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Monique
Murphy

Para-swimming

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Portrait picture of Monique Murphy

Key Facts

Date of Birth
9 April 1994
Currently resides
Fitzgibbon, QLD
Start competing
2015
Australian debut
2015
Impairment
Physical Impairment – Right below-knee limb loss
Portrait picture of Monique Murphy

Monique 's Story

In April 2014, Monique Murphy woke from an induced coma without her right foot. A week earlier, she had fallen from a fifth-floor balcony at a university party – she suspects her drink had been spiked – and landed on a glass roof. Monique suffered a broken jaw, collarbone and ribs, lacerations to her neck, a torn triceps tendon and a tibial plateau fracture.

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Major Partners

  • AIS
  • Aus Gov
  • Toyota
  • Woolworths
  • Royal Australian Mint
  • Bupa

Official Partners

  • Allianz
  • Citi
  • Qantas
  • icare
  • Harvey Norman
  • Cadbury
  • Jumbo
  • NDSP
  • Nine
  • University of Queensland
  • QMS
  • News Corp Australia
  • McDonalds
  • RACV Resorts
  • Westfield