Women’s T54 Marathon Age (Days) Born 2018 Personal Best 1189 ROY Diane CAN – Canada 47y 95d 1971 - 1:40:09 -07 T54 Class – Paraplegia predominately affecting lower limbs 2006 IPC World Marathon Champion. 2010 Commonwealth Games Champion at 1500m. Twice winner of ‘Great’ North Run 3 Paralympic 400/1500 2004 (4 5000, 5 800 & 6 Marathon); 3 COM 800 2006 (2002-5); 1 IPC World Marathon 2006; 2 Paralympic 5000 2008 (3 400/800, 8 Marathon). 1 ‘Great’ North Run 2006/2008; 1 COM 1500 2010 (2014-2, 2018-3)); 2 IPC World 400/1500 2011 (3 800); 4 Paralympic 1500 2012 (5 400, 7 800/Marathon, 9 5000); 4 IPC World 800/1500 2013; 6 Paralympic 1500 2016 (7 800/5000). At London Marathon: 2009/2012-3, 2010-dnf, 2011-5, 2013-8, 2014-7, 2017-9. Trains at the University of Sherbrooke Bad luck in Beijing Paralympics, she originally won the 5000m and received a gold medal which she kept for only three days, because it was then decided to re-run the race and she then lost out by 0.01 to Amanda McGrory Here: T54 1500 3/Final-3:36.97 (She now has a complete set of medals from the Commonwealth Games) 1551 AULT-CONNELL Eliza AUS – Australia 36y 207d 1981 T54 Class – Paraplegia predominately affecting lower limbs As Eliza Jane Stankovic won Commonwealth Games medals in 2002 & 2006. Has since has three children 2 OLY exhibition 800 2004; 7 Paralympic 2004 in four events: 200, 400, 800, 5000; 2 COM 800 2006 (2002-3); 5 COM 1500 2018. At age 16 in 1997 she contracted meningoccal hand had both legs amputated from knee down. Now she is the director of the charity Meningococcal Australia. Born-Paddington NSW, coach-Fred Periac Here: T54 1500 5/Final-3:38.88 1552 de ROZARIO Madison AUS – Australia 24y 141d 1993 - 1:39:22 -17 T53 Class – Paraplegia affecting lower limbs and trunk World Champion at 800m in 2015 & 5000m in 2017. Commonwealth Champion at 1500m in 2018 8 Paralympic T54 100 (2 4x100); 5 IPC World T53 100/200/400 2011; 4 Paralympic 800 2012 (5 100, 6 200/400).; 8 London 2013 (marathon début); 3 IPC World T53 800 2013 (5 5000, 7 1500); 1 IPC World 800 2015 (3 1500, 4 5000); 2 Paralympic 800/4x400 2016 (4 5000, 5 1500); 1 WPA 5000 2017 (2 800, 3 1500); 4 Chicago 2018; 1 COM 1500 2018. Her late father Frank Ponta was an Australian Paralympian. Born-Stirling, coach-Louise Sauvage (herself winner of 11 Paralympic medals) She was a leading contender for the women’s 1500m in Glasgow 2014, but was forced to withdraw after being hospitalised with a blood clot after the long flight from Australia to holding camp in Newcastle Her partner is Joshua George USA, 2008 Paralympic Champion at 100m (just ahead of Britain’s Mickey Bushell) & 2015 London Marathon winner Here: T54 1500 1/Final-3:34.06 1553 FROTTEN Jessica CAN – Canada 29y 355d 1988 T53 Class – Paraplegia affecting lower limbs and trunk // 3 Parapan American Games 100/400 2015 (4 800); 7 IPC World 299 2015 (8 100, 11 400); 6 WPA World 200 2017 (9100, 7 800); dnf COM 1500 2018. Suffered a spinal cord injury following a car accident in 2009. Coach-Rick Reelie Here: T54 1500 dnf/Final- 1554 EMERSON Nikki ENG - England 29y 313d 1988 1:55:52 1:55:52 -18 T53 Class – Paraplegia affecting lower limbs and trunk Twice ‘Great’ Manchester 10K Champion 6 COM 1500 2018. 3 ‘Great’ North Run 2010 (2011-4); 1 ‘Great’ Manchester 10 2011/2013.At London Marathon: 2009-9, 2010-4, 2016-11. Broke her back in a car accident in 2008. Studied International Relations & French at Loughborough University, can speak English, French & German. Coaches-Ian Thompson & Tanni Gret- Thompson In 2018: 3 Dubai Marathon (pb 1:55:52); 3 London ‘Big’ Half Mar; 3 Lisbon Half Mar; Here: T54 1500 6/Final-3:51.28 1555 JONES Jade ENG - England 22y 100d 1996 - 1:41:44 -17 T54 Class – Paraplegia predominately affecting lower limbs 2014 European 800m silver & Commonwealth Games 1500m bronze 5 IPC World 800 2011 (7 400, 8 800); 10 Paralympic 1500 2012 (ht 400/800); 8 IPC World 400/800/5000 2013 (10 1500); 3 COM 1500 2014; 2 IPC European 800 2014 (3 5000); 2 ‘Great’ North Run 2013; 3x London “Mini” Marathon Champion (2011, 2012 & 2013); dnf IPC World Marathon 2015; ht Paralympic 80/1500/5000 2016. She has focal femur deficiency and her foot was amputated in 2006. Born/lives-Middlesborough. Coaches-Ian & Tanni Grey-Thompson (who discovered her at a school sports day when Jade was 12 years old) Also competes at Triathlon: Silver at Paratriathlon Hand Cycle (PTHC) category at 2017 World Para Triathlon Series event in Yokoham 1556 ALPHONSE Marie Emmanuelle Anais MRI – Mauritius 22y 142d 1995 T54 Class – Paraplegia predominately affecting lower limbs // 7 WPA World 200 2017 (8 100; 7 COM 1500 2018. Born with congenital impairment to her left leg, began wheelchair racing in 2015 Here: T54 1500 7/Final-3:51.99 1557 KINGHORN Sammi GBR - Great Britain & NI 22y 98d 1996 - 1:43:52 -17 T53 Class – Paraplegia affecting lower limbs and trunk Triple gold at 2014 IPC European Championships in Swansea, double gold at 2017 WPA Worlds in London including a T53 world record at 200m 10K pb: 22:00 -16. 100 pb: 16.21 -17. 200 pb: 28.61 -17. 1 IPC European 100/200/400 2014; 5 Paralympic 100 2016 (6 800, dq 400 final with false start); 1 WPA World 100/200 2017 (3 400, 5 800); 4 COM 1500 2018 )2014-5)1 ‘Great’ Scottish Run 2015/2016; 2 ‘Great’ North Run 2017; 1 ‘Great’ Scottish 10K 2016/2017; 5 Chicago 2017. Born-Melrose. She was partially paralysed in an accident on the family farm. As part of her rehabilitation, she took up wheelchair racing. Coach-Ian Mirfin Here: T54 1500 4/Final-3:37.91.