Lisa Llorens
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Lisa Llorens is an Australia
n Paralympic athlete. She specialises in Paralympic high jumping, long jumping and sprinting, in competitions for athletes with autism
.
Llorens represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
in Sydney
, and won gold in the 200 metre sprint, the high jump and the long jump. She won silver in the 100 metre sprint. She broke the world record three times during her four long jumps. She had previously competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
in Atlanta, winning a gold and a bronze in track and field events.
Llorens also competed at the Paralympic World Athletics Championships in 1994, winning silver in both the long jump and the 200 metre sprint. She took part in the Paralympic World Cup
in 1998, where she won gold in the 100 metre sprint, the high jump and the long jump.
The Australian Paralympic Committee describes her as "Australia’s most outstanding female athlete with an intellectual disability", along with Crystal-Lea Adams.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Paralympic athlete. She specialises in Paralympic high jumping, long jumping and sprinting, in competitions for athletes with autism
Autism
Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their...
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Llorens represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
2000 Summer Paralympics
The 2000 Paralympic Games were held in Sydney, Australia, from 18 October to 29 October. The eleventh Summer Paralympic Games, an estimated 3800 athletes took part in the Sydney programme. They commenced with the opening ceremony on 18 October 2000...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, and won gold in the 200 metre sprint, the high jump and the long jump. She won silver in the 100 metre sprint. She broke the world record three times during her four long jumps. She had previously competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
1996 Summer Paralympics
The 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, USA were held from 16 August to 25 August. It was the first Paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of USD $81 million....
in Atlanta, winning a gold and a bronze in track and field events.
Llorens also competed at the Paralympic World Athletics Championships in 1994, winning silver in both the long jump and the 200 metre sprint. She took part in the Paralympic World Cup
Paralympic World Cup
The Paralympic World Cup is an annual international multi-sport event for elite athletes with a disability, that has been hosted in Manchester, England since 2005. It is organized by the British Paralympic Association in coordination with the International Paralympic Committee .As of 2011, the...
in 1998, where she won gold in the 100 metre sprint, the high jump and the long jump.
The Australian Paralympic Committee describes her as "Australia’s most outstanding female athlete with an intellectual disability", along with Crystal-Lea Adams.
External links
- "Australian cheetah hunts down rivals", The Telegraph, 7 November 2000