Deahnne McIntyre
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Full name | Deahnne Mary McIntyre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 9 June 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deahnne Mary McIntyre, OAM[1] (born 9 June 1971)[2] is an Australian former Paralympic athletics competitor and one of few Australian female powerlifters. She won four medals in the 1988 Seoul Paralympic Games in athletics, and competed in powerlifting from 2000 until her retirement from the sport in January 2011.[2]
Personal
Deahnne Mary McIntyre was born with spina bifida on 9 June 1971 in Canberra as a twin into a family of six children.[2][3][4] She lives in the Canberra suburb of Conder, and works as a contract officer for the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.[2]
Career
McIntyre first became interested in sports at school; her mother coached her in her early years.
After briefly competing in
She won a bronze medal at the 2007 IPC European Powerlifting Championships in the 82.5+kg Division; the day after the finals, her mother died of cancer. She put her medal in the crematorium with her mother's body, but four months after the final, she was asked to return it to receive a silver medal because the previous silver medallist had been disqualified.[5][6] In 2010, she achieved her personal best and an Australian record by lifting 137.5 kilograms (303 lb) at the Fazza International Powerlifting Championships in Dubai.[5][13] In the same year, she won a silver medal at the 2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championships in Kuala Lumpur and came fifth in the Women's Open Bench Press event at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.[3][13][14] She retired from powerlifting in January 2011.[2]
References
- ^ a b "MCINTYRE, Deahnne Mary". It's an Honour. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the originalon 1 August 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ a b Clark, Laine (12 October 2010). "London calling for Aussie lifter". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ a b c "Australian of the Year Awards – Deahnne McIntyre". Australia Day Council. Archived from the original on 5 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ambassador Deahnne McIntyre Profile". Pacific School Games. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ a b Dutton, Chris (15 May 2008). "Mum's the word, but where's the medal?". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ISBN 1-74013-060-X.
- ^ World Championships and Games for the Disabled - Athletics Results. Netherlands: Organising Committee. 1990.
- ^ "2000 Women's Powerlifting Over 82.5 kg results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "2004 Women's Powerlifting Over 82.5 kg results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "2008 Women's Powerlifting Over 82.5 kg results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the originalon 4 May 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "Around the traps – Day 9". SEN SportSENtral. 13 October 2010. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.