MARTIN Raissa

Date of Birth: 3 Mar 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Sport Class: B3

Place of birth: HERVEY BAY, QLD

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : BRISBANE, QLD

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Goalball	Women AUS Australia	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #06 ISR Israel 11 AUS Australia 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #18 AUS Australia 0 CHN China 6	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #22 CAN Canada 3 AUS Australia 4	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Preliminary - Group C #34 AUS Australia 4 RPC RPC 1	Finished
	Makuhari Messe Hall C	Women's Quarterfinal #47 TUR Turkey 10 AUS Australia 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
9	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Playing board games, rock climbing, hiking. (Instagram profile, 25 Jun 2021)

Accounting - Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, AUS

Languages spoken:

Peter Corr [national]

2014 for Australia, in Japan (paralympic.org.au, 31 Aug 2016)

She began playing goalball in March 2012 in Brisbane, QLD, Australia. (paralympic.org.au, 31 Aug 2016)

She took up athletics at age nine and competed at state level while growing up. She said she knew Australian goalball player Meica Horsburgh but did not have access to team sport in her hometown of Hervey Bay in Queensland, Australia. She then took up goalball after completing her university degree. "I grew up in Hervey Bay doing athletics for about 10 years, running middle distance. I'd known about goalball for a long time but there'd never been an opportunity to play it. I came to Brisbane to study in 2009. I've known Meica Horsburgh for about 10 years and after she qualified for the 2012 Paralympic Games in London I decided that I'd get serious about chasing my dream too." (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017; couriermail.com.au, 03 Sep 2016, 02 Sep 2016)

Australian goalball player Meica Horsburgh. (paralympic.org.au, 31 Aug 2016)

General Interest

Classification
B3 (IBSA, 01 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Vision impairment (linkvision.org.au, 25 Jul 2015)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (linkvision.org.au, 25 Jul 2015)

Impairment Details
She has a rare hereditary condition named rod monochromatism. "It's the absence of 'chromat' cells in the retina. I was born without the function of half of my retina. I've got photophobia, light sensitivity, too. I'm completely colour blind and short sighted. I can still see a bit, I'm in the highest vision category allowable in the Paralympics and I function quite well. I don't drive but there aren't a lot of things I don't do." (couriermail.com.au, 03 Sep 2016; linkvision.org.au, 25 Jul 2015)

General
FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a graduate diploma in education at the University of Queensland in Australia. (couriermail.com.au, 03 Sep 2016; paralympic.org.au, 31 Aug 2016)

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Legend

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

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