2017 World Para Athletics Champs

World Para Athletics Championships

London, GBR

14 - 23 July 2017

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The Team

	Age	Classification	Event	Personal Best
Anna Grimaldi	20	T47	Long Jump 100m 200m	Long 5.62 100m 12.86 200m 26.58
Jessica Hamill	26	F34	Shot Put	Shot 7.84
Rory McSweeney	32	F44	Javelin	Javelin 55.80
Keegan Pitcher	19	T36	200m 400m 800m	200m 25.32 400m 55.33 800m 2:12.02
Holly Robinson	22	F46	Javelin	Javelin 42.68
William Stedman	17	T36	400m 800m Long Jump	400m 55.69 800m 2:11.68 Long 5.35

Bio

Timetable / Results

Athlete	Event	Round	Date (NZL)	Time (NZL)	Position	Performance	Result

Anna Grimaldi	200m W T47	Heats	15 July	08:30	4th	26.77	q

Holly Robinson	Javelin W F46	Final	16 July	06:57	2nd	42.41m	Silver
Anna Grimaldi	200m W T47	Final	16 July	08:32	DNS

Keegan Pitcher	200m M T36	Heats	16 July	22:10	4th	25.40 PB	q

Jessica Hamill	Shot Put W F34	Final	17 July	22:05	3rd	7.77m	Bronze
Keegan Pitcher	200m M T36	Final	18 July	07:30	7th	25.53	7th

Rory McSweeney	Javelin M F44	Final	19 July	06:03	7th	51.58	7th
William Stedman	Long Jump M T36	Final	19 July	07:20	4th	5.35 = NZ Rec	4th

Keegan Pitcher	400m M T36	Final	22 July	07:03	3rd	55.23 NZ Rec	Bronze
William Stedman	400m M T36	Final	22 July	07:03	6th	56.88	6th

Anna Grimaldi	Long Jump W T47	Final	23 July	21:42	4th	5.21	4th
Keegan Pitcher	800m M T36	Final	24 July	05:35	3rd	2:13.49	Bronze
William Stedman	800m M T36	Final	24 July	05:35	2nd	2:11.86	Silver

Livestream

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed that it will live stream this summer’s World Para Athletics Championships London 2017.
The event is scheduled to take place between 14th and 23rd July, and all ten days of competition will be shown on the official World Para Athletics website.
Additionally, the IPC will provide daily highlights and clips of all races and events via the same platform.

Livestream details here

Links

2017 World Para Athletics Championships

Para-Athletics Cheat Sheet

New Zealand Para-Athletics Records

IPC World Rankings

Paralympics New Zealand

International Paralympic Committee

Classification Guide

Support Staff

Team Leader	Raylene Bates
Operations Manager	Brett Watton
Media Liaison	Brett Watton
Coaches	Raylene Bates
	Brent Ward
Physiotherapist	Jarrod Scott

Contacts

Team Leader	Raylene Bates
Email	021 895 400
Media Liason	Brett Watton
Email	021 226 6085
Selection Convenor	Graham Seatter
Email	021 279 3000