Rhiannon Clarke

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Rhiannon Clarke
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Rhiannon Clarke in 2019
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 (age 19)
Joondalup, Western Australia
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportPara-athletics
Medal record
Women's para-athletics
Representing  Australia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Dubai 100 m T38
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Dubai 200 m T38
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 100m T38

Rhiannon Clarke (born 23 July 2002) is an Australian para-athletics competitor who specialises in sprint events. She won two bronze medals at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. She represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

Personal[]

Clarke was born with cerebral palsy in Joonndalup, Western Australia, on 23 July 2002.[1] As of 2018, she attended Mater Dei College in Joondalup.[2] The Australian Olympic Committee awarded Clarke the prestigious Pierre de Coubertin Award in 2018.[3]

Athletics[]

Clarke started running after a para-come-try day in 2014.[1] She concentrated on sprint events in 2017.[2] As a fifteen-year-old at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the women's 100m T38.[2] At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, she won bronze medals in the women's 100m and 200m T38.[4][5]

At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics held in 2021.[6] Clarke was a finalist in the Women's 100m T38 where she came 5th. She then came 7th in the Women's 400m T38.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rhiannon Clarke". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c Lacey, Bridget (12 April 2018). "Commonwealth Games 2018: WA teen Rhiannon Clarke comes from clouds to win silver medal on the Gold Coast". The West. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. ^ "21 September 2018". www.mdc.wa.edu.au. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ "World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 6 Recap". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 7 Recap". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Para-athletics Stars Perris and Turner Secure Their Paralympic Passage to Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Athletics CLARKE Rhiannon - Tokyo 2020 Paralympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

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