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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 1997 England | ||||||||||||||
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| Disability class | T34 | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Blanche Herbert | ||||||||||||||
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Robyn Lambird (born 19 January 1997) is an Australian wheelchair racer and model who has cerebral palsy. They won a bronze medal in the Women's 100m T34 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, becoming the first out non-binary Paralympian to win a medal in addition to being among the first three out non-binary athletes to compete at the Paralympics.
Robyn Lambird was born on 19 January 1997. [1] Robyn was born in England but moved to Perth, Western Australia at the age of nine. [1] They were diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of nine and had surgery to lengthen their hamstrings and achilles tendons.
Lambird models and was the first person in a wheelchair to be featured in one of Target's active-wear campaigns. They have modelled for Tommy Hilfiger, Bonds, and ModiBodi. [2]
Lambird is non-binary and uses they/them and she/her pronouns. [3] [4]
Lambird is classified as T34. [1] They played wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball before taking up Para-athletics in 2016. [1] At the 2018 World Para-athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland, they placed second in the Women's 100m T34 and fourth in the Women's 200m T34. [5]
At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, Lambird finished fifth in the Women's 100m T34. [6] They won a bronze medal in the Women's 100m T34 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics with a time of 18.68 seconds, becoming the first out non-binary Paralympian to win a medal. [7] They are among the first three out non-binary athletes to compete in the Paralympics, alongside Maz Strong and Laura Goodkind. [3] [8]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, they finished 4th in the Women's 100m T34. [9]
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