Personal information | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Moree, New South Wales | 5 July 1995
Sport | |
Country | Australia |
Sport | Paralympic athletics |
Club | University of Queensland |
Coached by | Wayne Leaver |
Torita Blake (born 5 July 1995) is an Indigenous Australian athlete. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics and won a bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships. [1] [2] She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics. [3]
She competed as Torita Isaac up until 2016. [4]
Blake was born on 5 July 1995 in Moree, New South Wales. [5] [6] She is from Logan, Queensland. [7] [8] She was born with cerebral palsy, is blind in her right eye and has only 10% minimised vision in her left. [5] [8] She has fractured her legs eleven times. [9] She has broken both arms falling off a horse. [9] Blake is an Indigenous woman from the Dunghutti Aboriginal people. [6]
Blake is an ambassador for the Raise the Bar Academy, a program run by Athletics Australia and Melbourne University, for indigenous secondary school students. She said "I've always wanted to inspire and show my heritage off. I'd like to be a mentor to indigenous kids and also kids with disability in sports. I want to represent Australia, but also my community and my culture. If I can show young indigenous kids you can do something, that nothing can stop you, then that's extra special for me." [10]
Isaac first joined an athletics club in 2011, [6] [7] [9] [10] and specialises in sprints. [11] She has been classified as a T13 before being reclassified to T38. [8] [9] She is a former member of Jimboomba Athletics Club. [8]
Isaac competed in the 2012 Sydney Track Classic, 2012 Brisbane Track Classic and the 2012 Adelaide Track Classic. [12] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she finished seventh in the 100 m T38, seventh in the 200 m T38 and fourth in the 4 × 100 m Relay T35-38event. [5] [8] [13]
Competing at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, she finished seventh in both the Women's 100m and 200m T38. [5] At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 400m T38. [2]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, her aim was to receive a podium finish although unfortunately missed out placing 4th overall in the 400 m T38 event with a time of 1:04.47 [14]
At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, England, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 400m T38 and finished seventh in the Women's 200m T38. [15] [16]
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