Lakeisha Patterson
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| Full name | Lakeisha Patterson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Lucky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 January 1999 Wodonga, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classifications | S8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lakeisha Patterson (born 5 January 1999)[1] is an Australian swimmer. She has medals from the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.She has been selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[2]
Personal
Patterson was born on 5 January 1999 in Wodonga, Victoria.[3] She has early onset Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and cerebral palsy left hemiplegia.[1][4] She lives on Bribie Island, Queensland.[5]
Career
Patterson started swimming at the age of three as part of her rehabilitation to overcome muscle stiffness.[5] She is classified as an S8 swimmer. She initially trained under Steve Hadler at Southern Cross Swimming Club, Scarborough and Suellyn Fraser at the Bribie Island Aquatic Leisure Centre.[5] At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, she won the bronze medal in the Women's 100 m Freestyle S8.[1] Competing at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, she won a gold medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points, silver medals in the Women's 50 m Freestyle S8 and Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points and bronze medals in the Women's 100 m Freestyle S8 and Women's 400 m Freestyle S8.[6][7][8] She finished fifth in the Women's 100m Backstroke S8.[9]
She is currently being coached by Jan Cameron at the University of the Sunshine Coast Paralympic Training Centre.[3] In 2016, she is an Queensland Academy of Sport scholarship holder.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 "Lakeisha Patterson'". 2014 Commonwealth Games website. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "Swimming Australia Paralympic Squad Announcement". Swimming Australia News, 13 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- 1 2 "Lakeisha Patterson". Swimming Australia website. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "Story Of The Month: Lakeisha Patterson". Future State Greats. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Lakeisha Patterson makes a splash with medal haul". Caboulture News. 1 April 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "Six golds and one world record for Ukraine at Glasgow 2015". International Paralympic Committee News, 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ↑ "Aussies unite for a nail biting bronze medal win in the men’s relay". Swimming Australia News, 18 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ "Seven golds in seven days for Dias at Glasgow 2015". International Paralympic Committee News, 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ↑ "Lakeisha Patterson results". Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ "Lakeisha Patterson". Queensland Academy of Sport website. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
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