Noelle Lenihan (born 4 November 1999) is an

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paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

discus thrower competing in the F38 category for athletes with cerebral palsy. Lenihan is a double European champion in the event and, as of August 2018, holds the world record in the classification at 32.95 metres.

Career

Lenihan won silver at the

2015 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. The event was the 7th edition of what is now known as the World Para ...

, gold at the

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and

2018 World Para Athletics European Championships The 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Azerbaijan and Israel. It was held in ...

(both with a world record throw) and bronze at the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

Personal life

Lenihan lives in Deliga, near

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. She has

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...

and so competes in F38 classification events. Her left side is weaker than her right, so she throws using the "South African" half-turn style.STEP-BY-STEP TEACHING OF DISCUS TECHNIQUE – Training The High School Discus Thrower
Coachr.org (19 August 2007). Retrieved on 2016-09-18. Noelle went to school in Hazlewood College Dromcollogher County Limerick from 2012 to 2017.

References

1999 births Living people Paralympic bronze medalists for Ireland Athletes from County Cork Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Irish female discus throwers Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic athletes for Ireland {{Paralympic-medalist-stub