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Rosemary Little
Rosemary Little (born 27 August 1982) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She won a bronze medal in wheelchair racing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and has also competed in handcycling. She competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, her third Games, where switched from Wheelchair racing at the Olympics, wheelchair racing to Shot put at the Olympics, shot put. She competed in the shot put and club throw at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, 2024 Paris Paralympics. Personal Little was born on 27 August 1982 in Mackay, Queensland, and is from West Pennant Hills, New South Wales. She has a brain injury as a result of a brain virus. She has studied occupational therapy at the University of Sydney and speech and audiology at the Macquarie University. Little has represented Australia in handcycling. Athletics Little is a T34 (classification), T34 wheelchair racing competitor. She started competing in athletics in 2003. Originally classified T33 (classification), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mackay, Queensland
} Mackay () is a city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia. It is located about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is described as being in either Central Queensland or North Queensland, as these Regions of Queensland, regions are not precisely defined. More generally, the area is known as the Mackay–Whitsunday Islands, Whitsunday Region. Nicknames of Mackay include the Sugar capital, Alexandra and Macktown. The demonym of Mackay residents is Mackayites. Founded in 1862 the settlement was originally known as Alexandra, in honour of Alexandra of Denmark, Princess Alexandra of Denmark, and was later renamed Mackay after John Mackay (Australian pioneer), John Mackay. Sugar became the economic foundation of the city, with plantations using South Sea Islanders that had been Blackbirding, blackbirded as Indentured servitude, indentured labourers or slaves. The trades ending in 1904 roughly coincided with the immigration of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T34 (classification)
T34 is a disabled sport, disability sport classification for Paralympic athletics, disability athletics. The classification is one of eight specifically for athletes with cerebral palsy, and one of four for athletes with cerebral palsy who use a wheelchair. People in this class have hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis. This class includes people who have cerebral palsy, or who have had a stroke or traumatic brain injury. Definition This classification is for Paralympic athletics, disability athletics. This classification is one of eight classifications for athletes with cerebral palsy, four for wheelchair athletes (T31 (classification), T31, T32 (classification), T32, T33 (classification), T33, T34) and four for ambulant ones (T35, T36 (classification), T36, T37 (classification), T37 and T38 (classification), T38). Jane Buckley, writing for the Sporting Wheelies, describes the athletes in this classification as: "CP4, see CP-ISRA classes (appendix) Wheelchair". The classificati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karyne Di Marco
Karyne Di Marco (born Perkins) (born 14 March 1978 in Whyalla, South Australia) is an Australian female hammer thrower. Her personal best is 67.44 metres, achieved in March 2004 in Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei .... Achievements References *2006 Commonwealth Games profile 1978 births Living people Australian female hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Australia People from Whyalla Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Competitors at the 2001 Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Rio Summer 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 September 2016. The Games marked the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted the event, the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation, the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and also the first time a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country hosted the event. These Games saw the introduction of two new sports to the Paralympic program: canoeing and the paratriathlon. The lead-up to these Paralympics were met with financial shortcomings attributed to tepid sponsor interest and ticket sales, which resulted in cuts to volunteer staffing and transport, the re-location of events and the partial deconstruction of the Deodoro venue cluster. However, ticket sales began to increase as the Games drew nearer, and ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
