Robyn Lambird (born 19 January 1997) is an Australian

wheelchair racer Wheelchair racing is the racing of wheelchairs in track and road races. Wheelchair racing is open to athletes with any qualifying type of disability, amputees, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy and partially sighted (when combined with another ...

and model who has cerebral palsy. They won a bronze medal in the Women's 100m T34 at the

2020 Summer Paralympics The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...

, becoming the first out non-binary Paralympian to win a medal in addition to being among the first three out non-binary athletes to compete at the Paralympics.

Early and personal life

Robyn Lambird was born on 19 January 1997. Robyn was born in England but moved to Perth, Western Australia at the age of nine. They were diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of nine and had surgery to lengthen their hamstrings and achilles tendons. Lambird models and was the first person in a wheelchair to be featured in one of Target's active-wear campaigns. They have modelled for Tommy Hilfiger, Bonds, and ModiBodi. Lambird is non-binary and uses they/them and she/her pronouns.

Athletics career

Lambird is classified as T34. They played wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball before taking up Para-athletics in 2016. At the 2018 World Para-athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland, they placed second in the Women's 100m T34 and fourth in the Women's 200m T34. At the

2019 World Para Athletics Championships The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field event organised by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 7 to 15 November 2019 ...

, Lambird finished fifth in the Women's 100m T34. They won a bronze medal in the Women's 100m T34 at the

with a time of 18.68 seconds, becoming the first out non-binary Paralympian to win a medal. They are among the first three out non-binary athletes to compete in the Paralympics, alongside Maz Strong and

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. At the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

, they finished 4th in the Women's 100m T34.

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