Angie Ballard
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Angie Ballard is an athlete with a disability from Australia. She competes in a wheelchair.[1]
Ballard was born on 6 June 1982.[2] in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.[3] She has two cats, Monkee and Jaguar, and a dog named Angel.[2]
Ballard started racing in 1994.[2] In August 1998, Ballard raced at the International Paralympic Committee World Championships in Birmingham, England, where she was won a gold medal in the women's 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay race.[1] She raced at the 2000 Summer Paralympics but she did not win a medal. She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics competing in the T54 200m, T53 400m and T53 800m. She did not win any medals in those races. She won a bronze in the T53 100m race. She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and did not win a medal in the T53 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m race. She won a medal silver medal in the T53/54 4 × 100 m relay race.[2]
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Ballard at the 2012 London Paralympics
Louise Sauvage (left) and Ballard at the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year awards ceremony
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Angie Ballard". New South Wales, Australia: Motor Accidents Authority. 1998. Archived from the original on 8 October 1999. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Angie Ballard". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ↑ Croker, Graham (12 March 2004). "Sydney athletes selected for Athens". University of Sydney. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
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