MICKEY Sarah

Canada

Athletics

Date of Birth: 10 Jul 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Sport Class: F55

Place of birth: MEDICINE HAT, AB

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : MEDICINE HAT, AB

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Discus Throw - F55	6

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Seated Discus/Club	Women's Discus Throw - F55 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
5	Discus Throw - F55	2019	Dubai, UAE	20.98

Hobbies:

Volunteering, spending time with family and friends. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Education:

Administration Studies - Medicine Hat College, Canada

Languages spoken:

English

Other sports:

She has played Para ice hockey for the Canada national team and Canadian club side Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds. Prior to her illness she practised figure skating. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019; womenshockeylife.com, 26 Nov 2015; paralympic.ca, 23 Sep 2015)

Debut:

2019 for Canada, Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Start:

She began competing in Para athletics at age 17 in Medicine Hat, AB, Canada. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

Reason:

She was encouraged to try Para sport after it was introduced to high school provincial tournaments in Canada. "They started me in wheelchair racing. I'm not really a cardio person, so I didn't really enjoy that. The last year they put in throws. I started in shot put and then I took on all three [throwing disciplines]." (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019; chatnewstoday.ca, 22 Aug 2019)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019)

General Interest

Classification
F55 (IPC, 02 Mar 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (womenshockeylife.com, 26 Nov 2015)

Impairment Details
She began to lose the feeling in her lower body in 2014 due to Lyme disease and transverse myelitis. (Athlete, 11 Nov 2019; womenshockeylife.com, 26 Nov 2015)

General
MENTAL HEALTH
In 2020 she spoke about struggling with her mental health the previous year. "2019 was a year that broke me, but it was also a year that I learned how to stand on my own two feet again, literally and figuratively. It was a year of some of my lowest moments but also some of my greatest triumphs. Sports-wise I excelled, I got to travel and compete in Dubai, Peru, Montreal, Phoenix, and San Diego to name a few. Track gave me an outlet away from my reality. It truly gave me an escape from what I was feeling inside. My personal life is where things did not go so great for me. I know physical pain and unfortunately I know it well and I've spent the past several years learning to cope with that pain. What I didn't know was the mental pain and exhaustion that can occur within someone. The pure exhaustion that concurs with anxiety and depression is out of this world. It constantly eats away at you and makes you feel worthless. I didn't reach out and I didn't get help. Looking back this is my absolute biggest regret. I still have my bad days but they no longer outweigh the good. I have friends, family, teammates, coaches and co-workers that love and support me and I also know that I can lean on them when things seem unbearably tough and for that I am forever thankful." (Facebook profile, 29 Jan 2020)

Social Media

Legend

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

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