Susan Davies (Paralympian)

Susan Davies
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Nationality  Australia

Susan Davies is an Australian Paralympic archery medalist.

She attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School.[1] In 1970, a car accident left her a paraplegic.[2] Five years after the accident, she took up archery as part of her physiotherapy.[2] She explained that " it was mainly to help me get balance in a wheelchair. When you sever your spinal cord you have no sensation of where you are sitting or if you are sitting for a start".[2] She practised in her Mount Gravatt back garden and at the Belmont Range in Brisbane. In 1984, she worked part-time as an accountant for the University of Queensland.[2]

Queenslanders in the Australian team for the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville. From left to right – Mike Nugent, Robert McIntyre, Michael Quinn, Carmel Williams, Roy Fowler, Susan Davies, Alan Dufty, Kerri-Anne Connor, Peter Marsh, and Ken Moran

She competed at the 1980 Arnhem Games and came 6th in the Women's Double FITA Round Paralplegic.[3] At the 1984 Stoke Mandeville Games, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Double FITA Round Paraplegic.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "To Become Fine Sportswomen - Brisbane Girls Grammar and sport". Courier Mail. 2 November 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Da Costa-Roque, Sylvia (23 March 1984). "Finances hit paraplegics's bid for the top". Sunday Mail.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "S. Davie". International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Retrieved 13 August 2012.