Kelly Cartwright
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| Born | 22 April 1989 | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Geelong | ||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||
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Kelly Cartwright, OAM (born 22 April 1989) is an Australian athlete. She has won two medals at two Paralympics.
Personal
Kelly Anne Cartwright was born on 22 April 1989,[1] and is from Geelong.[1][2][3][4] When she was fifteen, she had a form of cancer called synovial sarcoma. Part of her right leg needed to be amputated due to the cancer[1][5][6] because chemotherapy was not an option.[1] She has a prosthetic leg that she started using in high school.[1] Her regular walking leg cost A$62,000 and needed to be charged every night.[6] Before losing her leg, she played netball.[1][6] She climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in 2009.[1] As of 2012, she works as a receptionist.[1] She is also an Australian Paralympic Committee and Make-A-Wish Foundation ambassador.[1] In 2012, she was named one of Zoo Weekly's sexiest Paralympians.[7]
Cartwright is on the fifteenth season of Dancing with the Stars.[8] In June 2015, Cartwright announced she is expecting her first child with partner Ryan in December.[9]
Athletics
Cartwright is a T42 classified runner.[1][10] She is coached by Tim Matthews.[1] In 2008, she had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport.[11] As of 2012, she has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport.[12]
Cartwright started competing in 2007.[1] She first represented Australia in 2008.[1] She represented Australia at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.[13] Making the 100 metre finals, she finished sixth[1] racing on a carbon fibre leg.[6] Going into the Games, she trained in Geelong.[6] She competed in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships, where she finished first while setting a world record in the 100 m event.[1][10] At the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships, she set a world record of 16.26 seconds in the 100 m T42 event.[1][10] In 2012, she was the world champion in the T42 100 m and long jump events.[5][10] At the 2012 London Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Long Jump F42/44 event and a silver medal in the Women's 100 m T42 event.[13]
Recognition
Cartwright was a finalist for the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year.[14] She was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Kelly Cartwright". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ "Aussie Paralympic athletics squad named". Nine MSN. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ↑ Chris Dutton (6 June 2012). "Canberra's Paralympic athletes aim for Games glory". Australian Capital Territory: Canberra Times. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- 1 2 "Australia Day honours list 2014: in full". Daily Telegraph. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- 1 2 "Paralympic athletes embrace role model status". ABC News. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Beating the Odds". Sixty Minutes. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ Zoo Magazine (17 September 2012). "Sexiest Paralympians". Zoo Magazine (Haymarket, New South Wakes, Australia: EMAP Australia) (142): 64–67. ISSN 1833-3222.
- ↑ Brennan, Bella (19 June 2015). "The full cast of Dancing With The Stars has been revealed!". Woman's Day. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ↑ "My most exciting news". Kelly Cartwright's website. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "World Records Fall at Australian Athletics Championships | IPC". International Paralympic Committee. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ "AIS Athletes at the Beijing Paralympic Games : Research". Australian Sports Commission. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ "Victorian Athletes Selected for London Olympics and Paralympics". VicSport. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- 1 2 Results for Kelly Cartwright from the International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
- ↑ "Freney favourite to win top Paralympian". Australian Associated Press. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.