Sporting career
Pardy began participating in sport in attempt to 'wear herself out'. [8] She then became actively involved in ice skating, basketball, swimming, horse riding and athletics. [8] In 2009 and 2011 Pardy represented Australia at the Inas Global Games for para athletes with an intellectual disability. [9] These games were used to determine the athletes classification for the International Paralympic Committee. [9] Pardy was then reclassified and this allowed her compete for qualification to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships and Paralympic Games. [10] She was then added to the National Athlete Support Structure at the international level. [10]
In 2013, she broke her ankle. [1] [9] However, after recovering from the injury she competed on the 100m in 13.16 seconds, 0.06 seconds off the world record. [9]
Pardy represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the T37/38 long jump, jumping a distance of 3.62m. [1] In 2015, Pardy has competed in the 200m at the Western Australia Championships running the third fastest time ever for the T37/38 event. [11] At the 2015 IPC Grand Prix held in Brisbane Pardy, won gold in the 100m. [12]
At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, she finished fifth in both the Women's 100m and 200m T38 events. [1] Pardy was coached by Sebastian Kuzminski [6] and national coach Iryna Dvoskina. [1] Her ambition was to compete at a Paralympic Games. [1]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she finished sixth in the Women's T38 100 m and won a bronze as a member of the Women's 4 × 100 m T35-38. [3]
At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, she finished sixth in the Women's 100m T38 and fifth in the Women's 200m T38. [13] [14]
At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, she finished fifth in the Women's 100m T38 and the Women's 200m T38. [15]
Pardy competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, her second Paralympics. She qualified for the final and managed to finish seventh in the Women's 100m T38. [16]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she finished 5th in the women's 100m T38. [17] Pardy finished fifth in the Women's 100m and 200m T38 events at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris [18] Pardy finished sixth Women's 100m T38 event at the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe. [19]
She is coached by Danny Kevan.
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