
Sharon Margaret Rackham,
OAM (born 25 July 1974) is an
Australian Paralympic athlete.
Biography
She was born on 25 July 1974 in Tongatapu,
Tonga.
She won a gold medal in the T20 200m at the
1996 Summer Paralympics
The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, were held from August 16 to 25. It was the first Paralympic Games, Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million.
It was the first Paralympic Games ...
in Atlanta, for which she received a
Medal of the Order of Australia,
and a silver medal in the 200 m T20 at the
2000 Summer Paralympics
The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was last time that the Summer Paralympics which were organized by two different ...
.
In 2000, she received an
Australian Sports Medal.
References
External links
Sharon Rackhamat Australian Athletics Historical Results
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Living people
Paralympic athletes for Australia
Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Intellectual Disability category Paralympic competitors
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
1974 births
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
ACT Academy of Sport alumni
Competitors in athletics with intellectual disability
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Australian female sprinters
Sportspeople from Tongatapu
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