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Who is Madison De Rozario and what does she do?

Who is Madison De Rozario and what does she do?

NSW Institute of Sport scholarship holder, Madison De Rozario, is a three-time world champion para athletics representative who will compete at her fourth Paralympic Games at Tokyo 2020. Madison won two gold medals at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 1500m T54 and the marathon.

What sport does Kurt Fearnley Madison De Rozario and Chad Perris play?

Leading the way will be four-time Paralympian and 2016 Australian Paralympic Team co-captain Kurt Fearnley (NSW), along with a contingent of Paralympic and world champions including four-time Paralympian and world champion Angie Ballard (NSW), training partner and world champion Madison de Rozario (WA/NSW), long jumper …

What are the values of the Paralympics?

The IPC sets out four values: Courage, Determination, Inspiration and Equality.

What does T35 mean in Paralympics?

T35 (T for track) is a disability sport classification for disability athletics’ running competitions. It includes people who have coordination impairments such as hypertonia, ataxia and athetosis. This includes people with cerebral palsy. The classification is used at the Paralympic Games.

Who invented wheelchair rugby?

Canada
The game was invented in Canada in 1977 — it was originally known unofficially as ‘Murderball’. It became a demonstration sport for the Paralympics in Atlanta in 1996, and medals were first awarded at the Sydney Games, four years later.

Was Madison De Rozario born with her disability?

De Rozario was born on 11 December 1993 and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. At the age of four, she developed transverse myelitis, a neurological disease which inflames the spinal cord and resulted in her wheelchair use.

Why is Kurt Fearnley famous?

Kurt Fearnley is a three time Paralympic gold medalist and two time Commonwealth Games gold medalist. He has won over 40 marathons, including New York, Chicago and London in a career spanning more than 20 years. In 2009 Kurt crawled the Kokoda track, in Papua New Guinea, to raise awareness of men’s health.