Rhiannon Clarke

Rhiannon Clarke

Rhiannon Clarke in 2019
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 (age 22) Joondalup, Western Australia
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Para-athletics
Coached by	Danny Kevan
Medal record Women's para-athletics Representing  Australia World Championships 2023 Paris 400 m T38 2019 Dubai 100 m T38 2019 Dubai 200 m T38 Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 100m T38 2022 Birmingham 100m T38

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.^[1]

Personal

Clarke was born with cerebral palsy in Joondalup, Western Australia, on 23 July 2002.^[2] As of 2018, she attended Mater Dei College in Joondalup.^[3] The Australian Olympic Committee awarded Clarke the prestigious Pierre de Coubertin Award in 2018.^[4]

Athletics

Clarke started running after a para-come-try day in 2014.^[2] She concentrated on sprint events in 2017.^[3] As a fifteen-year-old at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the women's 100m T38.^[3] At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, she won bronze medals in the women's 100m and 200m T38.^[5][6]

At the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics held in 2021.^[7] 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.^[8]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's 100m T38.^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11]

References

1. "Fearnley Protégé Among Newest Members Of Australian Paralympic Team | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
2. "Rhiannon Clarke". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
3. Lacey, Bridget (12 April 2018). "Commonwealth Games 2018: WA teen Rhiannon Clarke comes from clouds to win silver medal on the Gold Coast". The West. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
4. "21 September 2018". www.mdc.wa.edu.au. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
5. "World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 6 Recap". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
6. "World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 7 Recap". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
7. "Para-athletics Stars Perris and Turner Secure Their Paralympic Passage to Tokyo". Paralympics Australia. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
8. "Athletics: CLARKE Rhiannon". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
9. "2022 Commonwealth Games Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
10. "Paris World Para Athletics Championships Pave Way for Future Success". Athletics Australia. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
11. "Australian Athletics Results". athletics.possumbility.com. Retrieved 25 September 2024.

External links

• Rhiannon Clarke at Paralympics Australia
• Rhiannon Clarke at Athletics Australia
• Rhiannon Clarke at the International Paralympic Committee
• Rhiannon Clarke at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)