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Mali Lovell
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Nationality	Australia
Born	3 June 2004 (age 20)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Australia
Paralympic Games
World Championships

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Mali Lovell (born 3 June 2004) is an Australian track and field para-athlete who competes in T36 classification events. She won silver and bronze medals at World Para Athletics Championships. Lovell won a bronze medal at 2024 Summer Paralympics, Paris,France – her first Games.^[1]

Personal

She was born on 4 June 2004 with ataxia, a rare type of cerebral palsy that affects balance and coordination.^[2] She graduated from Mackellar Girls Campus in 2022.

Sporting career

Lovell took up athletics at the age of twelve and is classified as T36 athlete.^[3] She is coached by Katie Edwards and Melinda Gainsford-Taylor in Sydney and narrowly missed qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, her first major international competition, she won the silver medal in the Women's 200m T36 and was seventh in the Women's 100m T36.^[4]

At the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, Lovell won the bronze medal in Women's 200m T36.^[5]

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she won the bronze medal in the Women's 200 metres T36 and finished fifth in the Women's 100 metres T36.

Lovell stated that " Athletics has changed my life. I was just trying to learn how to walk and talk at that young age. Now to be here … oh my god. I’m just happy to be there. I want to run fast."^[2]

Recognition

2023 – Athletics Australia – Amy Winters Award for Female Para Athlete of the Year^[6]

References

^ "Experience And Youth Combine For Paris Games | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b Decent, Tom (24 June 2023). "Meet the rising para-athletics star with a triple Olympian in her corner". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Madi Lovell". Athletics Australia. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ "Madi Lovell". IPC Athletics. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
^ Australia, Athletics. "Golden girl Low back on top of the world, teenager Lovell scores bronze". www.athletics.com.au. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
^ Australia, Athletics. "World Champion Nina Kennedy receives top honour for 2023 Athletics Australia Awards". www.athletics.com.au. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

External links

[1] "Experience And Youth Combine For Paris Games | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

[:0-2] Decent, Tom (24 June 2023). "Meet the rising para-athletics star with a triple Olympian in her corner". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[3] "Madi Lovell". Athletics Australia. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[4] "Madi Lovell". IPC Athletics. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.

[5] Australia, Athletics. "Golden girl Low back on top of the world, teenager Lovell scores bronze". www.athletics.com.au. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

[6] Australia, Athletics. "World Champion Nina Kennedy receives top honour for 2023 Athletics Australia Awards". www.athletics.com.au. Retrieved 9 January 2024.

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-'''Mali Lovell'''  (born 3 June 2004) is an Australian track and field para-athlete who competes in [[T36 (classification)|T36]] classification events. She won silver and bronze medals at [[World Para Athletics Championships]]. Lovell has been selected to compete at the [[2024 Summer Paralympics]], [[Paris,France]] – her first Games.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-23 |title=Experience And Youth Combine For Paris Games {{!}} Paralympics Australia |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2024/04/experience-and-youth-combine-for-paris-games/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=www.paralympic.org.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>
+'''Mali Lovell'''  (born 3 June 2004) is an Australian track and field para-athlete who competes in [[T36 (classification)|T36]] classification events. She won silver and bronze medals at [[World Para Athletics Championships]]. Lovell won a bronze medal at [[2024 Summer Paralympics]], [[Paris,France]] – her first Games.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-23 |title=Experience And Youth Combine For Paris Games {{!}} Paralympics Australia |url=https://www.paralympic.org.au/2024/04/experience-and-youth-combine-for-paris-games/ |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=www.paralympic.org.au |language=en-AU}}</ref>
 == Personal ==
-She was born on 4 June 2004 with [[ataxia]], a rare type of [[cerebral palsy]] that affects balance and coordination.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Decent |first=Tom |date=24 June 2023 |title=Meet the rising para-athletics star with a triple Olympian in her corner |work=Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/athletics/meet-the-rising-para-athletics-star-with-a-triple-olympian-in-her-corner-20230624-p5dj53.html |access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> She graduated from graduated from [[Mackellar Girls Campus]] in 2022.
+She was born on 4 June 2004 with [[ataxia]], a rare type of [[cerebral palsy]] that affects balance and coordination.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Decent |first=Tom |date=24 June 2023 |title=Meet the rising para-athletics star with a triple Olympian in her corner |work=Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/athletics/meet-the-rising-para-athletics-star-with-a-triple-olympian-in-her-corner-20230624-p5dj53.html |access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> She graduated from Mackellar Girls Campus in 2022.
 == Sporting career ==
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 At the [[2024 World Para Athletics Championships]] in [[Kobe, Japan]], Lovell won the bronze medal in Women's 200m T36.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Australia |first=Athletics |title=Golden girl Low back on top of the world, teenager Lovell scores bronze |url=http://www.athletics.com.au/news/golden-girl-low-back-on-top-of-the-world-lovell-scores-bronze |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=www.athletics.com.au |language=en}}</ref>
+At the [[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris Paralympics]], she won the bronze medal in the Women's [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metres|200 metres T36]] and finished fifth in the Women's [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metres|100 metres T36]].
 Lovell stated that " Athletics has changed my life. I was just trying to learn how to walk and talk at that young age. Now to be here … oh my god. I’m just happy to be there. I want to run fast."<ref name=":0" />
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 ==External links==
+* [https://www.paralympic.org.au/athlete/mali-lovell/ Paralympics Australia Biography]
 * [https://www.athletics.com.au/paralympic-athlete-profiles/malilovell/ Athletics Australia Biography]
 * [https://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete8048.htm Athletics Australia Results]
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+[[Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]]
+[[Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia]]
+[[Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
 [[Category:Track and field athletes with cerebral palsy]]
 [[Category:Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships]]