Tag: Maddison Elliott
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HUNTER SWIMMERS IN ACTION AT THE NATIONAL TITLES
In the women’s 100-metre multi-class butterfly, S14 competitor Taylor Corry from Port Stephens managed to grab third, while S8 swimmer Maddison Elliott was sixth. Earlier in the night, Corry was sixth in the 200 freestyle final. The multi-class events feature swimmers with a range of disabilities, each racing against the world’s best time for their…
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PARALYMPIAN MADDISON ELLIOTT TURNS ATTENTION TO HSC
Hunter swimmer Maddison Elliott is getting back to everyday life following her five-medal haul at the Paralympics. The 17-year-old has turned her attention to the HSC… but thoughts of competition are never far away.
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BATT SCORES 34 GOALS TO LEAD WHEELCHAIR RUGBY TEAM INTO GOLD MEDAL MATCH
Port Macquarie’s Ryley Batt has led the Australian wheelchair rugby team into the gold medal match against the USA. The Steelers outclassed Japan, with Batt scoring 34 goals. In the pool, Lakeisha Patterson grabbed bronze in the 200m individual medley. Fellow Aussie Maddison Elliott was sixth – she finishes the games with three gold and…
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MADDISON ELLIOTT NAMED ON AUSSIE PARALYMPIC SWIM TEAM
36 athletes from around Australia, including Port Macquarie’s Paige Leonhardt, have been named on our Paralympic Swimming Team for Rio, with 22 making their games debut. Several athletes, including the Hunter’s Maddison Elliott and Kingscliff’s Kate Wilson couldn’t attend today’s launch because of HSC commitments. Elliott will have a packed schedule in Rio, which will…
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MORE SUCCESS FOR HUNTER SWIMMERS AT NATIONAL TITLES
He blitzed the competition in the semi-finals but Hunter-bred swimmer Thomas Fraser Holmes has decided to withdraw from tonight’s final of the men’s 200-metre medley. He’s already qualified for Rio in three events. Meanwhile, in the women’s multi-class 100-metre freestyle, fellow Hunter athletes Maddison Elliott and Taylor Corry went head-to-head. Corry was first to touch…
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ANOTHER ACCOLADE FOR MADDISON ELLIOTT
Hunter teenager Maddison Elliott has added another achievement to her long list, named Australia’s Paralympic Swimmer of the Year. Elliott won four gold medals – and broke a world record – at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Her mentor Paul Sharman won the Paralympic Program Coach award. “I’ve never won this award before and to find…
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HUNTER SWIMMER ON THE ROAD TO RIO PARALYMPICS
She’s enjoying a short break from training right now, but when she returns to the pool, Maddison Elliott will be busy preparing for the Rio Paralympics. The 16-year-old has just returned from the World Championships in Glasgow with a seven-medal haul.
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MORE GOLD FOR MADDISON ELLIOTT IN GLASGOW
Hunter swimming sensation Maddison Elliott has won a fourth gold medal at the IPC World Championships in Glasgow, blitzing the field in the 50-metre freestyle S8 final. “It’s Maddison Elliott who gets it at 30.52.” Elliott backed that up to help Australia claim silver in the women’s 4 by 100 medley relay, to finish the…
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ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL FOR MADDISON ELLIOTT
Hunter paralympian Maddison Elliott has picked up another world title at the IPC Championships in Glasgow, this time in the 100-metre S8 backstroke. Elliott and her American rival Jessica Long turned in second and third, but were soon battling for gold. “The 16 year old Australian is going to take this one … gold medallist…
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BRONZE FOR ELLIOTT IN GLASGOW
Paralympic gold medallist Maddison Elliott has claimed bronze on the opening night of the IPC World Championships in Glasgow, in the women’s 100-metre butterfly S8 final. “My backhand was a bit slow but I knew I just had to finish the race and do as best as I could and I was lucky enough to…