Rhiannon Clarke Explained

Rhiannon Clarke
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Nationality:Australian
Birth Date:23 July 2002
Birth Place:Joondalup, Western Australia
Country:Australia
Sport:Para-athletics
Coach:Danny Kevan

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 and has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]

Personal

Clarke was born with cerebral palsy in Joonndalup, Western Australia, on 23 July 2002.[2] As of 2018, she attended Mater Dei College in Joondalup. 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. She concentrated on sprint events in 2017.[4] As a fifteen-year-old at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the women's 100m T38. At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, she won bronze medals in the women's 100m and 200m T38.[5] [6]

At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics held in 2021.[7] Clarke was a finalist in the Women's 100m T38 where she came 5th. She then came 7th in the Women's 400m T38 with a time of 1:02.65 which was an Australian record.[8]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's 100m T38.[9]

Clarke at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris won the silver medal in the Women's 400m T38 and finished fourth in the 100m T38 and 200m T38.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-07-16 . Fearnley Protégé Among Newest Members Of Australian Paralympic Team Paralympics Australia . 2024-07-22 . www.paralympic.org.au . en-AU.
  2. Web site: Rhiannon Clarke . Athletics Australia . 13 November 2019.
  3. Web site: 21 September 2018 . 25 September 2021 . www.mdc.wa.edu.au . en-gb.
  4. News: Commonwealth Games 2018: WA teen Rhiannon Clarke comes from clouds to win silver medal on the Gold Coast . Lacey . Bridget . 12 April 2018 . The West . 13 November 2019.
  5. Web site: World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 6 Recap . Athletics Australia . 13 November 2019.
  6. Web site: World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 7 Recap . Athletics Australia . 14 November 2019.
  7. Web site: 17 April 2021 . Para-athletics Stars Perris and Turner Secure Their Paralympic Passage to Tokyo . 29 April 2021 . Paralympics Australia.
  8. Web site: Athletics: CLARKE Rhiannon . 25 September 2021 . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . en-us . 25 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210925023118/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1415962-clarke-rhiannon.htm . dead .
  9. Web site: 2022 Commonwealth Games Results . 15 August 2022 . Commonwealth Games Australia.
  10. Web site: 18 July 2023 . Paris World Para Athletics Championships Pave Way for Future Success . 18 July 2023 . Athletics Australia.