Torita Blake (born 5 July 1995) is an

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athlete. She represented

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at the

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in athletics and won a bronze medal 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 ...

. She represented Australia at the

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in athletics. She competed as Torita Isaac up until 2016.

Personal

Blake was born on 5 July 1995 in Moree, New South Wales. She is from Logan, Queensland. She was born with

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, is blind in her right eye and has only 10% minimised vision in her left. She has fractured her legs eleven times. She has broken both arms falling off a horse. Blake is an Indigenous woman from the Dunghutti Aboriginal people. Blake is an ambassador for the Raise the Bar Academy, a program run by Athletics Australia and Melbourne University, for indigenous secondary school students. She said "I've always wanted to inspire and show my heritage off. I'd like to be a mentor to indigenous kids and also kids with disability in sports. I want to represent Australia, but also my community and my culture. If I can show young indigenous kids you can do something, that nothing can stop you, then that's extra special for me."

Athletics

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Isaac first joined an athletics club in 2011, and specialises in sprints. She has been classified as a T13 before being reclassified to

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. She is a former member of Jimboomba Athletics Club. Isaac competed in the 2012 Sydney Track Classic, 2012 Brisbane Track Classic and the 2012 Adelaide Track Classic. At the

, she finished seventh in the 100 m T38, seventh in the 200 m T38 and fourth in the 4 × 100 m Relay T35-38event. Competing at the

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships was the biggest track and field competition for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Lyon, France, and lasted from 20 to 28 July. Around 1,100 athletes competed, ...

in Lyon, she finished seventh in both the Women's 100m and 200m T38. At the

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, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 400m T38. At the

, her aim was to receive a podium finish although unfortunately missed out placing 4th overall in the 400 m T38 event with a time of 1:04.47 At the

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, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 400m T38 and finished seventh in the Women's 200m T38. She is coached by Wayne Leaver in Brisbane.

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