Career
Born in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill, She was part of the Australia women"s national wheelchair basketball team (Gliders) at four Paralympics: the 1992 Barcelona, 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, and 2004 Athens games. She competed as Paula Lohman at the 1992 Games and at the 1996 Games she competed as Paula Ewin. Coghlan was the Gliders team captain at the 2004 Games.