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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox sportsperson Anna Grimaldi Шаблон:Post-nominals (born 12 February 1997) is a New Zealand para-athlete, primarily competing in the long jump and sprint events. She has won two gold medals at Paralympics in the women's long jump: at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, and at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.[1][2]

Personal life

Grimaldi was born in Dunedin to Tony and Di Grimaldi, and has one sister, Abby.[3] She was born with a withered right forearm and no functional right hand.[4][5] She attended Bayfield High School in Dunedin; she played netball and basketball for the school and in her final year was a sports prefect.[4][6] Grimaldi studied quantity surveying at Otago Polytechnic.[7]

Athletics career

Grimaldi started para-athletics after attending a Paralympic talent identification event in October 2013. She initially was reluctant to attend, having had no formal athletics training and fearing she would be "shocking".[4][5] She is classified T47 for track events and long jump, and F46 for field events.[8] She won her first international competition medal, the bronze in the women's long jump T47, at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar. She set a personal best of 5.41 m, while her second-best 5.38 m secured her the bronze medal over Russian Alexandra Moguchaya on countback.[9] Grimaldi also placed fifth in the women's 200 metres T47 final.[10]

Her long jump distance at the 2015 World Championships ranked her in the top five in the long jump T47 during the Paralympics qualifying period, earning her a slot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. She was officially confirmed to represent New Zealand at the Paralympics on 23 May 2016.[11] At the Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the women's long jump T47 with a distance of 5.62 m, breaking her personal best by 21 cm.[1][12] She also placed fourth in the women's 100 metres T47 final,[13] and competed in the 200 metres T47 where she was disqualified in the heat for a lane infringement.[14]

At the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships, Grimaldi ran the 200 m heats before pulling out of the 200 m final and 100 m due to a recurring foot injury in order to concentrate on the long jump. She placed fourth in the long jump, missing the medals by one centimetre.[15]

Returning to New Zealand after the 2017 championships, Grimaldi's foot injury was discovered to be a stress fracture in her left navicular bone. She subsequently missed the entire 2018 season.[15][16]

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, Grimaldi placed second with a distance of 5.50 m, two centimetres behind Kiara Rodriguez of Ecuador.

At the 2021 Otago Athletics Championships Grimaldi set a personal best of 5.91 m, ten centimetres short of the T47 world record and placing her second in the overall (able-bodied and para) annual national rankings.[17] At the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics, Grimaldi won the gold medal in the women's long jump T47 with a distance of 5.76 m, setting a new Paralympic Games record.[18]

Awards

Grimaldi was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2017 New Year Honours, for her services to athletics.[19]

Statistics

Personal bests

Event Result (wind) Date Location Notes
Long jump (T47) 5.91 (+1.8 m/s) 14 February 2021 Dunedin, New Zealand Шаблон:Abbr[20]
100 m (T47) 12.79 (+1.0 m/s) 6 April 2019 Sydney, Australia Шаблон:Abbr[20]
200 m (T47) 26.73 (+0.8 m/s) 27 October 2015 Doha, Qatar Шаблон:Abbr[20]
400 m (T47) 1:04.26 8 February 2015 Hamilton, New Zealand Шаблон:Abbr[20]

Long jump seasonal bests

Year Performance Competition Location Date World
ranking
2014 5.00 m Weekly meeting Dunedin, New Zealand 20 December
2015 5.41 m IPC Athletics World Championships Doha, Qatar 23 October
2016 5.62 m Summer Paralympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 8 September
2017 5.58 m New Zealand Championships Hamilton, New Zealand 18 March
2018
2019 5.50 m World Para Athletics Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates 9 November
2020 5.72 m Twilight meeting Dunedin, New Zealand 22 October
5.77 m (Шаблон:AthAbbr) Interclub meeting Dunedin, New Zealand 31 October
2021 5.91 m Otago Championships Dunedin, New Zealand 14 February

Source: Athletics New Zealand Records and Rankings[21]

References

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External links

Шаблон:2016 New Zealand Paralympic team Шаблон:2020 New Zealand Paralympic team Шаблон:Authority control