Madeleine Pape | |
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Born | Melbourne, Australia | 24 February 1984
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Monash University University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Thesis | Inclusion and Exclusion: Institutional Reproductions of Sex and Gender (2019) |
Doctoral advisor | Myra Marx Ferree Joan Fujimura |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociology |
Sub-discipline | Sex and gender distinction,sports science |
Sports career | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 800 metres |
Club | Waverley Athletics Club |
Coached by | Terry McGrath |
Sports achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | 400 m:52.68 (2009) 800 m:1:59.92 (2008) 1500 m:4:22.36 (2007) |
Madeleine Pape (born 24 February 1984) is an Australian sociologist and former middle-distance athlete. [1]
Pape grew up in Emerald,Victoria and was inspired to focus on running after seeing local athletes represent Australia in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. [2] In 2008,she set a personal best of 1:59.92 in the 800 metres while winning the Sydney Athletics Grand Prix. [3] [4] Pape competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,where she finished her heat in sixth place,failing to advance to the semi-finals. [5] Pape went on to win an 800m gold medal at the 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade,finishing in 2:01.91. [6] However,in 2010,she had a tendon injury that ended her athletics career. [2]
In 2011,Pape completed a B.A. with honors,majoring in sociology,at Monash University. [2] She then moved to the United States,where she earned an M.S. and PhD in sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. [7] Her doctoral thesis examined sex and gender in sport and biomedicine. [8] In 2020,Pape joined the University of Lausanne as a Postdoctoral Fellow. [9]