Louise Sauvage
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Louise Sauvage is an Australian Paralympian from West Ryde in the Lower North Shore. Often regarded as the most renowned disabled sportswoman in the Southern Hemisphere, she won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic games in front of a home crowd. At the 2004 Olympic Games, she finished 3rd in the demonstration sport of Women's 1500 m wheelchair. A Sydney Harbour Supercat (Catamaran) has even been named in her honour.