Talk:Prince Harry meets Maddison Elliott, youngest Australian Paralympic gold medallist ever

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Picture sent to scoop. Some of the other details sent to scoop. --LauraHale (talk) 17:13, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Elliot profile
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ELLIOTT Maddison Related Participant News Profile Date of Birth: 03 NOV 1998 Gender: Female Place of Birth: WARATAH, Australia Residence: - Sport: Swimming Event(s): Women's 50m Freestyle - S8 Class: S8 Final Rank: 2 Women's 100m Freestyle - S8 Class: S8 Women's 400m Freestyle - S8 Class: S8 Final Rank: 3 Women's 100m Butterfly - S8 Class: S8 Final Rank: 6 Women's 100m Backstroke - S8 Class: S8 Final Rank: 6 Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM8 Class: SM8 Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Pts Class: S8 Final Rank: 1 Participant's Portrait HISTORICAL RESULTS Competition Highlights [Explanation of Competition Highlights (click to open/close)] GENERAL INTEREST Club: Novocastrian Club, Newcastle, NSW, AUS Coach: Michael Legge [club], Brendan Keogh [national] (Swimming.org.au, 9 Oct 2011; novoswimclub.org, 2011) Additional Information: Disability nature Cerebral Palsy

DisabilityClass S8

Reason for taking up this sport "It helps me with my strength, especially on my right side, which is the worst. It's also really fun and I get to make new friends." (herald.com.au, 11 Nov 2010)

Ambitions "I want to make it to the 2012 Paralympics and after that, the Commonwealth Games."(the herald.com.au, 11 Nov 2010)

Hero Two time Olympic gold medallist swimmers Libby Trickett and Leisel Jones. (theherald.com.au, 11 Jun 2009)

CURRENT RECORDS Records Icon Record Type Event Record Date Location World Record Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Pts 4:20.39 03 SEP 2012 London(GBR) Medals at London 2012 Medals Icon x1 Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Pts x1 Women's 50m Freestyle - S8 x1 Women's 400m Freestyle - S8 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS AT LONDON 2012 Date Time Sport Event Location Result Start List Results Reports THU 30 10:34 SW Women's 100m Butterfly - S8 Heat 2 Aquatics Centre 4 Start List Results Reports THU 30 18:30 SW Women's 100m Butterfly - S8 Final Aquatics Centre 6 Start List Results Reports FRI 31 09:45 SW Women's 400m Freestyle - S8 Heat 1 Aquatics Centre 2 Start List Results Reports FRI 31 17:41 SW Women's 400m Freestyle - S8 Final Aquatics Centre 3 Start List Results Reports SUN 02 11:19 SW Women's 50m Freestyle - S8 Heat 2 Aquatics Centre Start List Results Reports SUN 02 19:54 SW Women's 50m Freestyle - S8 Final Aquatics Centre 2 Start List Results Reports MON 03 20:28 SW Women's 4x100m Free - 34pts Final Australia Aquatics Centre 1 Start List Results Reports TUE 04 09:38 SW Women's 100m Backstroke - S8 Heat 1 Aquatics Centre 5 Start List Results Reports TUE 04 17:37 SW Women's 100m Backstroke - S8 Final Aquatics Centre 6 Start List Results Reports WED 05 09:50 SW Women's 200m IM - SM8 Heat 2 Aquatics Centre Start List Reports THU 06 11:13 SW Women's 100m Freestyle - S8 Heat 2 Aquatics Centre Start List Reports

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Tuesday 04 September 2012

Hall marking time while Freney aims for six

WORLD record holder Brenden Hall and five-time gold medallist Jacqui Freney will both swim for gold tonight, as the Australian Swim Team looks to add to their nine gold and 23 Paralympic medals overall on Day 6 at the Aquatic Centre.

Cruising through his heat this morning, distance specialist Hall will go into the final of the men’s 400m freestyle (S9) as the fastest qualifier after a controlled swim saw him qualify some three seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

Having set the world record for the event at the Australian Championships in March, Hall was some seven seconds off his best to finish in 4:21.69, and will need to watch out for Spanish pair Jesus Collado and Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz in tonight’s final.

Jacqui Freney will be looking to emulate one her swimming idols in Sydney Paralympic golden girl Siobhan Paton tonight, when she swims for her sixth gold in the women’s 50m freestyle (S7).

Tired from the emotion of last night’s relay gold medal, Freney said she ‘wasn’t too pleased with the time’ despite setting a new Paralympic record of 32.92 to secure lane 4. Katrina Porter finished seventh in her heat and 14th overall in a season’s best time of 39.14.

Already with four medals to his name, including individual silver last night, Matt Levy swam a small personal best to qualify third fastest for the men’s 50m freestyle (S7) in 28.63, just 0.4 of a second off the fastest qualifier Lantz Lamback from the USA.

The women’s 400m freestyle saw Ellie Cole back in the water after her success in leading off Australia’s 4x100m freestyle relay last night, with the Melbourne born Cole qualifying third fastest for the final tonight in 4:53.01.

Feeling a bit flat, Cole said she ‘found it hard to sleep last night after all the excitement of the relay’, and was pleased to be able to cruise through a little bit ahead of tonight’s final where she will take on world record holder and multiple Paralympic champion Natalie du Toit from South Africa.

Sunshine Coast based Michael Anderson will also swim for a medal tonight in his pet event the men’s 100m backstroke (S10) having qualified second fastest in a personal best time of 1:01.21.

The 25-year-old, who won silver in the event at the Beijing Paralympic Games was just 0.1 of a second off the USA’s Justin Zook who set a new Paralympic record, while Andrew Pasterfield qualified sixth fastest in 1:02.94.

The women’s 100m backstroke (S10) saw relay gold medallist Kat Downie back in action to finish fifth overall ahead of tonight’s final where she will look to take on favourite Sophie Pascoe of New Zealand.

Sean Russo will go into the final of the men’s 400m freestyle (S13) as the sixth fastest qualifier after a personal best by some two seconds this morning, covering the eight laps in 4:22.83. Russo will have to contend with Bulgarian Ihar Boki who took nearly five seconds off his own world record to secure lane four for the final.

Fresh from becoming Australia’s youngest Paralympic gold medallist ever last night in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay, 13-year-old Maddison Elliott qualified eighth fastest for the women’s 100m backstroke (S8) in another personal best time. Elliott’s time more than half a second quicker than her previous best and a strong sign that the Novocastrian schoolgirl continues to excel at these Games.

Victorian Matthew Haanappel will swim in his second final in as many days after qualifying seventh for the final of the men’s 50m freestyle (S6) in 32.58, while Aaron Rhind was 14th overall in 34.64 and Regan Wickens 16th in 37.19. The women’s 50m freestyle (S6) saw Tanya Huebner finish 11th in 38.75, while Sarah Rose hit the wall in 14th in a personal best time of 39.37.

For more information or to arrange an interview please contact:

Tim Mannion l General Manager, Communications Australian Paralympic Committee l  PO Box 596 Sydney Markets NSW 2129

More notes
Women's 50m Freestyle - S8 Class: S8 Final Rank: 2 Women's 100m Freestyle - S8 Class: S8 Women's 400m Freestyle - S8 Class: S8 Final Rank: 3 Women's 100m Butterfly - S8 Class: S8 Final Rank: 6 Women's 100m Backstroke - S8 Class: S8 Final Rank: 6 Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM8 Class: SM8 Final Rank: 7 Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Pts Class: S8 Final Rank: 1

this source confirms her goal of doing this. --LauraHale (talk) 18:37, 5 September 2012 (UTC)