Rae Anderson (athlete)
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Rae Anderson (born 16 February 1997) is an Australian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics.[1]
Personal
Anderson was born 16 February 1997 with cerebral palsy, left hemipelgia but it was not diagnosed until she was one.[2][3] As a child she had three major operations at Westmead Children's Hospital.[3] She attended Terrigal High School on the Central Coast, New South Wales.[3] She is studying Media and Communications at the University of Sydney.[2]
Athletics
In her early teenage years, Anderson learnt to sail and played soccer, basketball and oz tag.[3] A meeting with Evan O'Hanlon led to her taking up athletics in 2010.[3] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she competed in the Women's Long Jump F37/38 and finished 7th with a jump of 3.67m(+0.9).[2] At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, she competed in two throwing events and finished 7th in the Women's Discus F38 and 6th in the Women's Javelin F37.[2] In 2016 she became the first Australian woman with a disability to model for a lingerie company after becoming the face of underwear brand ModiBodi.[4] She competed in the 2016 Rio Paralympics, placing 5th in the F38 Shot put event and 8th in the F37 Discus event.
References
- ↑ "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Rae Anderson". International Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Anderson chasing Commonwealth selection". Athletics NSW website. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ "'An ambassador girls SHOULD be seeing': Paralympian named face of underwear company... as the brand takes a swipe at 'surgically enhanced' Bonds model Iggy Azalea". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 9 November 2016.