Joanne Bradshaw

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Joanne Bradshaw
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2000 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Bradshaw
Personal information
Full nameJoanne Meryl Bradshaw
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born8 November 1961
Yallourn
Medal record
Wheelchair athletics
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Womnen's Shot Put F37
IPC Athletics World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1998 BirminghamWomen's Shot Put F37
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1998 BirminghamWomen's Discus F37-38
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1998 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]

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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.