Madison de Rozario
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2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of de Rozario
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| Nationality |  Australia |
| Born | 24 November 1993 Perth, Western Australia |
Madison de Rozario (born 24 November 1993)[1] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She has transverse myelitis, a neurological disease which inflames the spinal cord resulting in her using a wheelchair.
At the age of 14, she competed at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and won a silver medal in the Women's 4x100 m T53/54 event as part of the Australian team. She also competed in the individual women's T54 100 m and 400 m events.[2] She was coached by former Paralympic athlete Frank Ponta and is currently coached by Louise Sauvage.[1] [3] She did not medal at the 2012 London Paralympics.[2] In 2012 and 2013, she won the Oz Day 10K Wheelchair Road Race. [4]
At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, in Lyon, France, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 800 m T53.[3]
At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, she won the gold medal in the Women's 800m T54 in 1:53.86. It was her first gold medal at a major international competition. [5]She also won a bronze medal in the Women’s 1500m T54 in a time of 3:42.03. [6]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Results for Madison de Rozario from the International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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External links
- Madison de Rozario - Athletics Australia results
- Australian Paralympic Committee profile
- International Paralympic Committee profile
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