Isis Holt

Isis Holt (born 3 July 2001) is a Paralympic athlete from Australia competing in T35 sprint events. She is affected by the condition cerebral palsy. Holt won gold medals in the 100 m and 200 m at the 2015 and 2017 World Para Athletics Championships. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won two silver medals and a bronze medal.[1][2]

Isis Holt
2016 Australian Paralympic Team Portrait
Personal information
NationalityAustralia
Born (2001-07-03) 3 July 2001
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Sport
ClubOld Xaverians Athletics Club
Medal record
Women's athletics T35
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m T35
2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m T35
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay T35-38
IPC Athletics World Championships
2015 Doha100 m T35
2015 Doha200 m T35
2017 London100 m T35
2017 London200 m T35
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast100 m T35

Personal life

Holt was born on 3 July 2001 with cerebral palsy, which affects both sides of her body.[3] She attends school at Brunswick Secondary College. She previously attended Melbourne Girls Grammar.

Athletics

Holt took up athletics in 2014.[4][5] At the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha in her first major overseas competition, she won gold medals in world record time in two events: Women's 100m T35 (13.63 (w: +2.0) world record) and the Women's 200m T35 (28.57 (w: +1.5 world record).[5][6] At the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Canberra on 7 February 2016, she smashed her 200m T35 world record by running 28.38 (w: +0.2).[7] At the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney, she broke world records in winning the 100m and 200m Ambulant events.

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won silver medals in the Women's 100 m T35 and Women's 200 m T25 and a bronze medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Relay T35-38.[1]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London she won gold medals in the Women's 100 m T35 and Women's 200 m T35.[8] In winning the 100 m she broke the world record with a time of 13.43. This time broke the world record she previously held by 0.14 seconds[9] By winning the 100 m and 200 m Holt defended titles won at the 2015 World Championships.[9] Two weeks prior to leaving for the World Championships she was hospitalised with tonsillitis.[10]

World records
Distance Time /
Distance		 Location Date
Women's 200m T3529.49Brisbane29 March 2015[11]
Women's 100m T3513.63 (w: +2.0)Doha29 October 2015 [5]
Women's 200m T3528.57 (w: +1.5)Doha24 October 2015[6]
Women's 200m T3528.38 (w: +0.2)Canberra7 February 2016[7]
Women's 100m T3513.57 (w: -0.8)Sydney1 April 2016[12]
Women's 200m T3528.30 (w: +1.1)Sydney3 April 2016[13]
Women's 100m T3513.43 (+0.9)London19 July 2017[9]
Women's 100m T3513.37 (+0.8)Gold Coast, Queensland17 February 2018[14]
Women's 100m T3513.36 (+0.5)Sydney17 March 2018[15]

Her philosophy is "My ability is bigger than my disability."[5] She is coached in Melbourne by Nick Wall and a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[3][4]

Recognition

References
  1. "Isis Holt". Rio Paralympics Official site. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  2. "Australian Paralympic Athletics Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 2 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. "Isis Holt". Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  4. "Isis Holt". International Paralympic Committee Athletics profiles. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  5. "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia website. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  6. "Doha 2015". Athletics Australia. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  7. "IPC Grand Prix". Athletics Australia News, 7 February 2016. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  8. Ryner, Sascha. "Holt surges to gold once again". Athletics Australia News, 17 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  9. "Holt defends 100m title, breaks own record". SBS website. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  10. Ryner, Sascha. "Holt storms home in world record time". Athletics Australia News, 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  11. "WOMEN'S 200M T35" (PDF). Championships Doha Results Book. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  12. "#AAC16". Athletics Australia News, April 2016. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  13. "Women 200 Metre Ambulant". Athletics Australia Results. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  14. "#AthleticsGold: Cool Pearson wins ninth Australian 100m hurdles title". Athletics Australia website. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  15. "Report: 2018 Australian Junior Championships Day 4". Athletics Australia website. Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  16. "The Best Of The Best Honoured At The Victorian Sport Awards". Premier Victoria Website. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  17. "Athletics Gala". Atjhletics Australia News, 10 April 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  18. "Paralympic medallist Isis Holt has gone back-to-back and won the Female Para-Athlete of the Year for 2016". Athletics Australia twitter. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  19. "Winners announced for Victorian Disability Sport and Recreation Awards". Disability Sport & Recreation Victoria. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  20. "Cooke earns Top Award". Victorian Institute of Sport website. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  21. "Our best athletes honoured at Athletics Australia Gala Dinner". Athletics Australia website. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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