Alison Quinn

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| caption = Australian track and field athlete Alison Quinn holding the boxing kangaroo flag at the Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games.

| full_name = Alison Clare Quinn

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| nationality = Australian

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| birth_place = Manly, New South Wales

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Alison Clare Quinn, OAM{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886368 |title=Quinn, Alison Clare, OAM |publisher=It's an Honour |accessdate=26 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030003326/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=886368&search_type=quick&showInd=true |archive-date=30 October 2017 |url-status=live }} (born 21 April 1977){{cite web |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/olym96/paraathl.html |archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000119130000/http://www.ausport.gov.au/olym96/paraathl.html |archivedate=19 January 2000 |title=Australians at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics: Athletes |publisher=Australian Sports Commission |accessdate=26 April 2012}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} is an Australian Paralympic athlete who won five medals at three Paralympics from 1992 to 2000.

Personal

Quinn was born in the Sydney suburb of Manly with cerebral palsy; she has hemiplegia on the left side of her body.{{cite web |title=Paralympian to visit Tamworth |url=http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/news/local/sport/other/paralympian-to-visit-tamworth/656592.aspx |publisher=Northern Daily Leader |date=7 December 2000 |accessdate=17 February 2012}} She became involved in gymnastics to increase coordination and symmetry when she was two years old. She now trains in various sports including swimming, weights, and track work at the Sydney Academy of Sport. Quinn is employed as a part-time gymnastic coach and a motivational speaker, who is committed to increasing awareness of disabled sport in the community.

Competitive career

File:261000 - Athletics track 100m T38 Alison Quinn gold action - 3b - 2000 Sydney race photo.jpg

=Paralympic Games=

Quinn won two gold medals at the 1992 Barcelona Games in the Women's 100 m C7–8 and Women's 200 m C7–8 events, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Quinn&fname=Alison&gender=all |title=Athlete Search Results |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |accessdate=2 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000445/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Quinn&fname=Alison&gender=all |archivedate=4 March 2016}} At the 1996 Atlanta Games, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m T36–37 event. She won a gold medal with a world record time at the 2000 Sydney Games in the women's 100 m T38 event and a silver medal in the women's 200 m T38 event.{{cite journal |title=Australian Honour Roll |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |journal=Australian Paralympic Committee Annual Report 2010 |year=2010 |page=10}}

=IPC World Championships=

At the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships in Berlin, Quinn won gold medals in the Women's 100 m T37 and 200 m T37 and Long Jump F37. She also came fourth in the Women's Javelin F37. At the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships in Birmingham, she won gold medal in the Women's 100 m T38 and silver medal in the 200 m T38.{{cite web |title=Alison Quinn |url=http://athhistory.sportstg.com/athletes/athlete6623.htm |website=athhistory.sportstg.com |publisher=Australian Athletics Historical Results |accessdate=18 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917181637/http://athhistory.sportstg.com/athletes/athlete6623.htm |archive-date=17 September 2018 |url-status=dead}}

In 2000 Quinn received an Australian Sports Medal in recognition of her performance at the Paralympics and her two world records.{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/977305 |title=Quinn, Alison Clare, Australian Sports Medal |publisher=It's an Honour |accessdate=2 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128224648/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/977305 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |url-status=live}} Quinn was trained by Jackie Byrnes who was a national level athlete in the 1960s.{{cite web |title=Jackie Byrnes Announced as National Youth Event Coach |url=http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2010/november/jackie_byrnes_announced_as_nat |website=athletics.com.au |publisher=Athletics Australia |date=25 November 2010 |accessdate=17 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202081512/http://www.athletics.com.au/news/news/2010/november/jackie_byrnes_announced_as_nat |archive-date=2 December 2010 |url-status=live}}