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Full name | Donna Maree Philp (née Smith) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 28 June 1965 Brisbane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 May 1999 | (aged 33)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donna Maree Philp ( née Smith), OAM [1] (28 June 1965 – 22 May 1999) [2] [3] was an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketballer, who won six medals at four Paralympics.
Born in Brisbane, [2] Smith was diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of thirteen, and one of her legs was amputated above the knee. [3]
At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Javelin A2 event, a silver medal in the Women's Shot Put A2 event, and a bronze medal in the Women's Discus A2 event. [4] She won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics in the Women's Javelin A6A8A9L6 event. [4] At the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Javelin THS2 event, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia, [1] and a silver medal in the Women's Shot Put THS2 event. [4]
She then married Tom Philp, and was part of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics. [3] [5] The couple's son was 10 months old when, while playing wheelchair basketball on 22 May 1999, she died of a heart attack at the age of 33. [3]
![]() Donna Smith throwing a Javelin at the
1992 Barcelona Paralympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Donna Maree Philp (née Smith) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 28 June 1965 Brisbane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 May 1999 | (aged 33)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Donna Maree Philp ( née Smith), OAM [1] (28 June 1965 – 22 May 1999) [2] [3] was an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketballer, who won six medals at four Paralympics.
Born in Brisbane, [2] Smith was diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of thirteen, and one of her legs was amputated above the knee. [3]
At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Javelin A2 event, a silver medal in the Women's Shot Put A2 event, and a bronze medal in the Women's Discus A2 event. [4] She won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics in the Women's Javelin A6A8A9L6 event. [4] At the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Javelin THS2 event, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia, [1] and a silver medal in the Women's Shot Put THS2 event. [4]
She then married Tom Philp, and was part of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics. [3] [5] The couple's son was 10 months old when, while playing wheelchair basketball on 22 May 1999, she died of a heart attack at the age of 33. [3]