Emilie Miller
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Full name | Emilie Miller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 29) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | H1 (Cycling) 0.5 Wheelchair rugby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Bathurst Cycling Club Bond University Rugby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Toireasa Gallagher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emilie Miller (born 9 March 1995) is an Australian Paralympic road hand cyclist and wheelchair rugby player. She won a bronze medal with the Steelers at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]
Personal
Miller was born on 9 March 1995.[2] As a 12 year old at Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange, New South Wales, she was training at Lithgow War Memorial Swimming Pool for the NSW State Age Championships when she slipped during a dive in the shallow end of the pool and the accident left her a quadriplegic.[3] She lost a High Court of Australia appeal for compensation for her life-altering injuries that occurred as a result of the accident.[4] In 2024, she lives in Bathurst, New South Wales.
Cycling
Miller was ranked in the top 20 Australian girl swimmers for her age when a diving accident during training in 2008 left her a quadriplegic.[3] She took up hand cycling at the age of 17 as cross training for another sport. Her first Australian Road Cycling Championships were in 2013 and as of 2019 is undefeated in H1 events. [2]
At the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Italy, she won gold medals in Women's Time Trial H1 and Women's Road race H1. She repeated these medals at the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Netherlands. [5]
She was coached in Bathurst by former world junior cyclist Toireasa Gallagher (née Ryan).[3]
Wheelchair rugby
Miller classified as 0.5 player, won her first world championship gold medal at the 2022 IWRF World Championship in Vejle, Denmark, when Australia defeated the United States . [6]
At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, he was a member of the Steelers that won the bronze medal defeating Great Britain 50–48.[7]
External links
- Paralympics Australia Biography
- Australian Cycling Team Profile
References
- ^ "Steelers chasing redemption at Paris Games". Yahoo Sports. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Emilie Miller". Australian Cycling Team website. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ a b c Pearce, Melanie (14 July 2015). "Once an athlete always an athlete for swimmer turned para-cyclist". ABC Central West NSW News. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ Hills, Brenden (27 March 2016). "High Court sinks top swim champ Emilie Miller's fight for justice". Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "2019 UXU Para Cycling Road World Championships Results". VotreCourse. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Australian Steelers Are World Wheelchair Rugby Champions". Paralympics Australia. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Forged In Bronze: Steelers Reach Paralympic Podium After Eight-Year Wait | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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