Background
She was born in Kempsey, New South Wales without her lower right arm.
She was born in Kempsey, New South Wales without her lower right arm.
She attended Kempsey High School and after leaving school in 1995 worked for Kempsey Shire Council.
She has two older sisters. Whilst in Kempsey, she was coached by Lloyd Smith. After the Atlanta Games, She moved to Sydney after she was offered a job with Westpac under the Paralympic Employment Program for elite athletes with disabilities.
In Sydney she was coached by Colonel Wright.
She felt under enormous pressure going into the Sydney Games due to being the 200 m title holder from Atlanta. She said "“I did feel a lot of pressure, but the greatest pressure I felt was the pressure I put on myself.
I remember before my final in the 200m, I felt like I was going to be physically sick. I’d never felt like that before.
She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder in the lead up to the Athens Games and was coached by Iryna Dvoskina.
She retired in 2005. In 2012, she is Australian Paralympic Committee"s Manager, Marketing and Sponsorship. 1996 - OAM
2000 - Australian Sports Medal
2009 - inducted in the Little Athletics Roll of Excellence
2012 - inducted into New South Wales Hall of Champions
2014 - inducted into the Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre Path of Champions.