Tamsin Colley (born 10 September 2002) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She represented Australia at the

2016 Rio 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 ...

. She was the youngest athlete on the entire 2016 Australian Paralympic Team, at the age of 13 and 362 days on the day of the Opening Ceremony.

Personal

She was born on 10 September 2002. As an infant, she had a brain tumour removed but this has led

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, which is a permanent neurological disease affecting the co-ordination of gross and fine motor movement. She required assistance to help her walk until she was three and a half and was also in a wheelchair for a long time. She attended Kensington Public School. In 2016, she attends

Randwick Girls' High School , motto_translation = Deeds, not Words. , established = January 1959 , type = Public, secondary, day school , principal = Lucy Andre , enrolment = ~878 (7–12) , colours = Gold, white and bottle green , campus = Barker and Avoca Street ...

Career

She is classified as a T36. Colley has broken Australian records for her classification in under-16 and 18 100m sprints. She also holds the national record in under-16, 18 and 20 for 400m and 800m running and long jump. At the

, Colley competed in the T36 200m and placed 11th overall with a time of 37.80 .

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Colley, Tamsin Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Australian female sprinters Paralympic athletes for Australia Sportswomen from New South Wales 2002 births Living people 21st-century Australian women