Trish Flavel

Patricia "Trish" Flavel (née Whittaker) (born 15 January 1976)[1] is an Australian Paralympic athlete with an intellectual disability.

Trish Flavel

2000 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Flavel
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1976-01-15) 15 January 1976 Box Hill, Victoria
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Women's 800 m T20 IPC Athletics World Championships 1998 Birmingham Women's 3000 M T20 1998 Birmingham Women's 800 M T20

Flavel looks on as other athletes collapse with exhaustion at the finish line, post race 2000 Summer Paralympics

She was born in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill.[1] She won the Women's U19 1500 m at the 1994 Australian All Schools Championships.[2] At the 2000 Sydney Games, she won a bronze medal in the Women's 800 m T20 athletics event.[3] She was an Australian Institute of Sport Athlete with a Disability scholarship holder from 1999 to 2000.[4]

She is married to Australian Paralympic athlete Anton Flavel.

References

1. Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2000.
2. handbook of results and athletics (PDF). Athletics Australia. 1995. p. 13.
3. Results for Trish Flavel from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)
4. Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport. Canberra: Australian Sports Commission. 2002. ISBN 174013060X.

External links

• Trish Flavel - Athletics Australia Results