Rachel Henderson
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Nuriootpa, South Australia
 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Henderson | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rachel Anne Henderson |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 8 September 1992 Nuriootpa, South Australia |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Goalball |
| Event | Women's Team |
Rachel Anne Henderson (born 8 September 1992) is an Australian goalball player and is classified as a B2 competitor. While only starting playing the game in 2010, she made the national team in 2011 and competed in the 2011 IBSA Goalball World Cup and 2011 African-Oceania regional Paralympic qualifying competition. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in goalball.
Henderson was born in Nuriootpa, South Australia, on 8 September 1992.[1][2] She has the visual disability of retinitis pigmentosa, a heredity disease she was diagnosed with when she was four years old. As a child, Henderson was involved in javelin, and only stopped competing in 2010 following taking up goalball.[1] She was also involved in swimming, representing South Australia in a few national competitions, before leaving the sport at the same time she quit athletics.[1][3] She graduated from Nuriootpa High School in 2010.[2] As of 2012[update], she is studying with the goal of becoming a preschool teacher.[1]
