Nationality Irish Sport Athletics Event Discus throw Siblings Megan Lenihan | Residence Deliga Personal best(s) 32.14 m Disability class T38 | |
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Born 4 November 1999 (age 17) ( 1999-11-04 ) County Cork Club North Cork Athletic Club Coached by Dave Sweeney, Jim Lenihan | ||
Athletics women s discus f38 final rio 2016 paralympic games
Noelle Lenihan (born 4 November 1999) is an Irish paralympic discus thrower.
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Career
Lenihan won silver at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, gold at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships (with a world record throw) and bronze at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Personal life
Lenihan lives in Deliga, near Milford, County Cork. She has cerebral palsy and so competes in F38 classification events. Her left side is weaker than her right, so she throws using the "South African" half-turn style.
References
Noelle Lenihan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA