Lisa Llorens

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Lisa Llorens
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Portrait of Llorens at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Medal record
Athletics
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Women's Long Jump MH
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Women's 200m T20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Women's High Jump F20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Women's Long Jump F20
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney Women's 100m T20
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Women's 200m MH
IPC Athletics World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1998 BirminghamWomen's 100m T20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1998 BirminghamWomen's Long Jump F20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1998 BirminghamWomen's High Jump F20
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2002 LilleWomen's Long Jump F20
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1994 BerlinWomen's 200m T20
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1994 BerlinWomen's Long Jump T20
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2002 LilleWomen's 100m T20
Llorens on the podium with her gold medal won in the 200 m T20 race at the 2000 Summer Paralympics 261000 - Athletics track 200m T20 Lisa Llorens gold medal podium - 3b - 2000 Sydney medal photo.jpg
Llorens on the podium with her gold medal won in the 200 m T20 race at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Llorens on the starting blocks during race competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics 261000 - Athletics track Lisa Llorens starting blocks - 3b - 2000 Sydney race photo.jpg
Llorens on the starting blocks during race competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Australian athletics coaches Brett Jones (left) and Chris Nunn congratulate athletes Lisa Llorens (left, bronze medallist) and Sharon Rackham (gold medallist) after the T20 200m at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games 23 ACPS Atlanta 1996 Track Sharon Rackham Chris Nunn.jpg
Australian athletics coaches Brett Jones (left) and Chris Nunn congratulate athletes Lisa Llorens (left, bronze medallist) and Sharon Rackham (gold medallist) after the T20 200m at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games

Lisa Christina Llorens, OAM [1] (born 17 January 1978) [2] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She was born in Canberra. [2] She specialises in Paralympic high jumping, long jumping, and sprinting, participating in competitions for athletes with autism. [3]

Llorens is known as "The Cheetah" because she has a great affinity with cheetahs. She commented "I feel like I have a connection with the cheetahs, because I'm quite shy, like a cat, and I run so fast." An educational documentary was made about her called Lisa Llorens: A Cheetah on the Track. [4] From 1998 to 2002, she held an athletics scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport for Athletes with a Disability. [5]

Llorens competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, winning gold and bronze medals in track and field events. [6] [7] She received a Medal of the Order of Australia for her 1996 gold medal. [1] She also represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and won three gold medals in the 200 metre sprint, the high jump, and the long jump, and a silver medal in the 100 metre sprint. [8] She broke the Paralympic world record three times during her four long jumps. [9]

Llorens also competed at the IPC Athletics World Championships in 1994, winning silver in both the long jump and the 200m; and in 1998, won gold in the 100m, high jump, and long jump . [10] She took part in the Paralympic World Cup in 1998, winning gold in the 100 metre sprint, the high jump and the long jump. [11] In 2004, due to the International Paralympic Committee's decision to remove events for intellectually disabled athletes from its official activities, Llorens retired, as she felt that there was nothing left for her to achieve in sport. [12]

The Australian Paralympic Committee describes her as "Australia’s most outstanding female athlete with an intellectual disability", along with Crystal-Lea Adams. [13] In 1997, she was awarded the Australian Capital Territory Female Sportstar of the Year, [14] and Young Canberra Citizen of the Year. [15] In November 2015, she was inducted into the ACT Sport Hall of Fame. [16] In 2016, Llorens was induced into the International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS) Hall of Fame. [17]

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Australian T20 athletes Sharon Rackham (centre, gold medal) and Lisa Llorens (right, bronze medal) on the medal dais after the 200m at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games 25 ACPS Atlanta 1996 Athletics Sharon Rackham and Lisa Llorens.jpg
Australian T20 athletes Sharon Rackham (centre, gold medal) and Lisa Llorens (right, bronze medal) on the medal dais after the 200m at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games