Sarah Walsh (born 14 July 1998) is an Australian Paralympic amputee athlete. She represented Australia at the

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and the 2024 Paris Paralympics. .

Personal

Walsh was born on 14 July 1998 in

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. She was born with

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and this led to her right leg being amputated below the knee when she was 18 months old. She attended

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Athletics

Walsh was encouraged by a teacher to take up para-athletics at the age of nine. She then joined Helensburgh Little Athletics Club. She received her first prosthetic running blade at the age of 10 as a result of sponsorship from Otto Bock and the Appliance and Limb Centre. She is classified as a T64 athlete. She competed at the

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where she finished sixth in the Women's Long Jump T44 and competed in the heats of the Women's 100m T44. In the

she competed in the T44 Long jump and receiving a result of 4.82 which placed her 6th overall. At the

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, she finished fourth in the Women's Long Jump T44 with a jump of 4.85m. At the

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, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Long Jump T64 with a leap of 5.20m. At the

, she finished seventh in the Women's Long Jump T64 with a jump of 5:11m. Walsh finished fifth place in the Women's Long Jump T64, leaping to a 4.84m (+0.2) at

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in Paris. At the

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in Kobe, she finished fourth in the Women's Long Jump T64 with a jump of 5.14m. At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she finish eight in the Women's Long jump T64 with a jump of 4.88m. She is a member of the Sutherland District Athletics Club and coached by Matt Beckenham.

References

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