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Meica Horsburg is an Australian goalball player. She began playing the sport in 2004, the same year she made her national team debut. After the national team took a three-year break, she was named the captain in 2010 and played in the Goalball World Championships. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in goalball, where she captained the side.
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Tyan "Little Girl" Taylor is an Australian goalball winger and is classified as a B3 competitor. In 2009, after only a month playing the sport, Taylor was named to the New South Wales team. She made the national team in 2011 and has played in the 2010 World Championships, 2011 IBSA Goalball World Cup and 2011 IBSA Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Champions. She has been selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in goalball.
Nicole Esdaile is an Australian goalball player and is classified as a B2 competitor. She took up the sport in 1999, and made her national team debut in 2010. Subsequently, she has competed at the 2010 Goalball World Championships, 2011 IBSA Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Champions and 2011 IBSA Goalball World Cup. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in goalball.
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Michelle Rzepecki is an Australian goalball player classified as a B3 competitor. She made her debut for the Australia women's national goalball team at the 2011 African-Oceania regional Paralympic qualifying competition. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in goalball.
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Maria Mercedes Capa Estrada is a goalball athlete from Spain. She has a disability: she is blind and a B2 type goalball player. She played goalball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. Her team was third.
Concepcion Hernandez Diaz is a goalball player from Spain. She is blind and is a B2 type goalball player. She played goalball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. Her team was third. She played goalball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. Her team was second.
Jessica Malagon Moreno is a goalball player from Spain. She is blind and is a type B2 goalball player. She played goalball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics. Her team was third. She played goalball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. Her team was second.
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- ↑ "SARA LUNA SANTANA | Paralímpicos". www.paralimpicos.es. Retrieved Nov 17, 2019.
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