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Claire Keefer
Claire Keefer (born 5 May 1995) is a short stature athlete from Australia. She represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics where she won a bronze medal. She has won a silver and bronze medal at the World Para Athletics Championships. Personal She was born on 5 May 1995 with achondroplasia and is a person of short stature. Her parents Lindsay and Sue Keefer live in Withcott, Queensland. She attended St Ursula College in Toowoomba. She lives mostly in Withcott, Queensland. She works part-time as a child care worker. Career Keefer competes in the F41 (classification), F41 classification and started athletics in 2009. She was ineligible to compete at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, 2012 London Paralympics due to being under 18. In the F41 classicification the only athletics events for women are the discus throw and shot put. in 2015, Keefer won the silver medal in discus and bronze medal in shot put at an IPC Grand Prix meet in Dubai. At th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Para Athletics
Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practised by people with a disability as a parasport. The athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair racing and the club throw, which are specific to the division. The sport is known by various names, including disability athletics, disabled track and field and Paralympic athletics. Top-level competitors may be called elite athletes with disability. Competitors are typically organised into three broad categories: deaf sports, athletes with a physical disability, and athletes with an intellectual disability. Deaf athletes typically compete among themselves, while athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities are usually assessed and given a para-athletics classification, which groups together athletes with similar ability levels. These classifications are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and comprise a single le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
