Medal record | ||
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Paralympic athletics | ||
Representing Trinidad and Tobago | ||
Paralympic Games | ||
1984 New York | Javelin - L5 | |
1984 New York | Shot Put - L5 | |
Swimming (L6) | ||
1984 New York | 100m Freestyle - L6 |
Rachael Marshall is a former Paralympian athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who competed mainly in category L5 throwing events.
She competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics in New York City, United States. There she won a gold medal in the women's javelin throw L5 event, a gold medal in the women's shot put L5 event, a bronze medal in the women's 100 metres freestyle L6 event and finished fourth in the women's discus throw L5 event. [1]
She is the only woman to have competed for Trinidad and Tobago at the Paralympics, and the only athlete to have won Paralympic medals for that country. [2]
Trinidad and Tobago made its Paralympic Games début at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York. For its first participation, the country sent eight athletes to compete in athletics, swimming and weightlifting. Its three medals were all won by the same athlete, Rachael Marshall. The country competed again in the 1988 Summer Games, with a reduced delegation of four athletes, in athletics, table tennis and weightlifting. They won no medals. Trinidad and Tobago returned to the Paralympics in 2012, and has never participated in the Winter Paralympics.
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