![]() 2016 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Ballard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Angela Ballard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Angie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | 6 June 1982|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 35–40 kg (5 st 7 lb – 6 st 4 lb)[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Paralympic athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | The University of Sydney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | ACTAS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Angela Ballard (born 6 June 1982) is an Australian Paralympic athlete who competes in T53 wheelchair sprint events. She became a paraplegic at age 7 due to a car accident.
She began competing in wheelchair racing in 1994, and first represented Australia in 1998.[5] Over six Paralympic Games from 2000 to 2020, she has won four silver and four bronze medals.[6][7] She has been coached by Louise Sauvage and trained with Madison de Rozario.[8]
Ballard held athletics scholarships at the Australian Institute of Sport from 1999 to 2001,[9] and The University of Sydney (while studying first commerce[10] and then psychology[5]), and also represents the ACT Academy of Sport. She has been appointed by a number of organisations as a disability or sports ambassador, and currently sits on the board of Wheelchair Sports NSW.[11]
She has been selected for the 2024 Paris Paralympics - her seventh Games. [12]
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