Rhiannon Clarke (born 23 July 2002) is an Australian para-athletics competitor who specialises in sprint events. She won two bronze medals at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. She represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]
 Rhiannon Clarke in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 23 July 2002 Joondalup, Western Australia |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Para-athletics |
| Coached by | Danny Kevan |
Medal record | |
Personal
editClarke was born with cerebral palsy in Joondalup, Western Australia, on 23 July 2002.[2] As of 2018, she attended Mater Dei College in Joondalup.[3] The Australian Olympic Committee awarded Clarke the prestigious Pierre de Coubertin Award in 2018.[4]
Athletics
editClarke started running after a para-come-try day in 2014.[2] She concentrated on sprint events in 2017.[3] As a fifteen-year-old at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the women's 100m T38.[3] At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, she won bronze medals in the women's 100m and 200m T38.[5][6]
At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics held in 2021.[7] Clarke was a finalist in the Women's 100m T38 where she came 5th. She then came 7th in the Women's 400m T38 with a time of 1:02.65 which was an Australian record.[8]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's 100m T38.[9]
Clarke at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, won the silver medal in the Women's 400m T38 and finished fourth in the 100m T38 and 200m T38.[10] At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she finished fourth in the Women's 100 metres T38 and fifth in the Women's 400 metres T38, setting Oceania records in both events.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Fearnley Protégé Among Newest Members Of Australian Paralympic Team | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Rhiannon Clarke". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ a b c Lacey, Bridget (12 April 2018). "Commonwealth Games 2018: WA teen Rhiannon Clarke comes from clouds to win silver medal on the Gold Coast". The West. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "21 September 2018". www.mdc.wa.edu.au. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 6 Recap". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ "World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 7 Recap". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Para-athletics Stars Perris and Turner Secure Their Paralympic Passage to Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Athletics: CLARKE Rhiannon". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "2022 Commonwealth Games Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Paris World Para Athletics Championships Pave Way for Future Success". Athletics Australia. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ "Australian Athletics Results". athletics.possumbility.com. Retrieved 25 September 2024.