![]() 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Beikoff | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Full name | Georgia Kate Beikoff | |||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||
Born | Wollongong, NSW, Australia | 13 May 1993|||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Paralympic Athlete, Teacher | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Country | Australia | |||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Javelin | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 29.84 | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Georgia Beikoff (born 13 May 1993) is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Javelin Throw - F37/38.
Beikoff was born on 13 May 1993, [1] and is from Valentine, New South Wales. [1] [2] She graduated from St Philip's Christian College in 2011. [1] [3] As of 2012 [update], she is a student. [1]
Beikoff has mild cerebral palsy. [1] [3] She played cricket for the Newcastle Breakers, where she was a medium pace bowler. She was part of the New South Wales development cricket squad. [1] [3] She also played soccer for the Valentine Phoenix women's junior side. [3] She quit both sports to pursue athletics.
Beikoff is a T37 classified athletics competitor specialising in the T37–38 javelin and 4 x 100 metres T35–38 Women's Relay. [1] She has an athletics scholarship with the New South Wales Institute of Sport. [3] [4] [5] She started competing in 2008 after being identified at an Australian Paralympic Talent Search Day event. [1] [3]
Beikoff came in first in the javelin at the 2010 Australian National Athletics Championships. [1] At the 2011 Sydney Track Classic, she finished 4th in the 100 metre event with a time of 15.44 seconds. [6] At the 2011 IAAF Melbourne Track Classic, she finished third in the 100 metre event with a time of 15.42. [6] At the 2011 Australian Athletics Championships, she finished second in the 100 metre event and fourth in the javelin event with a distance of 23.92 metres. [6] She first represented Australia in 2011 at the IPC Athletics World Championships. At the event, she anchored Australia's 4 × 100 m relay team. Competing in the javelin event, she finished seventh out of thirteen. [1] [3] She competed at the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships in the women's javelin throw ambulant event, finishing third with a distance of 27.89 metres. [5] [6]
She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics. [1] [2] [4] [7] [8] [9] Beikoff competed in the Women's Javelin T37–38 and the Women's 4 × 100 m T35–38 events. In the Javelin, she achieved a personal best on her first attempt of 29.84 metres, surprising herself with the result of a bronze
medal. [10]
![]() 2012 Australian Paralympic team portrait of Beikoff | ||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Georgia Kate Beikoff | |||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||
Born | Wollongong, NSW, Australia | 13 May 1993|||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Paralympic Athlete, Teacher | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Country | Australia | |||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event | Javelin | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal best | 29.84 | |||||||||||
Medal record
|
Georgia Beikoff (born 13 May 1993) is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics, she won a bronze medal in the Women's Javelin Throw - F37/38.
Beikoff was born on 13 May 1993, [1] and is from Valentine, New South Wales. [1] [2] She graduated from St Philip's Christian College in 2011. [1] [3] As of 2012 [update], she is a student. [1]
Beikoff has mild cerebral palsy. [1] [3] She played cricket for the Newcastle Breakers, where she was a medium pace bowler. She was part of the New South Wales development cricket squad. [1] [3] She also played soccer for the Valentine Phoenix women's junior side. [3] She quit both sports to pursue athletics.
Beikoff is a T37 classified athletics competitor specialising in the T37–38 javelin and 4 x 100 metres T35–38 Women's Relay. [1] She has an athletics scholarship with the New South Wales Institute of Sport. [3] [4] [5] She started competing in 2008 after being identified at an Australian Paralympic Talent Search Day event. [1] [3]
Beikoff came in first in the javelin at the 2010 Australian National Athletics Championships. [1] At the 2011 Sydney Track Classic, she finished 4th in the 100 metre event with a time of 15.44 seconds. [6] At the 2011 IAAF Melbourne Track Classic, she finished third in the 100 metre event with a time of 15.42. [6] At the 2011 Australian Athletics Championships, she finished second in the 100 metre event and fourth in the javelin event with a distance of 23.92 metres. [6] She first represented Australia in 2011 at the IPC Athletics World Championships. At the event, she anchored Australia's 4 × 100 m relay team. Competing in the javelin event, she finished seventh out of thirteen. [1] [3] She competed at the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships in the women's javelin throw ambulant event, finishing third with a distance of 27.89 metres. [5] [6]
She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics. [1] [2] [4] [7] [8] [9] Beikoff competed in the Women's Javelin T37–38 and the Women's 4 × 100 m T35–38 events. In the Javelin, she achieved a personal best on her first attempt of 29.84 metres, surprising herself with the result of a bronze
medal. [10]