Alissa Jordaan
 Alissa Jordaan in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 30 June 2003 |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Australia |
| Sport | Paralympic athletics |
Alissa Jordaan (30 June 2003)[1] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She represented Ausralia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[2]
Athletics[]
She is classified as a T47 athlete.[3] She was a member of Northern Suburbs Little Athletics Club in Sydney.
At the 2017 World Junior Para-Athletics World Championships in Nottwil, Switzerland, she won the gold medal in Long Jump U18 T42-47, and silver medals in the 100m and 200m (U18 T42-47).[1]
In November 2020, Jordaan became the first Australian female T46/47 sprinter to run the 400m in under 60 seconds, clocking a time of 59.69" at the Australian Institute of Sport.
In 2019, she was one of five Australian Para-athletes from New South Wales to be the first recipients of the Kurt Fearnley Scholarship.[4]
She then competed in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where she came 7th in the 400m T47 and 10th ranked in the 100m T47 .[5]
In 2021, she is coached in Canberra by Sebastian Kuzminski.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Alissa Jordaan". Athletics Australia Historical Results. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Para-athletics Team Set To 'Do What Australia Does Best' At Tokyo 2020". Paralympics Australia. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Alissa Jordaan". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "2019 Kurt Fearnley Scholarships recap". Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ "Athletics JORDAAN Alissa - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
External links[]
- Living people
- 2003 births
- Paralympic athletes of Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics