Madison de Rozario

Madison de Rozario (born 24 November 1993)[1] is an Australian Paralympic athlete. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won two silver medals.[2][3] She has won three gold medals at the World Para Athletics Championships.

Madison de Rozario
2016 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of de Rozario
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993
Perth, Western Australia
Sport
Disability classT53
Coached byLouise Sauvage
Medal record
Women's track and field
Paralympic Games
2008 Beijing4x100m T53/54
2016 Rio de Janeiro800m T53
2016 Rio de Janeiro4×400m T53/54
World Para Athletics Championships
2015 Doha800m T53
2017 London5000m T54
2019 Dubai800m T54
2017 London800m T54
2019 Dubai1500m T54
2019 Dubai5000m T54
2013 Lyon800m T53
2015 Doha1500m T53
2017 London1500m T54
2019 LondonMarathon T54
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast1500m T54
2018 Gold CoastMarathon T54

Personal

De Rozario grew up in Perth. At the age of four, she developed transverse myelitis, a neurological disease which inflames the spinal cord and resulted in her wheelchair use.[4]

De Rozario's surname is of Portuguese origin. Her father was born in Singapore and her mother is originally from Australia.[4]

Athletics
Madison de Rozario competing at the 2011 World Championships warm-up meet in Sydney in January 2011

At the age of 14, de Rozario competed at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and won a silver medal in the Women's 4x100 m T53/54 event as part of the Australian team. She also competed in the individual women's T54 100 m and 400 m events.[5] She was coached by former Paralympic athlete Frank Ponta and is currently coached by Louise Sauvage.[1][6] She did not win a medal at the 2012 London Paralympics.[5] In 2012 and 2013, she won the Oz Day 10K Wheelchair Road Race.[7]

At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, in Lyon, France, de Rozario won a bronze medal in the Women's 800 m T53.[6]

At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, de Rozario won the gold medal in the Women's 800m T54 in 1:53.86. It was her first gold medal at a major international competition.[8] She also won a bronze medal in the Women's 1500m T54 in a time of 3:42.03.[9]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, de Rozario won two silver medals. De Rozario won her first individual medal at the Paralympics by winning the silver medal in the Women's 800m T53. In addition, she was a member of the team that won the silver medal in the Women's 4×400 m Relay T53/54.[2]

In November 2016, de Rozario was awarded the Wheelchair Sports WA Sport Star of the Year.[10]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, de Rozario won the gold medal in the Women's 5000m T54, silver medal in the Women's 800m T54 and bronze medal in the Women's 1500m T54.[11][12][13]

de Rozario at the 2012 London Paralympics

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Queensland, she won gold medals in the Women's 1500m T54 and Women's Marathon T54.[14]

On 22 April 2018, she made a dramatic last dash sprint and won the 2018 London Marathon women's wheelchair title in a time of 1:42.58. She became the first Australian to win the women's wheelchair title.[15]

At the 2019 London Marathon which was also the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships marathon event, she won the bronze medal in the Women's T46.[16] At the 2019 Championships track events held in Dubai, she won the gold medal in the Women's 800m T54 and two silver medals - Women's 1500m and 5000m T54.[17][18]

De Rozario has won the Oz Day 10K Wheelchair Road Race six times – 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.[19]

World records
Distance Time Location Date
Women's 800m T531:45.53Canberra, Australian Capital Territory21 January 2019[20]
Women's 1500m T53/543:13.27Nottwil, Switzerland26 May 2018 [21]

Recognition
  • 2018 - Cosmopolitan Women of the Year Awards - Sportswoman of the Year Award[22]
  • 2018 - UnioSport Australia - Outstanding Sporting Achievement[23]
  • 2018 - Athletics Australia Female Para-Athlete of the Year[24]
  • 2020- Barbie's "Shero doll"[25]

References
de Rozario at the 2012 London Paralympics
  1. "Madison de Rozario". Wheelchair Sports WA. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  2. "Madison de Rozario". Rio Paralympics Official site. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. Winchester, Bree. "Madison de Rozario: I accepted my 'perfect' body after competing in the Paralympics". Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. Results for Madison de Rozario from the International Paralympic Committee (archived). Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  6. "IPC13: Two silver & two bronze won in Lyon". Athletics Australia News. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  7. "Oz Day 10K HALL OF FAME" (PDF). Wheelchair Sports NSW website. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  8. "Doha2015". Athletics Australia website. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  9. "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia website. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  10. "Sports Star Awards 2016". Wheelchair Sports WA website. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  11. "Wrap: Aussies in medals at Para World Champs". Athletics Australia News, 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  12. Ryner, Sascha. "A trio of gold medals bolsters Australia's medal tally". Athletics Australia News, 23 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  13. Ryner, Sascha. "Three from three for Turner as Team Australia finish with 28 medals". Athletics Australia News, 24 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  14. "De Rozario wins double gold". The Women's Game. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  15. "London Marathon: Madison de Rozario wins women's wheelchair event in high temperatures". ABC News. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  16. "Manuela Schaer makes it spectacular six in London". International Paralympic Committee website. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  17. "World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 5 Recap". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  18. "World Para Athletics Championships Dubai - Day 7 Recap". Athletics Australia. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  19. "Oz Day 10K HALL OF FAME" (PDF). Wheelchair Sports NSW website. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  20. "World record for Madi de Rozario on the track/". NSW Institute of Sport. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  21. "Record-breaking day at Nottwil Grand Prix". International Paralympic Committee website. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  22. "Cosmopolitan Women of the Year Awards". Cosmopolitan Magazine website. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  23. "2018 UniSport award winners". UniSport Australia twitter. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  24. "Award Winners - 2019 Athletics Australia Gala Dinner". Athletics Australia. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  25. "Barbie Has Created A Doll Of Madison De Rozario And It Is So Dang Powerful". Women's Health. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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