Louise Ellery is an Australian Paralympic athlete, Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....

 gold medalist and world record holder in F32 Shot put

Shot put

The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

 for elite athletes with a disability. She suffered a Traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury

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 following a car crash in 1998. She competes in the F32 class (severe to moderate quadriplegia

Quadriplegia

Tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is paralysis caused by illness or injury to a human that results in the partial or total loss of use of all their limbs and torso; paraplegia is similar but does not affect the arms...

, but with athletes usually able to functionally propel a manual wheelchair). In Sydney

Sydney

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 in 2005, Ellery broke the world record in seated shot put at the National Championships. She has represented her country twice at the Paralympic Games

Paralympic Games

The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with a physical disability compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and Cerebral Palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their...

, at Athens 2004

2004 Summer Paralympics

The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. The twelfth Paralympic Games, an estimated 4,000 athletes took part in the Athens programme, with ages ranging from 11 to 66. Paralympic events had already taken place during the 2004 Summer Olympics as...

 and Beijing 2008

2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....

, and finished 6th on both occasions.

Training

In 2011, she was an ACT Academy of Sport scholarship holder training and based in Canberra in preparation for the 2012 Summer Paralympics

2012 Summer Paralympics

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2010 Commonwealth games

Ellery won gold medal in the women’s F32–34/52/53 shot put

Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's shot put (F32–34/52/53)

The Para Sport - Women's shot put at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Wednesday 6 October 2010.-Results:-External links:*...

, as a competitor in the F32 class, with a throw of 6.17 metres. This was Australia’s first gold medal in the track and field events at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games which took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.

External links

• Athlete profile for Louise Ellery from www.athletics.com.au
• Athlete profile for Louise Ellery from www.paralympic.org.au