210621180434/https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/06/australian-boccia-players-ready-to-shake-things-up-at-tokyo-2020/.
  2. Web site: Spencer Cotie. live. 22 June 2020. Paralympics Australia. 4 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200404040532/https://www.paralympic.org.au/athlete/spencer-cotie/.
  3. Web site: 27 July 2019. Whatever it takes. live. 21 June 2021. Scripture Union NSW. 24 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201635/https://sunsw.org.au/whatever-it-takes/.
  4. Web site: Spencer Cotie. live. 27 September 2021. Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. 26 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210926233040/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/boccia/athlete-profile-n1407262-cotie-spencer.htm.