Rhiannon Clarke
{{short description|Australian Paralympic athlete}}
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{{MedalSport|Women's para-athletics}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2023 Paris|400 m T38}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Dubai|100 m T38}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Dubai|200 m T38}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Gold Coast|100m T38}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|100m T38}}
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Rhiannon Clarke (born 23 July 2002) is an Australian para-athletics competitor who specialises in sprint events. She won two bronze medals at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. She represented Australia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the 2024 Paris Paralympics.{{Cite web |date=2024-07-16 |title=Fearnley Protégé Among Newest Members Of Australian Paralympic Team {{!}} Paralympics Australia |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2024/07/fearnley-protege-among-newest-members-of-australian-paralympic-team/ |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=www.paralympic.org.au |language=en-AU}}
Personal
Clarke was born with cerebral palsy in Joondalup, Western Australia, on 23 July 2002.{{Cite web |url=https://www.athletics.com.au/athlete-profiles-directory/rhiannon-clarke/ |title=Rhiannon Clarke |website=Athletics Australia |access-date=13 November 2019}} As of 2018, she attended Mater Dei College in Joondalup. The Australian Olympic Committee awarded Clarke the prestigious [https://app.education.nsw.gov.au/sport/page/1410 Pierre de Coubertin Award] in 2018.{{Cite web |title=21 September 2018 |url=http://www.mdc.wa.edu.au/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=59 |access-date=25 September 2021 |website=www.mdc.wa.edu.au |language=en-gb}}
Athletics
Clarke started running after a para-come-try day in 2014. She concentrated on sprint events in 2017.{{Cite news |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/commonwealth-games/commonwealth-games-2018-wa-teen-rhiannon-clarke-comes-from-clouds-to-win-silver-medal-on-the-gold-coast-ng-b88805197z |title=Commonwealth Games 2018: WA teen Rhiannon Clarke comes from clouds to win silver medal on the Gold Coast |last=Lacey |first=Bridget |date=12 April 2018 |work=The West |access-date=13 November 2019}} As a fifteen-year-old at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the women's 100m T38. At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, she won bronze medals in the women's 100m and 200m T38.{{Cite web |url=https://www.athletics.com.au/news/world-para-athletics-championships-dubai-day-6-recap/ |title=World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 6 Recap |website=Athletics Australia |access-date=13 November 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.athletics.com.au/news/world-para-athletics-championships-dubai-day-7-recap/ |title=World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 7 Recap |website=Athletics Australia |access-date=14 November 2019}}
At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics held in 2021.{{Cite web |date=17 April 2021 |title=Para-athletics Stars Perris and Turner Secure Their Paralympic Passage to Tokyo |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2021/04/para-athletics-stars-perris-and-turner-secure-their-paralympic-passage-to-tokyo/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |website=Paralympics Australia}} Clarke was a finalist in the Women's 100m T38 where she came 5th. She then came 7th in the Women's 400m T38 with a time of 1:02.65 which was an Australian record.{{Cite web |title=Athletics: CLARKE Rhiannon |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1415962-clarke-rhiannon.htm |access-date=25 September 2021 |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-date=25 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925023118/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1415962-clarke-rhiannon.htm |url-status=dead }}
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's 100m T38.{{Cite web |title=2022 Commonwealth Games Results |url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/games/ |access-date=15 August 2022 |website=Commonwealth Games Australia|date=16 June 2020 }}
Clarke at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, won the silver medal in the Women's 400m T38 and finished fourth in the 100m T38 and 200m T38.{{Cite web |date=18 July 2023 |title=Paris World Para Athletics Championships Pave Way for Future Success |url=https://www.athletics.com.au/news/paris-world-para-athletics-championships-pave-way/ |access-date=18 July 2023 |website=Athletics Australia}} At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she finished fourth in the Women's 100 metres T38 and fifth in the Women's 400 metres T38, setting Oceania records in both events.{{Cite web |title=Australian Athletics Results |url=https://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete7398.htm |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=athletics.possumbility.com}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.athletics.com.au/athlete/rhiannon-clarke/ Rhiannon Clarke] at Australian Athletics ([https://web.archive.org/web/20241228051805/https://www.athletics.com.au/athlete-profiles-directory/rhiannon-clarke/ archive])
- [https://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete7398.htm Rhiannon Clarke] at Australian Athletics Historical Results
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- {{Commonwealth Games Australia|rhiannon-clarke}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|athletics/athlete-profile-n6069289-rhiannon-clarke}}
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Category:Australian female sprinters
Category:Paralympic athletes for Australia
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Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games