Katy Parrish

Katy Parrish
2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Parrish
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1991-07-04) 4 July 1991 (age 33)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportAthletics

Kathryn 'Katy' Parrish (born 4 July 1991) is an Australian athletics competitor. She was selected to represent at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games 2008 Summer Paralympics and at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in the 4 × 100 metre relay, 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump events.

Personal

Parrish was born on 4 July 1991[1] in Adelaide, South Australia. After finishing high school she trained in Melbourne, Victoria as an elite athlete in sprints and long jump under retired Paralympian Tim Matthews. Parrish was born with cerebral palsy that affects the left side of her body. She was diagnosed with the condition when she was three years old.[2] Parrish represented Australia at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games and the 2012 London Paralympic Games She has three older brothers.[1][2] While in school, she did a number of sports including netball, water polo, touch football and knee boarding.

Athletics

Parrish at the 2012 London Paralympics
Parrish at the 2012 London Paralympics
Parrish at the 2012 London Paralympics

Parrish is a T38 classified athletics competitor who specialises in the 100 metres, 200 metres and the long jump.[1][3] In 2008, she had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport.[4] As of 2012, she has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport,[2][5] and trains with Tim Matthews in Melbourne, Victoria.[1][2]

Parrish started competing in 2006, following an Adelaide-based Australian Paralympic talent search event.[1][2] She first represented Australia at the 2007 Arafura Games, where she won a gold medal in the 100 metre event and another gold medal in the 200 metre event.[1] She set national records in the 100 metre and 200 metre events for Australia at the 2008 Australian National Championships.[1] She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics,[6][4][7] making the finals in the 100 metre and 200 metre events.[1] She finished eighth overall in the 100 metres and fifth overall in the 200 metres event.[1][8][9] At the 2011 Arafura Games, she finished second in the Women Long Jump Ambulant event with a distance of 3.98 metres,[2][10] and earned two gold medals.[2] She competed in the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships.[3] With a jump of 4.35 metres, she won the long jump event.[3] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics in the 4 × 100 metre relay, 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump events.[1][2][11][12][13] [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Katy Parrish | APC Corporate". Australia: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "My Voice: Paralympic Athlete Katy Parrish". Melbourne Weekly. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "World Records Fall at Australian Athletics Championships | IPC". International Paralympic Committee. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b "AIS Athletes at the Beijing Paralympic Games". Australian Sports Commission. 29 July 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Victorian Athletes Selected for London Olympics and Paralympics". VicSport. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Aussie Paralympic athletics squad named". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  7. ^ Andrew McGarry (9 September 2008). "Francis bolts clear to 200m glory". ABC News. ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  8. ^ Olivia McGrath (13 September 2008). "Aussies sprint to golden track trifecta". ABC Grandstand Sport — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  9. ^ McGarry, Andrew (13 September 2008). "Last dip effort wins Smith bronze - 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games". ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  10. ^ "ARAFURA GAMES RESULTS". Northern Territory News. Darwin, Australia. 12 May 2011. p. 28. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  11. ^ Chris Dutton (6 June 2012). "Canberra's Paralympic athletes aim for Games glory". Australian Capital Territory: Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  12. ^ "Walters sprints for London — Teenager set for Paralympics debut". Canberra Times. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  13. ^ "The Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) announced the athletics team for the London 2012 Paralympic Games at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre today, during the team's final training camp on home soil before the Games begin on 29 August". 2XU. Retrieved 24 July 2012.[permanent dead link‍]