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Louise Sauvage still involved in wheelchair racing 20 years after her Sydney Olympics win – ABC News
Twenty years after her own race win at the Sydney Games, wheelchair athlete great Louise Sauvage has not gone far from the Olympic precinct, coaching young hopefuls to follow in her tracks.
Three nights after Cathy Freeman’s memorable victory at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, another of Australia’s most remarkable champions lit up the capacity crowd again.
It was Louise Sauvage, in the women’s 800 metres wheelchair race.
- International debut: 1990
- Paralympics: Nine gold, 13 total medals
- Olympics wheelchair demonstration events: Two gold, one bronze
- IPC Athletics World Championships: 11 gold, two silver
- Wins in Boston Marathon (4), Honolulu (…
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