Spencer Cotie

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Spencer Cotie
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Spencer Cotie in 2019
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 22)
Sport
SportBoccia
Disability classBC3
Medal record
Boccia
Silver medal – second place 2018 Liverpool Mixed BC3

Spencer Cotie (born 18 April 1999) is an Australian boccia player. He represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. [1]

Early life[]

He was born on 18 April 1999 with cerebral palsy.[2] He is unable to walk or speak and communicates through typing on an iPad.[3] He attended Killarney Heights High School and is studying a Bachelor of Laws at Macquarie University.

Boccia[]

Spencer Cotie (left) and Daniel Michel compete in the BC3 mixed pairs at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Cotie first represented Australia in 2014 at the BISFed World Open in Hong Kong, where he and Daniel Michel won the silver medal in the mixed pairs BC3. In 2017, he won the bronze medal in the mixed singles BC3 at the 2017 BISFed Regional Open Championships in Dubai, UAE.[2]

Cotie and Michel won the silver medal in the mixed pairs BC3 at the 2018 BISFed World Boccia Championships in Liverpool, England. At the end of 2018, Cotie and Michel were ranked world number three.

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Cotie in the Mixed Individual BC3 won one and lost two matches and failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. He teamed with Daniel Michel and Jamieson Leeson in the Mixed Pairs BC3, where they won 2 and lost 2 matches but failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Australian Boccia Players Ready To 'Shake Things Up' At Tokyo 2020". Paralympics Australia. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "Spencer Cotie". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Whatever it takes". Scripture Union NSW. 27 July 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Spencer Cotie". Tokyo Paralympics Official Results. Retrieved 27 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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