Sandra Yaxley
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Sandra Yaxley, OAM[1] is an cerebral palsy[2] Australian Paralympic swimmer. At the 1988 Seoul Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's 100 m Freestyle C6 and a silver medal in the Women's 50 m Backstroke C6.[3] At the 1992 Barcelona Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's 4x50 m Freestyle S1–6 event and a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m Freestyle S6 event.[3] She retired from swimming after the 1992 Paralympics but took up coaching disabled and able-bodied swimmers.[4]
Yaxley was originally from Tasmania and moved to Perth, Western Australia at an early age. She began swimming when she was four as a form of rehabilitation. [2] In 2000, she was awarded the Australian Sports Medal [5] and in 2013 inducted into Swimming Western Australia Hall of Fame at the age of 44. [2]
Yaxley's motto is let me try and, if I can't do it, I'll know, but if I can do it, then watch out world. [2]
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- Female Paralympic swimmers of Australia
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
- Living people
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors
- Sportspeople with cerebral palsy
- Sportswomen from Western Australia
- Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia
