Jodi Willis-Roberts
File:Jodi Willis on Barcelona 1992 Paralympics medal podium.jpg
Willis-Roberts at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
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Full name | Jodi Glenda Willis-Roberts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 24 April 1967 Preston, Victoria |
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Medal record
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Jodi Glenda Willis-Roberts, OAM[1] (born 24 April 1967)[2] is a visually impaired Australian Paralympic athlete and goalballer.
Biography
Willis-Roberts was born in the Melbourne suburb of Preston.[3] She first competed at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics with the Australia women's national goalball team, when it finished seventh.[2][4] She moved to athletics and at the 1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled in Assen, Netherlands she won a bronze medal in the women's shot put B2.[5] At the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Shot Put B2 event, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia,[1] and a silver medal in the Women's Discus B2 event; she also competed in the national goalball team, which came seventh,[2] and the Women's Javelin B1>3 – event.[4] In 1995, she competed in the World Championships for powerlifting.[2] In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, she won a silver medal in the F10-11 shot put and also competed in the F10-11 discus throw.[4] In 2000, she won an Australian Sports Medal.[6] That year, she competed in her home country in the 2000 Sydney Paralympics where she won a gold medal in the F12 shot put and a bronze in the discus throw.[4] At the 2004 Athens Games, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Shot Put F12 event and competed in the Women's Discus F13 – event.[4] She also competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics where she won a bronze medal in the women's F12-13 shot put event.[4] In 2011, she was part of the Australian national goalball team that finished sixth at the IBSA Goalball World Cup.[2] In 1999, she was an Australian Institute of Sport Athletes with a Disability scholarship holder.[7] She currently lives in Ballarat.[citation needed]
References
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