Sandra Yaxley
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| Full name | Sandra Yaxley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sandra Yaxley, OAM[1] is a cerebral palsy[2] Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 1988 Seoul Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's 100 m Freestyle C6 and a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Backstroke C6.[3] At the 1992 Barcelona Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's 4x50 m Freestyle S1–6 event and a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m Freestyle S6 event.[3] She retired from swimming after the 1992 Paralympics but took up coaching disabled and able-bodied swimmers.[4] She was coached by Wayne De Lacy.[5]
Yaxley was originally from Tasmania and moved to Perth, Western Australia at an early age. She began swimming when she was four as a form of rehabilitation.[2] She attended Swanbourne Senior High School.[5] In 2000, she was awarded the Australian Sports Medal[6] and in 2013 inducted into Swimming Western Australia Hall of Fame at the age of 44.[2]
Yaxley's motto is "Let me try and, if I can't do it, I'll know, but if I can do it, then watch out world."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Yaxley, Sandra, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d Foreman, Glenn (17 June 2013). "Sandra Yaxley a paralympic trailblazer". Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". Swimming Western Australia website. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Paralympics Profile - Sandra Yaxley". International Swimmer. 25: 11. December 1988.
- ^ "Yaxley, Sandra: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- Female Paralympic swimmers for Australia
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
- Living people
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors
- Swimmers with cerebral palsy
- Sportswomen from Western Australia
- Swimmers from Perth, Western Australia
- 1968 births
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Australian female freestyle swimmers
- Australian female backstroke swimmers
- S6-classified para swimmers
- 20th-century Australian sportswomen