Louise Sauvage

Alix Louise Sauvage ( born September 18, 1973 in Perth ), OAM, is an Australian athlete, who won numerous medals at the Paralympic Games. It starts in the classification TW4.

Life

Louise Sauvage came in 1973 as a subsidiary of Leicestershire from the English emigrant Rita Sauvage, born Ridgen, and originating from the Seychelles Maurice Sauvage to the world. Four years ago her sister Ann was born. From birth to Louise Sauvage suffers from myelodysplastic syndrome, which is why they had to undergo 21 operations already in their first ten years of life. At the age of three she was the Telethon child of her hometown and in 1981 she received her first wheelchair and wheelchair sports began to drive.

After ten years Sauvage left school and attended a TAFE Course ( Technical and Further Education) in office and secretarial services.

Career

1983 was chosen as a participant in the Second Sauvage National Junior Games for the Disabled. The following year, she was the youngest athlete to this day, who participated in the National Senior Paraplegic and Quadriplegic Games in Sydney. She won two silver and three bronze medals. In 1995, she won at the National Junior Games in her hometown of Perth total of fifteen medals, including seven gold.

In 1990, she participated in by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC ) partially discharged IAAF World Championships in the Netherlands and won the race over 100 meters. Also on the 200 - meter course she was first, but was disqualified because she had run over the boundary lines. In the same year found the Stoke Mandeville Games held in England where they have the gold medals was successfully than 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters and secured with two seasons. Following this tournament Sauvage received a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport ( AIS)

The following years of her career were marked by numerous successes in various Paralympic Summer Games, where she won a total of nine gold and three silver medals. In recognition of her performance she was allowed in Sydney as the last torchbearer light the Olympic flame at the Summer Paralympics 2000.

In addition to the competitive sport it took off in 1992 and at the Boston Marathon and found in Jean Driscoll, who also took part in the Paralympics, a durable and strong competitor. The Duels of these two athletes certain years the output of the Disabled of the marathon race. 1997 succeeded Sauvage first time to beat Driscoll and win the marathon. This success could be repeated in Fotofinisch and 1999 with a wheelchair length lead in the following year. Runner-up was respectively Driscoll. In 2001, after the withdrawal of its arch rival, Sauvage was able to win the marathon again.

Honors

  • Order of Australia Medal -
  • A traffic forming in front Port Jackson Sydney catamaran was named after her.
  • 1993: Australian Broadcasting Corporation 's Junior Female Athlete of the Year Award
  • 1994: Australian Paralympian of the Year
  • 1996: Australian Paralympian of the Year
  • 1997: Australian Paralympian of the Year
  • 1997: Sport - For-All Trophy the International Olympic Committee
  • 1997: Australian Institute of Sport Athlete of the Year
  • 1998: Australian Paralympian of the Year
  • 1998: Abigroup National Sports Award
  • 1999: Australian Sportswoman of the Year
  • 1999: International Wheelchair athlete of the year
  • 2000: International Wheelchair athlete of the year
  • 2000: Laureus World Sports Awards as a disabled athlete of the year
1992 Summer Paralympics 400 metres 1996 Summer Paralympics 5000 metres 2000 Summer Paralympics 2004 Summer Paralympics Boston-Marathon
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