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| Birth name | Jessica Helen Hamill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Jessica Helen Gillan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1990 Invercargill, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Verdon College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | F34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Athletics Taieri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jessica Helen Gillan (née Hamill, born 20 July 1990) is a New Zealand paralympic athlete and shotputter. She represented New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing and the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, the latter where she won a bronze medal in the Women's shot put F34.[2]
At the 2010 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal in the F34 Shot put for elite athletes with a disability.
At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, Hamill won a silver medal in the women's shot put F34, earning her automatic qualification for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. She was officially confirmed to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics on 23 May 2016.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "New Zealand Para-Athletics Records" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ^ "Results – Women's shot put F34 final – Rio 2016 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Paralympics New Zealand name six track and field athletes for Rio". Stuff.co.nz. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
External links
[edit]- Jessica Hamill at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Jessica Gillan (nee Hamill) at Paralympics New Zealand (archive)
- Jessica Gillan at the International Paralympic Committee
- Meet Our Paralympians: Jessica Hamill – Attitude Live video profile
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