STRONG Maria

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
5	Shot Put - F33	2019	Dubai, UAE	6.37

Maz (Facebook profile, 18 Jan 2021)

Photography. (vis.org.au, 01 Aug 2019)

Coach

Social Work Studies - Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, AUS

English

Athletics Essendon [Melbourne, VIC, AUS]

John Eden [personal], AUS

2019 for Australia, World Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019)

She began competing in Para athletics in 2017 at age 46 in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; paralympic.org.au, 07 Apr 2019)

She has a passion for sport, and worked as an official at sporting events before she became an athlete. "I was a competitive swimmer as a teenager. Back then, I had never heard of disability sport or the Paralympics. I raced people who did not have a disability, and usually came last or near-last. I have been an athletics official since 2014. I saw other throwers compete and decided to have a go myself." (Athlete, 06 Nov 2019; paralympic.org.au, 07 Apr 2019; cpsn.org.au, 07 Aug 2018)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.org.au, 07 Apr 2019)

Australian Para cyclist Carol Cooke. (vis.org.au, 01 Aug 2019)

"Age is just a number." (vis.org.au, 01 Aug 2019)

She was named Disability Sport and Recreation's Masters Sports Person of the Year at the 2018 Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards in Australia. (dsr.org.au, 01 Sep 2018; cpsn.org.au, 07 Aug 2018)