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Trude Raad (born 27 April 1990) is a deaf Norwegian track and field athlete. She generally competes in the discus throw and hammer throw events at the International competitions. Trude has represented
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and has won 4 gold medals in her Deaflympic career. She was also a champion in the women's hammer throw event at the Deaflympics on 3 consecutive occasions (2009, 2013, 2017). She broke her own deaf world record in the women's hammer throw at the
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with a distance of 66.35m, the previous best was 65.03m Trude Raad currently holds the Deaflympic records for the women's hammer throw and discus throw events. She was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2008 for her performances in deaf athletics including Junior deaf world records set by her in 2009 at the women's hammer throw and discus throw events. She was also nominated for the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2009.


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