born april australian paralympic swimmer legally blind deaf swimming scholarship events individual medley freestyle competed pan pacific championships won gold medal freestyle event competed summer summer paralympics personal van born new south wales april legally blind deaf pushing nerve causing eye result usher syndrome brother involved community competed working earning higher school certificate professional swimmer january attending studying therapy van photographed advocate photographer picture finished second northern region photograph telephone book swimming van swimmer swimming scholarship events individual medley freestyle trained january ranked world fourth fifth freestyle sixth freestyle ranked world coach changed training went focusing butterfly medley events home pool trains coached competes able bodied swimming events van started swimming represented australia melbourne set australian age record won gold medal games butterfly event competed australian short course championships competed swimming world cup took home set bronze medals competed swimming championships came away gold medals year competed paralympic world cup manchester england finished eleventh women freestyle event personal time second finished ninth women event personal best time finished women butterfly event personal best time beijing games competed events win medal competed australian short course championships held brisbane queensland won medals competition injured shoulder competed swimming world championships held netherlands events win medals australian competition time women freestyle event finished fourth freestyle event finished fifth setting personal best time shoulder injury prevented competing competition question participation necessity medical clearance time boarded plane depart australia competed pan pacific championships alberta finished freestyle event medal finish major international competition january competed australian deaf games finished open event games record time finished open event time finished open event time credited having outstanding swim meet games organisers van competed summer paralympics different swimming events qualifying finals events process set personal best times games participated run freestyle final equipment malfunction competed australian championships march order qualify games successful swam events finishing sixth freestyle seventh freestyle sixth metre individual medley competing swimming world championships montreal canada won bronze medals women women women women swimming world championships glasgow scotland finished fifth women sixth women seventh women women personal best times following van personal best times september recognition van named winner february named picture appears wall fame received sport achievement award
Teigan Van Roosmalen