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| Full name | Renee Danielle Foessel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 30, 1995 Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Humber College | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Cerebral palsy, hemiplegia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | T38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Discus throw Javelin throw Shot put | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cruisers Sports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ken Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Renee Danielle Foessel (born May 30, 1995) is a Canadian Paralympic athlete who specializes in throwing events in international level events. [1] [2] [3]
Foessel was born with cerebral palsy with hemiplegia affecting her right side. [4] She is the middle child of three daughters. [5] She was born in Mississauga, Ontario, and moved with her family to Orangeville in 2014. [6]
In 2020, Foessel completed a degree in criminal justice and a diploma in community and justice services at Humber College. [7]
Foessel is coached by Ken Hall at Cruisers Sports in Mississauga, [5] where she began training at six years old. [8] In 2011, she was the youngest Canadian athlete at the 2011 International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championship. [9] She was set to compete in javelin, discus, and shot put, but was told at the championships that, due to a switch in classification, she could only compete in javelin. [10] She was just shy of making the team for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. [7] In 2013, Athletics Ontario named her the Most Outstanding Female Field Performer. [11]
At the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Foessel won three medals: bronze in javelin, silver in shot put, and gold in discus. [12] She placed fourth in the F38 discus throw at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She also placed fourth in discuss at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships. [6] At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, Foessel won bronze in women's discus F38 and set a new Canadian record. [13]
Foessel qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Discus throw F38. [14] She placed fourth overall. [15] In 2021, she set a world record in the F38 discus with a throw of 37.88 meters. [5] At the 2022 Canadian National Track and Field Championships in Langley, she was the Canadian Women’s Para-Ambulatory Discus and Shot Put Champion. [9]
She won silver in F38 discus at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, [16] her fifth appearance at Worlds. [17] Later that year, she won bronze in discus at the 2023 Parapan American Games. [18] Foessel will compete in F38 discus at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. [4]
Foessel works as an information management clerk for the Barrie Police Service. [5] [15]
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