Stephanie Schweitzer
 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Schweitzer | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 16 September 1992 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Paralympic athletics |
Stephanie Schweitzer (born 16 September 1992) is an Australian athletics competitor. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics but did not medal.
Personal[edit]
Schweitzer was born on 16 September 1992,[1] and went to Baulkham Hills High School in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales.[1][2] She was born with a learning disability.[1] As of 2012[update], she works as a personal trainer.[1]
Athletics[edit]
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Schweitzer is a T20 classified long jumper.[1][3] She has an athletics scholarship with the New South Wales Institute of Sport,[2][4] and is coached by Matt Rawlings.[2]
Schweitzer started competing in 2005.[1] She participated in the 2005 Pacific School Games. At the event, she earned one bronze medal, four silver medals and a gold medal in the long jump event.[1] At the 2007 Australian Underage Championships, she earned a silver medal and a pair of gold medals.[1] She competed in the 2007 National Championships. At the event, she earned a gold medal in the 400 metre event.[1] She first represented Australia in 2007 at the INAS-FID World Championships.[1] At the 2011 Arafura Games, she finished first in the Women Long Jump Ambulant event with a distance of 4.78 metres.[5] She finished first in the Women's 400m Ambulant event with a time of 63.93 seconds.[5] At the 2011 Australian Athletics Championships, she finished third in the long jump with a jump of 4.81 metres (15.8 ft).[6] At the 2011 Para-athletes Global Games World Championships, she competed in the 100 metre, 200 metre and 400 metre events and the long jump. She finished second in the 100 metre event.[1][2] She competed in the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships.[3] With a time of 26.70 seconds, she won the 200m event.[3] In 2012, she was ranked fifth in the world in her class in the long jump event.[1] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in the F20 long jump event.[1][4] She finished 4th 2012 Games.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Stephanie Schweitzer | APC Corporate". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d Spierings, Steven (25 October 2011). "Stephanie Schweitzer targets London Paralympics — Local News — Sport — Athletics". Hills News. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "World Records Fall at Australian Athletics Championships | IPC". Paralympic.org. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ a b "NSWIS". NSWIS. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ a b "ARAFURA GAMES RESULTS". Northern Territory News. Darwin, Australia. 12 May 2011. p. 28. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
- ^ "Beattie takes world mark — Other Sports — Sportal New Zealand". Sportal.co.nz. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
