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Janine Watson (born 4 June 1981) is Australia's first taekwondo Paralympian. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +58 kg event at the
After her multiple sclerosis diagnosis, she took up taekwondo and within nine months she had won her first Australian championships. Her major international results:
*2014 Commonwealth Championship Scotland – Gold P34 para-poomsae
*2015 World Para-taekwondo Championships Turkey – Gold P34 para-poomsae
*2016 Oceania Championships Fiji – Gold P34 para-poomsae
*2017 Oceania Championships New Zealand – Gold P34 para-poomsae
*2017 World Para-taekwondo Championships England – Gold P34 para-poomsae
*2019 World Para-taekwondo Championships Turkey – Gold P34 para-poomsae
In 2018, after a three-year break from kyorugi (sparring), she returned to the discipline, as it was included in the
Janine Watson
at Taekwondo Australia *
Janine Watson at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Janine 1981 births Living people Australian female taekwondo practitioners Australian female tennis players Australian wheelchair tennis players Paralympic taekwondo practitioners for Australia Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Australia Paralympic medalists in taekwondo Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics People with multiple sclerosis 21st-century Australian women Sportswomen from Queensland
2020 Summer Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralym ...
in Tokyo, Japan. She is also an Australian wheelchair tennis champion.
Personal
Watson was born on 4 June 1981. She grew up in a small rural town in south-western Queensland. At school, she played netball and tennis at state and then national levels. She completed a double degree in Exercise Science and Secondary Education. At the age of 25, she was diagnosed withmultiple sclerosis
Multiple (cerebral) sclerosis (MS), also known as encephalomyelitis disseminata or disseminated sclerosis, is the most common demyelinating disease, in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. This d ...
. She works full-time as Head of Department for Maths and Science at one of Brisbane's most prestigious schools.
Her philosophy is "Do what I can, as well as I can, for as long as I can".
Taekwondo
After her multiple sclerosis diagnosis, she took up taekwondo and within nine months she had won her first Australian championships. Her major international results:
*2014 Commonwealth Championship Scotland – Gold P34 para-poomsae
*2015 World Para-taekwondo Championships Turkey – Gold P34 para-poomsae
*2016 Oceania Championships Fiji – Gold P34 para-poomsae
*2017 Oceania Championships New Zealand – Gold P34 para-poomsae
*2017 World Para-taekwondo Championships England – Gold P34 para-poomsae
*2019 World Para-taekwondo Championships Turkey – Gold P34 para-poomsae
In 2018, after a three-year break from kyorugi (sparring), she returned to the discipline, as it was included in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
The , branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, was an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. They were the 16th Summer Paralympic Games as organized by the International Paralympic ...
program. Watson won Australia's first Paralympic taekwondo medal, claiming bronze in the Women's +58kg.
In 2023 she was presented with the Australian Sports Medal for her achievements in taekwondo.
Wheelchair tennis
She also took up wheelchair tennis after her diagnosis. She has won four consecutive Australian Singles Titles in Wheelchair Tennis in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.References
External links
*Janine Watson
at Taekwondo Australia *
Janine Watson at the IPC Tokyo 2020 website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Watson, Janine 1981 births Living people Australian female taekwondo practitioners Australian female tennis players Australian wheelchair tennis players Paralympic taekwondo practitioners for Australia Paralympic wheelchair tennis players for Australia Paralympic medalists in taekwondo Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics People with multiple sclerosis 21st-century Australian women Sportswomen from Queensland