Louise Sauvage

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Medal record
Competitor for  Australia
Paralympic Games
Women's wheelchair racing
Gold	1992 Barcelona	100 m
Gold	1992 Barcelona	200 m
Gold	1992 Barcelona	400 m
Silver	1992 Barcelona	800 m
Gold	1996 Atlanta	400 m
Gold	1996 Atlanta	800 m
Gold	1996 Atlanta	1500 m
Gold	1996 Atlanta	5000 m
Gold	2000 Sydney	5000 m
Gold	2000 Sydney	1500 m
Silver	2000 Sydney	800 m
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	800 m
Gold	2000 Sydney	800 m
Commonwealth Games
Silver	2002 Manchester	800 m

Alix Louise Sauvage OAM (born 18 September 1973 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian paralympic athlete.

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.

[edit] External links

• Athletics Australia: Louise Sauvage
• ebility: Louise Sauvage - My Story
• Athlete Profile: Louise Sauvage