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| Born | (2001-07-03)3 July 2001 (age 24) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Old Xaverians Athletics Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Isis Holt (born 3 July 2001) is an Australian Paralympic athlete competing inT35 sprint events. She is affected by the conditioncerebral palsy. Holt won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m at the2015 and2017 World Para Athletics Championships. At the2016 Rio Paralympics, she won two silver medals and a bronze medal and2020 Tokyo Paralympics, two silver medals.[1][2][3]
Holt was born on 3 July 2001 with cerebral palsy, which affects both sides of her body.[4] She attendedBrunswick Secondary College. She previously attendedMelbourne Girls Grammar.
Holt took up athletics in 2014.[5][6] At the2015 IPC Athletics World Championships inDoha in her first major overseas competition, she won gold medals in world record time in two events: Women's 100m T35 (13.63 (w: +2.0) world record) and the Women's 200m T35 (28.57 (w: +1.5 world record).[6][7] At the IPC Athletics Grand Prix inCanberra on 7 February 2016, she smashed her 200m T35 world record by running 28.38 (w: +0.2).[8] At the 2016Australian Athletics Championships inSydney, she broke world records in winning the 100m and 200m Ambulant events.
At the2016 Rio Paralympics, she won silver medals in the Women's 100 m T35 and Women's 200 m T25 and a bronze medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Relay T35-38.[1]
At the2017 World Para Athletics Championships inLondon, she won gold medals in the Women's 100 m T35 and Women's 200 m T35.[9] In winning the 100 m, she broke the world record with a time of 13.43. This time broke the world record she previously held by 0.14 seconds[10] By winning the 100 m and 200 m, Holt defended titles won at the 2015 World Championships.[10] Two weeks prior to leaving for the World Championships, she was hospitalised with tonsillitis.[11]
After the Rio Paralympics, Holt moved to Queensland to be coached by Paul Pearce.[12] At the2018 Commonwealth Games,Gold Coast, Queensland, she won the gold medal in the Women's 100m T35.
At the2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Holt won the silver medal in theWomen's 100 m T35 in a personal best time of 13.13. She also won silver in theWomen's 200 m T35, setting a new Oceania record with a run of 27.94.[13]
| Distance | Time | Location | Date |
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| Women's 200m T35 | 29.49 | Brisbane | 29 March 2015[14] |
| Women's 100m T35 | 13.63 (w: +2.0) | Doha | 29 October 2015[6] |
| Women's 200m T35 | 28.57 (w: +1.5) | Doha | 24 October 2015[7] |
| Women's 200m T35 | 28.38 (w: +0.2) | Canberra | 7 February 2016[8] |
| Women's 100m T35 | 13.57 (w: -0.8) | Sydney | 1 April 2016[15] |
| Women's 200m T35 | 28.30 (w: +1.1) | Sydney | 3 April 2016[16] |
| Women's 100m T35 | 13.43 (+0.9) | London | 19 July 2017[10] |
| Women's 100m T35 | 13.37 (+0.8) | Gold Coast, Queensland | 17 February 2018[17] |
| Women's 100m T35 | 13.36 (+0.5) | Sydney | 17 March 2018[18] |
Her philosophy is "My ability is bigger than my disability."[6] She was coached in Melbourne by Nick Wall for 2016 Rio Paralympics and by Paul Pearce in Brisbane for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[5]
In November 2022, Holt announced her retirement to pursue a career in psychology.[19]
