Trish Flavel

Australian Paralympic athlete (born 1976) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Patricia "Trish" Flavel (née Whittaker) (born 15 January 1976)[1] is an Australian Paralympic athlete with an intellectual disability.

Nationality Australia
Born (1976-01-15) 15 January 1976 (age 50)
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Trish Flavel
2000 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Flavel
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1976-01-15) 15 January 1976 (age 50)
Medal record
Athletics
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2000 SydneyWomen's 800 m T20
IPC Athletics World Championships
Gold medal – first place1998 BirminghamWomen's 3000 M T20
Silver medal – second place1998 BirminghamWomen's 800 M T20
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Flavel looks on as other athletes collapse with exhaustion at the finish line, post race 2000 Summer Paralympics

She was born in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill.[1] She won the Women's U19 1500 m at the 1994 Australian All Schools Championships.[2] At the 2000 Sydney Games, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 800 m T20 athletics event.[3] She was an Australian Institute of Sport Athlete with a Disability scholarship holder from 1999 to 2000.[4]

She is married to Australian Paralympic athlete Anton Flavel.

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