 Rhiannon Clarke in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | (2002-07-23)23 July 2002 (age 23) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Para-athletics |
| Coached by | Danny Kevan |
Rhiannon Clarke (born 23 July 2002) is an Australianpara-athletics competitor who specialises in sprint events. She won two bronze medals at the2019 World Para Athletics Championships. She represented Australia at the2020 Tokyo Paralympics and the2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]
Clarke was born withcerebral palsy inJoondalup, Western Australia, on 23 July 2002.[2] As of 2018, she attended Mater Dei College in Joondalup.[3] The Australian Olympic Committee awarded Clarke the prestigiousPierre de Coubertin Award in 2018.[4]
Clarke started running after a para-come-try day in 2014.[2] She concentrated on sprint events in 2017.[3] As a fifteen-year-old at the2018 Commonwealth Games, she won the silver medal in the women's 100m T38.[3] At the2019 World Para Athletics Championships inDubai, she won bronze medals in the women's 100m and 200m T38.[5][6]
At the2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics held in 2021.[7] Clarke was a finalist in theWomen's 100m T38 where she came 5th. She then came 7th in theWomen's 400m T38 with a time of 1:02.65 which was an Australian record.[8]
At the2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in theWomen's 100m T38.[9]
Clarke at the2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, won the silver medal in the Women's 400m T38 and finished fourth in the 100m T38 and 200m T38.[10] At the2024 Paris Paralympics, she finished fourth in the Women's100 m T38 and fifth in the Women's400 m T38, setting Oceania records in both events.[11] At the2025 World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, she finished seventh in the Women's 100 m and fifth in the Women's 400 m T38 finals.[12]
