LEONHARDT Paige

Date of Birth: 21 Sep 2000

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Sport Class: S14,SB14,SM14

Place of birth: PENRITH, NSW

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
Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB14	6
	Women's 100m Butterfly - S14	2
	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM14	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Butterfly - S14 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Butterfly - S14 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB14 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB14 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM14 Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM14 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
6	100m Breaststroke - SB9	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:20.44
6	100m Butterfly - S10	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:10.55
9	200m Individual Medley - SM10	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	2:39.57
13	50m Freestyle - S10	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	30.00
14	100m Backstroke - S10	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:16.11
16	100m Freestyle - S10	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1:07.24
Commonwealth Games
2	100m Breaststroke - SB9	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	1:18.81
4	200m Individual Medley - SM10	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	2:32.68

PB Machine (camdencourier.com.au, 16 Sep 2016)

Languages spoken:

University of Queensland Swimming Club [Australia]

David Heyden [club]; Brendan Burkett [national], AUS

2015 for Australia (paralympic.org.au, 2016)

She began swimming at age 12. (paralympic.org.au, 2016)

She took up the sport while she was undergoing therapy and rehabilitation, and soon discovered that she loved it. (paralympic.org.au, 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (portnews.com.au, 03 Oct 2018)

Australian wheelchair rugby player Ryley Batt, Australian swimmer Cameron McEvoy, US swimmer Michael Phelps. (paralympic.org.au, 2016)

Her parents. (results.gc2018.com, 01 Jan 2018)

Philosophy:

"Train hard, play fair. Be brave in your attempt." (aimforthestars.com.au, 2016)

In 2014 she received the Junior Sportsperson award at the Port Macquarie Hastings Sports Awards. (sunrise-rotary.org.au, 01 Jan 2015)

General Interest

Classification
S14, SB14, SM14 (IPC, 20 Jun 2021)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017)

Impairment Details
At age five she was involved in a car accident in which she was thrown from the vehicle. As a result, she has paralysis on one side of her body, intracranial hypertension [a headache syndrome], epilepsy and autism. During several years of recovery she underwent spinal taps and operations to remove fluid from her brain. (paralympic.org.au, 2016)

General
CHANGING MINDSET
In 2018 she said she would expand her selection of events ahead of the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, following encouragement from coach Rob van der Zant. "I've never really swum the 400m freestyle in my life and Rob wants me to do that heading into Tokyo 2020. I've always said no to events I don't want to do or events I know that I'm slow at. Now I'm doing them because younger people are starting to come through and I need to change up my events so I can be an all-rounder and possibly podium in many events and not just one." (portnews.com.au, 03 Oct 2018)

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Legend

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

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