Claire Keefer
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| Full name | Claire Keefer |
| Nationality |
 Australia |
| Born | 5 May 1995 |
Medal record
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Claire Keefer (born 5 May 1995) is a short stature athlete from Australia. She won a bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics.[1]
Personal
She was born on 5 May 1995 with achondroplasia and is a person of short stature.[2] Her parents Lindsay and Sue Keefer live in Withcott, Queensland.[3] She attended St Ursula College in Toowoomba.[4] She lives mostly in Withcott, Queensland. She works part-time as a child care worker.[3]
Career
Keefer competes in the F41 classification and started athletics in 2009.[2] She was ineligible to compete at the 2012 London Paralympics due to being under 18.[2] In the F41 classicification the only athletics events for women are the discus throw and shot put.[3] in 2015, Keefer won the silver medal in discus and bronze medal in shot put at an IPC Grand Prix meet in Dubai.[5]
At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, she won the bronze medal in the Women's Shot Put F41 with a national record throw of 7.62m. She finished fourth in the Women's Discus F41.[6] She has received financial assistance from Aim For the Stars Foundation, the Layne Beachley Foundation.[7] She visits the Queensland Academy of Sport in Brisbane four times per week to undertake technical coaching.[3] Her philosophy is "Strength in size".[2]
She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in the Women's Shout Put F41 with a throw of 8.16 m. [8]
References
- ↑ "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Claire Keefer". International Paralympic Committee Athletics profiles. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Paralympic dreams for Claire Keefer". The Morning Bulletin. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ Leslie, Cameron (5 February 2010). "Athlete secures gold at titles". The Chronicle. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ Slatter, Trent (15 October 2015). "Keefer on the road to Rio Paralympics". The Chronicle. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ "Doha2015". Athletics Australia website. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ "Claire Keefer". Aim for the Stars Foundation website. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ↑ "Athletics results". Rio Paralympics official website. Retrieved 10 September 2016.