Joanne Bradshaw

Joanne Bradshaw
2000 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Bradshaw
Personal information
Full nameJoanne Meryl Bradshaw
Nationality Australia
Born (1961-11-08) 8 November 1961
Yallourn
Medal record
Wheelchair athletics
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyWomnen's Shot Put F37
IPC Athletics World Championships
Silver medal – second place1998 BirminghamWomen's Shot Put F37
Silver medal – second place1998 BirminghamWomen's Discus F37-38
Bronze medal – third place1998 BirminghamWomen's Javelin F37

Joanne Meryl Bradshaw, OAM[1] (born 8 November 1961)[2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She was born in the Victorian town of Yallourn,.[2][3] She has one daughter, Paige.[2] At the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships in Birmingham, she won silver medals in the women's shot put and women's discus and a bronze medal in the women's javelin.[2][3] She won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the women's shot put F37 event, in the process setting a new Paralympic record.[4] She received a Medal of the Order of Australia for her 2000 gold medal.[1] She competed but did not win any medals at the 2004 Athens Games.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bradshaw, Joanne Meryl, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Athlete Profile". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 December 2000. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  3. 1 2 Steele, Selina (24 October 2000). "Joanne throws off challenge". The Herald Sun. p. 78.
  4. ↑ "Australian Honour Roll". Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report 2010. Australian Paralympic Committee: 10. 2010.
  5. ↑ "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
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