Racquel Nugent

Racquel Nugent

Racquel Nugent (born 1968) [1] from Queensland is an Australian athlete with an intellectual disability. At the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap, she won a bronze medal.

Career

Competing at the 1st World Games for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability in Harnosand, Sweden, she won two gold medals in the Women's 100 m and Women 4 × 100 m Relay and two silver medals in the Women's 200 m and Women's Long Jump.[2] At the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid, Spain, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Long Jump [3] At the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships in Berlin, Germany, she won a gold medal in the Women Long Jump T20 and a bronze medal in the Women's 200 m T20.[1]

In 2010, she was recognized for her 20 years employment with Endeavour Foundation Industries in Gladstone.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Racquel Nugent". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sport results and detail". Canberra Times. 13 July 1989. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Madrid 1992 Paralympic Medallists". paralympicanorak. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Worker celebrates 35 years". Gladstone Observer. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
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