Louise Ellery
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Born | (1977-01-04) 4 January 1977 (age 47) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Louise Ellery (born 4 January 1977) is an Australian Paralympic track and field athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medalist and former world record holder in F32 Shot put for elite athletes with a disability. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won a bronze medal.[1][2]
Personal
Ellery was born in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[3] She suffered a Traumatic brain injury following a car crash in 1998. She competes in the F32 class (severe to moderate quadriplegia, but with athletes usually able to functionally propel a manual wheelchair). In Sydney in 2005, Ellery broke the world record in seated shot put at the National Championships.
Just 3 days before winning a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Paralaympics, the now international multi-award-winning short film, 'With Little Hope' was premiered. Ellery executive produced and wrote this film inspired by her personal experiences. It was released in 2017.[4]
Athletics
Paralympic Games
At the 2004 Athletics Paralympics, she finished sixth in the Women's Shot Put F32-34/52-53.[5] She finished again in the Women's Shot Put F32-34/52-53 at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.[5] At the 2012 London Games, she won the silver medal in the Women's Shot Put F32-34 with a throw of 5.90 m. She finished eighth in the Women's Club Throw F31/32/51.[5] At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Ellery won Bronze in the Women's Shot Put F32 with a throw of 4.19.[1]
IPC World Championships
At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships in Christchurch, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Shot Put F32-34 with a throw of 6.31m and finished fifth in the Women's Club Throw F31/32/51. She did not medal at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon.[5] At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Shot Put F32 with a throw of 4.53m.[6] At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, she finished eighth in the Women's Shot Put F32 with a throw of 4.31.[3]
Commonwealth Games
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Ellery won gold medal in the women's F32–34/52/53 shot put, as a competitor in the F32 class, again breaking the world record with a throw of 6.17 metres. This was Australia's first gold medal in the track and field events at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games which took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.[7]
In 2015/16, she has an ACT Academy of Sport scholarship.[8]
References
- ^ a b Women's Shot Put - F32 - Standings Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, rio2016.com, 18 September 2016
- ^ "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Louise Ellery". International Paralympic Committee website. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "With Little Hope: Film based on Paralympian Louise Ellery premieres at Canberra Short Film Festival". ABC News. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Louise Ellery". International Paralympic Committee Athletics profiles. Retrieved 1 November 2015.Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia website. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ "Shot put gold for Ellery | APC Corporate". Paralympic.org.au. 7 October 2010. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ "Individual Athlete Program". ACT Academy of Sport. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
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- Louise Ellery at Paralympics Australia
- Louise Ellery at the International Paralympic Committee
- Louise Ellery at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)
- Louise Ellery at Australian Athletics Historical Results
- Louise Ellery at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Louise Ellery at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games
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