born september australian player classified competitor starting playing game national team competed world cup african oceania regional paralympic qualifying competition selected represent australia summer paralympics personal life henderson born south_australia september visual disability disease diagnosed years old child henderson involved stopped competing following taking involved swimming representing south_australia national competitions leaving sport time quit athletics graduated studying goal teacher henderson player classified competitor scholarship gave das grant program play state team coached athletics coach having heard months henderson took sport following invitation attend team training camp national team january national trials national team debut team finished sixth scored total goals team quarter finals losing russia met spain women national team try earn spot fifth sixth place match australia walked away fifth sixth place match lost israel women national team played african oceania regional paralympic qualifying competition gold medal game new_zealand women national team australia won henderson named member going summer paralympics youngest member team south australian team qualified games came surprise working player development idea qualifying summer paralympics australian team participated summer paralympics earned automatic selection hosts team finished competition country event going paralympics team ranked eighth world tournament played games japan canada united_states sweden lost game advance finals
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