Madeleine Hogan (born 8 December 1988) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category F42/ F46 javelin throw events. She has won bronze medals at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

and

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. She represented Australia at the

2016 Rio Paralympics The 2016 Summer Paralympics (), the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 Sept ...

in athletics.

Early life

Hogan was born in the

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suburb of

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, situated in the

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, on 8 December 1988, without the lower half of her left arm. She has two siblings, Brock and Courtney. As a teenager between 2001 and 2006, Hogan completed years 7 through 12 at

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in Glen Waverley. After graduation, she went on to study Exercise and Sport Science at

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Career

Hogan was highly involved in sport whilst in school and her ability identified in an athletics talent search day in 2005. She took up athletics seriously in 2006. She is a member of the Knox Athletics Club in

. At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Javelin F46. Prior to the

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, she tore a tendon in her right throwing arm but overcame the injury to win the gold medal in the Women's Javelin F46 with a distance of 37.79 m. Hogan's winning throw was four metres better than her nearest rivals Natalia Gudkova (33.65m) of Russia, in silver position, and Hollie Beth Arnold (32.45m) of Great Britain, in bronze. At the

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, Hogan won a bronze medal in the Women's Javelin F46. She was forced to withdraw from the

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due to rupturing her

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whilst training for the Women's Javelin F47 event. She had previously ruptured her other knee. She is coached by John Eden and is a

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scholarship holder. She represented Victoria in cricket at the U19 national championships as a spin bowler and plays golf. Since her knee surgery in early November 2015 Hogan successfully recovered from rehab and competed in the

. She placed 5th overall in the F46 Javelin throw. In the wake of Hogan's success in Rio, on 2 May 2017, she announced her retirement.

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