Rosemary Little

Started: She began Para athletics after she attended a Wheelchair Sports New South Wales 'Come and Try' day in 2003. She took up shot put in 2018. (arafuragames.nt.gov.au, 29 Apr 2019; paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2016) Additional Info: WHEELCHAIR RACING AND SHOT PUT Having competed in wheelchair racing at the 2012 and 2016 editions of the Paralympic Games, she competed in shot put at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. She has since returned to competing in wheelchair racing as well as shot put, representing Australia in both disciplines at the 2023 World Championships in Paris, France, where she won bronze in the F32 shot put. "I'm tall, 6ft 2in, so I'm good at a lot of sports. I'm also a firm believer in perseverance." (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Sep 2023; Instagram profile, 15 Jul 2023; paralympic.org.au, 15 Jul 2023; nswathletics.org.au, 02 Sep 2021; arafuragames.nt.gov.au, 29 Apr 2019) HIATUS Following her failure to qualify for the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens and a bout of illness, she took a hiatus from the sport and did not return to it until the end of 2011. (paralympic.org.au, 01 Jan 2017) FURTHER EDUCATION She has studied speech and audiology at Macquarie University in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (Facebook profile, 05 Jan 2017)