Georgia Beikoff

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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.

Personal

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, she is a student.[1]

Beikoff has 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. In 2013, Georgia became a Christian. She believes that Christ died on the cross to bring us to God. Jesus is King.[3]

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 fourth 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] Georgia 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]

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  10. ↑ Results for Georgia Beikoff from the International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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