Angie
Ballard

Angie Ballard is a world-class competitor with vast international experience spanning six Paralympic Games.

She found her competitive edge in wheelchair racing in 1994, five years after she was injured in a near fatal car accident as a seven-year-old. Her parents were eager for Angie and her brother, who has spina bifida, to get involved in Para-sport, and it did not take long for those around Angie to realise they were witnessing the rise of a future Paralympic star.

Angie made her Paralympic debut in front of a home crowd at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, and as the reigning world champion in the women’s 100m T53, she won her first Paralympic medal, a bronze, at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.

A silver medal in the women’s 4x100m T53/54 at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games preceded Angie’s most successful Paralympic campaign to date at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, where she won a pair of silver medals in the women’s 200m T53 and women’s 400m T53, and bronze in the women’s 100m T53.

At Angie’s sixth Paralympics at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, she made it to the finals in her three events – the women’s T53 100m, 400m and 800m.

In the women’s 800m T53 final, she ranked seventh overall in a time of 1:52.22. She also finished in seventh in the women’s 100m T53 final, crossing the line in 17.43. In the women’s 400m T53 final, she was on track for the podium until the final 15 metres, to finish in 4th in 57.61.

In her spare time Angie enjoys reading books and watching movies, she also has a degree in Psychology (Honours), from Sydney University.