Torita Isaac

Torita Isaac

2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Isaac
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995
Moree, New South Wales
Sport
Country Australia
Sport Paralympic athletics
Club University of Queensland
Medal record
IPC Athletics World Championships
2015 Doha 400 m T38

Torita Isaac (born 5 July 1995) is an Indigenous Australian athlete. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics and won a bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.[1][2]

Personal

Isaac was born on 5 July 1995 in Moree, New South Wales.[3][4] She is from Jimboomba, Queensland.[5][6] She was born with cerebral palsy, is blind in her right eye and has only 10% minimised vision in her left.[3][6] She has fractured her legs eleven times.[7] She has broken both arms falling off a horse.[7] Isaac is from the Kamilaroi Aboriginal people in the Moree region of New South Wales.[4]

Athletics

Isaac is an athlete,[4][5][7] specialising in sprints.[8] She has been classified as a T13 before being reclassified to T38.[6][7] She is a former member of Jimboomba Athletics Club.[6]

Isaac competed in the 2012 Sydney Track Classic, 2012 Brisbane Track Classic and the 2012 Adelaide Track Classic.[9] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she finished seventh in the 100 m T38, seventh in the 200 m T38 and fourth in the 4 × 100 m Relay T35-38event.[3][6][10]

Competing at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, she finished seventh in both the Women's 100m and 200m T38.[3] At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 400m T38.[2]

She is coached by Wayne Leave in Brisbane.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://tracker.org.au/2012/08/shining-stars-on-the-road-to-the-paralympics/
  2. 1 2 "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia website. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Torita Isaac profile". International Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Torita Isaac". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  5. 1 2 Kay, Ross (2012-08-09). "Who are our Queensland Paralympians? - ABC Wide Bay Qld — Australian Broadcasting Corporation". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Boswell, Tom (2012-07-11). "London looms for Jimboomba athlete Torita Isaac | News, events and sport for Logan". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Aug. 7, 2012, 3:44 a.m. (2012-08-07). "Isaac ready for London". Moree Champion. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  8. ↑ "Sullivan named among final seven for Australian London 2012 athletics team | Athletics News". insideworldparasport.biz. 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  9. ↑ "Torita Isaac recent performances". Nswathletics.info. Retrieved 2012-08-16.
  10. ↑ "Paralympics Team List". BigPond Sport. 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2012-08-16.

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