Emilie Miller

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Emilie Miller
Personal information
Full nameEmilie Miller
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 28)
Sport
Rank H1 (Cycling)
ClubBathurst Cycling Club
Coached by Toireasa Gallagher
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 SydneyMixed
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 VejleMixed
Women's cycling
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Maniago Women's Time Trial H1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Maniago Women's Road Race H1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Emmen Women's Time Trial H1
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Emmen Women's Road Race H1
World Championships
Wheelchair rugby
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 VejleMixed

Emilie Miller (9 March 1995) is an Australian Paralympic road hand cyclist and wheelchair rugby player.

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Personal

Miller was born on 9 March 1995. [1] As a 12 year old at Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange, New South Wales, she was training at Lithgow War Memorial Swimming Pool for the NSW State Age Championships when she slipped during a dive in the shallow end of the pool and the accident left her a quadriplegic. [2] She lost a High Court of Australia appeal for compensation for her life-altering injuries that occurred as a result of the accident. [3] In 2019, she lives and trains in Bathurst, New South Wales.

Cycling

Miller was ranked in the top 20 Australian girl swimmers for her age when a diving accident during training in 2008 left her a quadriplegic. [2] She took up hand cycling at the age of 17 as cross training for another sport. Her first Australian Road Cycling Championships were in 2013 and as of 2019 is undefeated in H1 events. [1]

At the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Italy, she won gold medals in Women's Time Trial H1 and Women's Road race H1. She repeated these medals at the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Netherlands. [4]

She is coached in Bathurst by former world junior cyclist Toireasa Gallagher (née Ryan). [2]

Wheelchair rugby

Miller clasified as 0.5 player, won her first world championship gold medal at the 2022 IWRF World Championship in Vejle, Denmark, when Australia defeated the United States . [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Emilie Miller". Australian Cycling Team website. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Pearce, Melanie (14 July 2015). "Once an athlete always an athlete for swimmer turned para-cyclist". ABC Central West NSW News. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  3. Hills, Brenden (27 March 2016). "High Court sinks top swim champ Emilie Miller's fight for justice". Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
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  5. "Australian Steelers Are World Wheelchair Rugby Champions". Paralympics Australia. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.