Lisa McIntosh
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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
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Full name | Elizabeth McIntosh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sandringham, Victoria |
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Medal record
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Elizabeth "Lisa" McIntosh, OAM[1][2] (born 16 December 1982)[3]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.[4]She has cerebral palsy which affects her left side.[5]She works as a swimming instructor and lives in the Melbourne suburb of Beaconsfield.[3]
Career
McIntosh first competed for Australia in 1998.[3]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,[6]for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia,.[1] She was named the 2000 Junior Female Paralympian of the Year.[3]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,[6] and finished fifth in the women's 400 m – T38 event.[7] despite recovering from a stress fracture in her left foot.[5] At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, she won two gold medals in the women's 100 m – T37 and women's 200 m – T37 events.[6] She holds the world record for 100 m, 200 m and 400 m T37.[3]She was named the 2008 Female Paralympian of the Year.[3]
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[8] and 2006 Assen competitions.[9]At the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's 100 m – T37 event.[4] She was an Australian Institute of Sport athletics scholarship holder in 2003.[10] She is taking a break to consider her future in athletics.[3]
References
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