Trude Raad

Trude Raad (born 27 April 1990) is a deaf Norwegian track and field athlete.[1][2] She generally competes in the discus throw and hammer throw events at the International competitions. Trude has represented Norway at the Deaflympics in 2009, 2013 and 2017 and has won 4 gold medals in her Deaflympic career. She was also a champion in the women's hammer throw event at the Deaflympics on 3 consecutive occasions (2009,[3] 2013,[4] 2017[5]). She broke her own deaf world record in the women's hammer throw at the 2017 Summer Deaflympics with a distance of 66.35m,[6] the previous best was 65.03m[7]

Trude Raad
Personal information
Nationality Norway
Born (1990-04-27) April 27, 1990
Breim, Norway
Sport
ClubGloppen FIL
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Norway
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Deaflympics 4 0 0
Deaflympics
Belgrade 2009 discus throw
Taipei 2009 hammer throw
Sofia 2013 hammer throw
Samsun 2017 hammer throw

Trude Raad currently holds the Deaflympic records for the women's hammer throw and discus throw events.[8] She was awarded the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2008 for her performances in deaf athletics including Junior deaf world records set by her in 2009 at the women's hammer throw[9] and discus throw events.[10][11] She was also nominated for the ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award in 2009.[12]

References
  1. "Trude Raad | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  2. "Norges Fri-idrettsforbund". 11 November 2007. Archived from the original on 11 November 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  3. "Women's hammer throw |2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  4. "Women's hammer throw |2013 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  5. "Women's hammer throw | 2017 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  6. "Deaflympics 2017 Samsun". deaflympics2017.org (in Turkish). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  7. "Championships | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  8. "Women's discus throw | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  9. "Women's junior hammer throw (deaf) | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  10. "Women's junior discus throw (deaf)| ICSD". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  11. "2008 ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  12. "2009 ICSD Deaf Sportswoman of the Year award nomination | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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