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Spencer Cotie (born 18 April 1999) is an Australian
Cotie first represented Australia in 2014 at the BISFed World Open in Hong Kong, where he and Daniel Michel won the silver medal in the mixed pairs BC3. In 2017, he won the bronze medal in the mixed singles BC3 at the 2017 BISFed Regional Open Championships in Dubai, UAE.
Cotie and Michel won the silver medal in the mixed pairs BC3 at the 2018 BISFed World Boccia Championships in Liverpool, England. At the end of 2018, Cotie and Michel were ranked world number three.
At the
boccia
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player. He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, 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 Inte ...
.
Early life
He was born on 18 April 1999, withcerebral 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 b ...
. He is unable to walk or speak and communicates through typing on an iPad. He attended Killarney Heights High School and is studying a Bachelor of Laws at Macquarie University
Macquarie University ( ) is a Public university, public research university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the Sydney metropolitan area. ...
.
Boccia
Cotie first represented Australia in 2014 at the BISFed World Open in Hong Kong, where he and Daniel Michel won the silver medal in the mixed pairs BC3. In 2017, he won the bronze medal in the mixed singles BC3 at the 2017 BISFed Regional Open Championships in Dubai, UAE.
Cotie and Michel won the silver medal in the mixed pairs BC3 at the 2018 BISFed World Boccia Championships in Liverpool, England. At the end of 2018, Cotie and Michel were ranked world number three.
At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport event, 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 Inte ...
, Cotie in the Mixed Individual BC3 Pool Matches beat Stefania Ferrando of Argentine 4-1 and then also beat Jamie McCowan of Great Britain 5–2. He then lost to Scott McCowan 4–3. In spite of winning two out of three matches, he was still eliminated and failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. He teamed with Daniel Michel and Jamieson Leeson in the Mixed Pairs BC3, where they won 2 and lost 2 matches but failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.
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