Hazel Robson (born 22 August 1979) is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

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from Great Britain competing mainly in category T36 sprint events. Hazel competed in the

2004 Summer Paralympics The 2004 Summer Paralympics (), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece, from 17 to 28 September ...

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in the 200m and 400m having won the gold medal in the 100m in Sydney four years earlier. Four years later, competing under her married name of Simpson, she failed to defend the 100m title finishing second behind China's Wang Fang who also beat her into second in the 200m.

External links

profile on paralympic.org

Profile on ParalympicsGB
Paralympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain British female sprinters Living people 1979 births Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) {{UK-Paralympic-medalist-stub