Isis Holt (born 3 July 2001) is an Australian Paralympic athlete competing in T35 sprint events. She is affected by the condition

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. Holt won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m at the

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and

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. At the

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, she won two silver medals and a bronze medal and

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, two silver medals .

Personal life

Holt was born on 3 July 2001 with cerebral palsy, which affects both sides of her body. She attended at

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. She previously attended

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Athletics

Holt took up athletics in 2014. At the

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in her first major overseas competition, she won gold medals in world record time in two events: Women's 100m T35 (13.63 (w: +2.0) world record) and the Women's 200m T35 (28.57 (w: +1.5 world record). At the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in

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on 7 February 2016, she smashed her 200m T35 world record by running 28.38 (w: +0.2). At the 2016

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, she broke world records in winning the 100m and 200m Ambulant events. At the

, she won silver medals in the Women's 100 m T35 and Women's 200 m T25 and a bronze medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Relay T35-38. At the

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she won gold medals in the Women's 100 m T35 and Women's 200 m T35. In winning the 100 m she broke the world record with a time of 13.43. This time broke the world record she previously held by 0.14 seconds By winning the 100 m and 200 m Holt defended titles won at the 2015 World Championships. Two weeks prior to leaving for the World Championships she was hospitalised with tonsillitis. After the Rio Paralympics, Holt moved to Queensland to be coached by Paul Pearce. At the

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, she won the gold medal in the Women's 100m T35. At the

, Holt won the silver medal in the Women's 100 m T35 in a personal best time of 13.13. She also won silver in the Women's 200 m T35, setting a new Oceania record with a run of 27.94.

World records

Her philosophy is "My ability is bigger than my disability." She was coached in Melbourne by Nick Wall for 2016 Rio Paralympics and by Paul Pearce in Brisbane for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. In November 2022, Holt announced her retirement to pursue a career in psychology.

Recognition

*2015 Victorian Junior Athlete of the Year * 2015

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Female Para-athlete of the Year * 2016

Female Para-athlete of the Year * 2017 Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards – Deakin University Female Sportsperson of the Year * 2017

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2XU Youth Award * 2017

Female Para-athlete of the Year

References

External links

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