Sharon Rackham

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| name = Sharon Rackham

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| caption = Rackham at the 1996 Paralympics

| full_name = Sharon Margaret Rackham

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| nationality = {{AUS}}

| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|25 July 1974}}

| birth_place = Tongatapu, Tonga

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| sport = Para athletics

| disability_class = T20

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Sharon Margaret Rackham, OAM{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887595|title=Rackham, Sharon Margaret, OAM|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=13 January 2012}} (born 25 July 1974) is an Australian Paralympic athlete.

Biography

She was born on 25 July 1974 in Tongatapu, Tonga.{{cite book|title=Xth Paralympic Games Atlanta U.S.A. August 15-25 1996 : Australia : team handbook|year=1996|publisher=Australian Paralympic Federation|location=Sydney}}

She won a gold medal in the T20 200m at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia, and a silver medal in the 200 m T20 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Rackham&fname=Sharon&gender=all|accessdate=10 September 2011|title=Athlete Search Results|publisher=International Paralympic Committee}} In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal.{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/979712|title=Rackham, Sharon: Australian Sports Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=13 January 2012}}