Emilie Miller (born 9 March 1995) is an Australian Paralympic road hand cyclist and wheelchair rugby player. She won a bronze medal with the Steelers at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Personal

Miller was born on 9 March 1995. As a 12 year old at

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, she was training at Lithgow War Memorial Swimming Pool for the NSW State Age Championships when she slipped during a dive in the shallow end of the pool and the accident left her a quadriplegic. She lost a

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appeal for compensation for her life-altering injuries that occurred as a result of the accident. In 2024, she lives in Bathurst, New South Wales.

Cycling

Miller was ranked in the top 20 Australian girl swimmers for her age when a diving accident during training in 2008 left her a quadriplegic. She took up hand cycling at the age of 17 as cross training for another sport. Her first Australian Road Cycling Championships were in 2013 and as of 2019 is undefeated in H1 events. At the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Italy, she won gold medals in Women's Time Trial H1 and Women's Road race H1. She repeated these medals at the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Netherlands. She was coached in Bathurst by former world junior cyclist

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(née Ryan).

Wheelchair rugby

Miller classified as 0.5 player, won her first world championship gold medal at the

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, when Australia defeated the United States . At the

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, he was a member of the Steelers that won the bronze medal defeating Great Britain 50–48.

External links

Paralympics Australia Biography

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Emilie Living people 1995 births Australian female cyclists Cyclists from New South Wales Paralympic cyclists for Australia Australian wheelchair rugby players Wheelchair rugby players at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Sportswomen from New South Wales Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Paralympic medalists in wheelchair rugby