Angie Ballard
Angela "Angie" Ballard (born 6 June 1982) is an Australian Paralympic athlete She competes in a wheelchair.[3]
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| Nickname(s) | Angie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 1982
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | The University of Sydney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ACTAS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Ballard started racing in 1994.[4] In August 1998, Ballard raced at the International Paralympic Committee World Championships in Birmingham, England, where she won a gold medal in the women's 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay race.[3] 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 silver medal in the T53/54 4 × 100 m relay race.[4]
Personal life
Ballard was born on 6 June 1982.[4] in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.[5] She has two cats, Monkee and Jaguar, and a dog named Angel.[4]
Angie Ballard Media
Ballard at the 2012 London Paralympics
Louise Sauvage (left) and Ballard at the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year awards ceremony
Angie Ballard competing at the 2011 World Championships warm-up meet in Sydney, January 2011
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References
- ↑ "Biography – Ballard, Angela". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation. 2006. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ↑ "Peacock takes Pistorius' 100m crown". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Angie Ballard". New South Wales, Australia: Motor Accidents Authority. 1998. Archived from the original on 8 October 1999. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "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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