Lynette ("Lyn") Coleman (born 16 September 1964)
is an Australian Paralympic
boccia
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player, athlete and swimmer with
cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, spasticity, stiff muscles, Paresis, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be p ...
.
Career
Lyn was born in
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
.
At the
1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, she won a silver medal in the Women's Slalom C1 event and also competed in swimming .
At the
1988 Seoul Paralympics, she competed in athletics and boccia events, and she competed solely in boccia at the
1992 Barcelona
The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...
,
1996 Atlanta
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, and
2000 Sydney
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Paralympics.
From 1995 to 2000, her international ranking climbed every year. In 2000, she received an
Australian Sports Medal
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.
In July 2005, she won the BC3 singles and BC3 pairs (with Laura Solomon) and in September of that year, she reached the quarter finals of the BC3 Singles event and was part of the team that came fourth in the BC3 Teams event in the Asia and South Pacific Boccia Championships.
References
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Paralympic athletes of Australia
Paralympic boccia players of Australia
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Boccia players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
Boccia players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Boccia players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Boccia players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors
Sportspeople with cerebral palsy
Sportswomen from Queensland
Sportspeople from Brisbane
Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
1964 births
Living people
Athletes from Brisbane