FOESSEL Renee Danielle

Date of Birth: 30 May 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Sport Class: F38

Place of birth: TORONTO, ON

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : TORONTO, ON

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Discus Throw - F38	4

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Standing - Standing Discus	Women's Discus Throw - F38 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
4	Discus Throw - F38	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	30.70
World Championships
3	Discus Throw - F38	2019	Dubai, UAE	33.37
3	Discus Throw - F38	2015	Doha, QAT	30.39
4	Discus Throw - F38	2017	London, GBR	30.88
12	Javelin Throw - F38	2011	Christchurch, NZL	18.73

Foe, Ray (Instagram profile, 22 Sep 2019; Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Volunteering. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Justice Studies - Humber College, Toronto, ON, CAN

Languages spoken:

Cruisers Sports [Brampton, ON, CAN]

Ken Hall [personal]

Other sports:

She has taken part in wheelchair basketball competition at a national level. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

2011 for Canada, World Championships in Christchurch, New Zealand (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

She took up Para athletics at age 10 in 2005 at the Cruisers Sports club in Brampton, ON, Canada. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

"I originally began my journey in Para sport at the age of six in Para hockey. My club hosts multiple Para sports which enabled me to transition to wheelchair basketball and Para athletics when I was 10 years old. I began to enjoy the individualistic aspect of Para athletics within the team environment. Para athletics has allowed me to grow tremendously. Having started my Team Canada career at a young age I believe that Para sport and the discus event truly has allowed me to become cognisant of the benefit hard work and determination has for success, resiliency through individual failure and the importance of passion in what you do." (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

To win a medal at the Paralympic Games and to set a world record in the discus. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

She trains at the Canadian Sport Institute Ontario [CSIO] in Toronto, ON, Canada. (csiontario.ca, 13 Jan 2021)

Winning three medals at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Coach Ken Hall. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

She carries a Canadian one dollar coin, a 'lucky loonie', to her competitions. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"Keep your head up but chin down." (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

She was named Female Throws Athlete of the Year at the 2020 Cruisers Sports Athletic Awards Banquet. (cruiser-sports.com, 25 Jul 2020)

She was named the 2013 Most Outstanding Female Field Performer by Athletics Ontario in Canada. (erinoakkids.ca, 30 Jul 2015)

Along with wheelchair racer Curtis Thom, she was joint winner of the 2009 Mississauga Sports Dinner Impaired Athlete Award in Ontario, Canada. (sportmississauga.org, 03 Jun 2010)

General Interest

Classification
F38 (IPC, 23 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Cerebral Palsy (cbc.ca, 12 Nov 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
She was born two months premature, and had three strokes in the left side of her brain at birth due to a lack of oxygen. She was born with cerebral palsy and hemiplegia, which affects the movement in her right arm and leg. (cbc.ca, 12 Nov 2019; erinoakkids.ca, 30 Jul 2015; stathblog.com, 15 Apr 2017; Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

General
OCCUPATION
She has worked in records and information management for the City of Barrie in Ontario, Canada. She has also been a partner assault response [PAR] court referral and intake worker for the John Howard Society of Toronto, and a gym supervisor and office administration staff member at Humber College in Toronto, ON, Canada. (LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She has served as a director of athletes' relations at Cruisers Sports in Brampton, ON, Canada, and as an athlete ambassador for ParaSport Ontario. (cruisers-sports.com, 02 Mar 2020; LinkedIn profile, 01 Sep 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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