Kelly Cartwright

Kelly Cartwright OAM (born 22 April 1989) is an Australian athlete and powerlifter. She won two medals at the London 2012 Paralympics, and represented Australia in the Beijing 2008 Paralympics.

Kelly Cartwright
OAM
Portrait for the London 2012 Paralympics
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1989-04-22) 22 April 1989
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportAthletics
Medal record
Women's para athletics
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Long jump F42/44
Silver medal – second place 2012 London 100 m T42
IPC Athletics World Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 Christchurch100 m T42
Gold medal – first place2011 ChristchurchLong jump T42

Personal

Kelly Anne Cartwright was born on 22 April 1989[1] and is from Geelong.[1][2][3][4] When she was fifteen she had a form of cancer called synovial sarcoma. Part of her right leg needed to be amputated due to the cancer[1][5][6] because chemotherapy was not an option.[1] She has a prosthetic leg that she started using in high school.[1] Her regular walking leg cost A$62,000 and needed to be charged every night.[6] Before losing her leg she played netball.[1][6] Cartwright climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in 2009.[1] As of 2012 she worked as a receptionist.[1] She is also an ambassador for the Australian Paralympic Committee and Make-A-Wish Foundation.[1] In 2012 she was named one of Zoo Weekly's sexiest Paralympian.[7]

Cartwright appeared on the fifteenth season of Dancing with the Stars.[8] In 2016 Cartwright and her partner, Ryan, became parents to a son.[9]

Athletics

Cartwright is a T42 classified runner[1][10] and is coached by Tim Matthews.[1] In 2008, she was awarded a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport[11] and in 2012 had a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport.[12]

Cartwright started competing in 2007[1] and first represented Australia in 2008[1] at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.[13] Making the 100-metre finals, she finished sixth[1] racing on a carbon fibre leg.[6] Going into the Games, she trained in Geelong.[6] She competed in the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships where she finished first while setting a world record in the 100 m event.[1][10] At the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships, she set a world record of 16.26 seconds in the 100 m T42 event.[1][10] In 2012 she was the world champion in the T42 100 m and long jump events.[5][10] At the 2012 London Paralympics she won a gold medal in the Women's Long Jump F42/44 event and a silver medal in the Women's 100 m T42 event.[13]

Powerlifting

Cartwright changed sports to para powerlifting due to a serious ankle injury after the 2012 Paralympics.[14] She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she came 7th in the lightweight event.[15]

Recognition

Cartwright was a finalist for the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year.[16] She was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in the 2014 Australia Day Honours "for service to sport as a Gold Medallist at the London 2012 Paralympic Games."[4]

  • Cartwright at the London Paralympics
    Cartwright at the London Paralympics
  • Cartwright at the London Paralympics
    Cartwright at the London Paralympics
  • Cartwright with athletics teammates at the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year ceremony
    Cartwright with athletics teammates at the 2012 Australian Paralympian of the Year ceremony

References
  1. "Kelly Cartwright". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. "Aussie Paralympic athletics squad named". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  3. Chris Dutton (6 June 2012). "Canberra's Paralympic athletes aim for Games glory". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  4. "Australia Day honours list 2014: in full". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. "Paralympic athletes embrace role model status". ABC News. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  6. "Beating the Odds". Sixty Minutes. 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  7. "Sexiest Paralympians". Zoo Magazine. Haymarket, New South Wales, Australia: EMAP Australia (142): 64–67. 17 September 2012. ISSN 1833-3222.
  8. Brennan, Bella (19 June 2015). "The full cast of Dancing with the Stars has been revealed!". Woman's Day. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  9. "Baby Max William Miller". Kelly Cartwright's website. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  10. "World Records Fall at Australian Athletics Championships | IPC". International Paralympic Committee. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  11. "AIS Athletes at the Beijing Paralympic Games : Research". Australian Sports Commission. 29 July 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  12. "Victorian Athletes Selected for London Olympics and Paralympics". VicSport. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  13. "Kelly Cartwright". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  14. "Comeback-kid Cartwright is back on 'track' for Tokyo". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  15. "Kelly Cartwright". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  16. "Freney favourite to win top Paralympian". Australian Associated Press. 5 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
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