Lisa McIntosh

For other people named Elizabeth McIntosh, see Elizabeth McIntosh (disambiguation).

Lisa McIntosh

File:301000 - Athletics track 200m T38 Lisa McIntosh gold medal - 3b - 2000 Sydney medal photo.jpg McIntosh with her gold medal won in the 200 m T38 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Elizabeth McIntosh
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1982-12-16) 16 December 1982 Sandringham, Victoria
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Women's 100 m T37 2000 Sydney Women's 200 m T38 2000 Sydney Women's 400 m T38 2008 Beijing Women's 100 m T37 2008 Beijing Women's 200 m T37 2004 Athens Women's 200 m T37 2004 Athens Women's 100 m T37 IPC Athletics World Championships 2006 Lille Women's 100 m T37 2006 Lille Women's 200 m T37 2006 Lille Women's 100 m T37 2006 Lille Women's 200 m T37 Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Women's 100 mm T37

Elizabeth "Lisa" McIntosh, OAM (born 16 December 1982)is an Australian Paralympian athlete with cerebral palsy, who competes mainly in sprint events.

Personal

McIntosh was born in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham on 16 December 1982.She has cerebral palsy which affects her left side.She works as a swimming instructor and lives in the Melbourne suburb of Beaconsfield.

Career

File:301000 - Athletics track 200m T38 Lisa McIntosh wins gold 2 - 3b - 2000 Sydney race photo.jpg

McIntosh celebrates winning gold in the 200 m T38 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

File:301000 - Athletics track 200m T38 Lisa McIntosh wins gold - 3b - 2000 Sydney race photo.jpg

Action shot of McIntosh during her gold medal winning sprint in the 200 m T38 event at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

McIntosh first competed for Australia in 1998.At the 2000 Sydney Games, she won three gold medals in the women's 100 m – T38, women's 200 m – T38 and women's 400 m – T38 events,for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia,. She was named the 2000 Junior Female Paralympian of the Year.At the 2004 Athens Games, she won a silver medal in the women's 200 m – T37 event and a bronze medal in the women's 100 m – T37 event, and finished fifth in the women's 400 m – T38 event. despite recovering from a stress fracture in her left foot. At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, she won two gold medals in the women's 100 m – T37 and women's 200 m – T37 events. She holds the world record for 100 m, 200 m and 400 m T37.She was named the 2008 Female Paralympian of the Year.

At the IPC Athletics World Championships, she won gold medals in women's 100 m and 200 m T37 events at both the 2002 Lille and 2006 Assen competitions.At the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's 100 m – T37 event. She was an Australian Institute of Sport athletics scholarship holder in 2003. She is taking a break to consider her future in athletics.