Karni Liddell

Karni Liddell
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born 1 March 1979
Rockhampton, Queensland

Karni Liddell (born 1 March 1979) is a Paralympic swimming competitor from Australia.

Personal

Liddell was born on 1 March 1979 in Rockhampton, Queensland.[1] [2] She is a radio presenter for 4BC.[3]

At twelve months old, Liddell was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy.[4] She attended school in Rockhampton, Queensland.[4] Her parents were told by doctors that she would never be able to walk and that she would not live past her teens.[5] As a youngster, from the age of two to sixteen, she rode horses as part of physical therapy.[4]

Liddell, alongside Branka Pupovac, Hamish MacDonald and Charmaine Dalli, was one of eighteen Australian Paralympians photographed by Emma Hack for a nude calendar.[6] Liddell's photography depicts her wearing sunglasses and a covered in body paint made to look like a polka-dotted bikini.[6] In 2008, she was one of several Queenslanders to have their images painted by Ludmila Clark to have the picture go on display at the Customs House in Rockhampton.[7]

Swimming

By the age of 14, Liddell had broken a swimming world record.[5] She has competed at two Paralympic Games: 1996 and 2000.[8] She won a bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S6 event.[9] She won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the Women's 4x50 m Freestyle 20 pts event.[9]

Disability sport

Liddell is part of a mentoring programme for Australian Paralympians called Youngcare.[10] She is an ambassador for Riding for the Disabled.[4] In 2010, she tried to raise A$100,000 for Muscular Dystrophy Queensland to research muscular dystrophy.[4] At the 2011 North Queensland Athletics Carnival for Students with Disabilities (The Challenge Games), Liddell gave one of the opening speeches to kick off the event.[11]

References

  1. Australian Paralympic Committee (2008). Media guide : 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games. Sydney, Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. Information on past Australian Paralympic Games results and profiles on Australian athletes and staff attending the Sydney Paralympic Games.
  2. Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta U.S.A. August 15-25 1996 : Australia : team handbook. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Federation. 1996.
  3. Keegan, Ginny. "Inaugural Marketing and Communications Conference". Queensland, Australia: University of Queensland. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Roberts, Alice (27 May 2010). "Former paralympian raising funds". Capricornia, Australia: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Conference Program" (PDF). The CICA National Newsletter (The Crane Industry Council of Australia) (33): 8. May 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  6. 1 2 Marks, Kathy (12 August 2000). "Calendar shows the naked truth about disabled athletes". The Independent (London, England). Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  7. Mackay, Jacquie (15 August 2008). "Olympians on display". Queensland, Australia: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  8. "Paralympic Games Athletes from Queensland 1964-2008". Sporting Wheelies. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  10. "Paralympic mentoring program". Australia: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  11. "Athletes meet Challenge in Townsville". Queensland, Australia: The State of Queensland (Department of Education and Training). 18 August 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
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