# Lisa Llorens > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lisa_Llorens > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lisa_Llorens.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Llorens > Source revision: 1338212385 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Australian Paralympic athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name=Lisa Llorens |image=251000 - Athletics Lisa Llorens portrait - 3b - 2000 Sydney portrait photo.jpg |imagesize= |caption=Portrait of Llorens at the 2000 Summer Paralympics |fullname= |nicknames= |nationality= |club= |collegeteam= |birth_date= |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |height= |weight= |medaltemplates= {{MedalSport|[Athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))}} {{MedalCompetition|[Paralympic Games](/source/Paralympic_Games)}} {{MedalGold|[1996 Atlanta](/source/1996_Summer_Paralympics)|Women's Long Jump MH}} {{MedalGold|[2000 Sydney](/source/2000_Summer_Paralympics)|Women's 200m T20}} {{MedalGold|[2000 Sydney](/source/2000_Summer_Paralympics)|Women's High Jump F20}} {{MedalGold|[2000 Sydney](/source/2000_Summer_Paralympics)|Women's Long Jump F20}} {{MedalSilver|[2000 Sydney](/source/2000_Summer_Paralympics)|Women's 100m T20}} {{MedalBronze|[1996 Atlanta](/source/1996_Summer_Paralympics)|Women's 200m MH}} {{MedalCompetition|[IPC Athletics World Championships](/source/IPC_Athletics_World_Championships)}} {{MedalGold|1998 Birmingham|Women's 100m T20}} {{MedalGold|1998 Birmingham|Women's Long Jump F20}} {{MedalGold|1998 Birmingham|Women's High Jump F20}} {{MedalGold|2002 Lille|Women's Long Jump F20}} {{MedalSilver|1994 Berlin|Women's 200m T20}} {{MedalSilver|1994 Berlin|Women's Long Jump T20}} {{MedalSilver|2002 Lille|Women's 100m T20}} }} thumb|left|Llorens on the podium with her gold medal won in the 200 m T20 race at the 2000 Summer Paralympics thumb|left|Llorens on the starting blocks during race competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics left|thumb|Australian athletics coaches Brett Jones (left) and Chris Nunn congratulate athletes Lisa Llorens (left, bronze medallist) and Sharon Rackham (gold medallist) after the T20 200m at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games '''Lisa Christina Llorens''', [OAM](/source/Order_of_Australia){{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887598|title=Llorens, Lisa Christina|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=12 January 2012|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128154149/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887598|url-status=live}}(born 17 January 1978){{cite book|title=Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games Sydney|year=2000|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee|location=Sydney|pages=30}} is an Australian [Paralympic athlete](/source/Paralympic_athletics). She was born in [Canberra](/source/Canberra). She specialises in [Paralympic](/source/Paralympic) high jumping, long jumping, and sprinting, participating in competitions for athletes with [autism](/source/autism).{{cite news |last=Flanagan |first=Martin |date=2013-05-11 |title=Making a difference |url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/making-a-difference-20130510-2jdfb.html |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney, Australia |access-date=2016-09-18 }} Llorens is known as "The Cheetah" because she has a great affinity with cheetahs. She commented "I feel like I have a connection with the cheetahs, because I'm quite shy, like a cat, and I run so fast." An educational documentary was made about her called ''Lisa Llorens: A Cheetah on the Track''.{{cite book|last=Barrett|first=Neil|title=Lisa Llorens : cheetah on the track|year=2001|publisher=Video Education Australasia|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34902823|format=Video}} From 1998 to 2002, she held an athletics scholarship from the [Australian Institute of Sport](/source/Australian_Institute_of_Sport) for Athletes with a Disability.{{cite book|title=Excellence : the Australian Institute of Sport|year=2002|publisher=Australian Sports Commission|location=Canberra|isbn=1-74013-060-X|pages=122}} Llorens competed at the [1996 Summer Paralympics](/source/1996_Summer_Paralympics) in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta), winning gold and bronze medals in track and field events.[http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/1996/week08/2084.htm Legislative Assembly for the ACT], Hansard, 25 June 1996 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401210655/http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/1996/week08/2084.htm |date=1 April 2011 }}[http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/1996/week10/3064.htm Legislative Assembly for the ACT], Hansard, 4 September 1996 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110329195114/http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/1996/week10/3064.htm |date=29 March 2011 }} She received a [Medal of the Order of Australia](/source/Order_of_Australia) for her 1996 gold medal. She also represented Australia at the [2000 Summer Paralympics](/source/2000_Summer_Paralympics) in [Sydney](/source/Sydney), and won three gold medals in the 200 metre sprint, the high jump, and the long jump, and a silver medal in the 100 metre sprint.[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/athletics/achievements "Athletics - Achievements"], [Australian Institute of Sport](/source/Australian_Institute_of_Sport) {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120724173441/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/athletics/achievements |date=24 July 2012 }} She broke the Paralympic world record three times during her four long jumps.[https://archive.today/20120905022037/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/paralympics/news/2000/10/26/daag/ "Athlete of the hour"], CNN, 27 October 2000 Llorens also competed at the [IPC Athletics World Championships](/source/IPC_Athletics_World_Championships) in 1994, winning silver in both the long jump and the 200m; and in 1998, won gold in the 100m, high jump, and long jump .[http://www.dsa.org.au/life_site/text/sport/index.html "Sport"], Disability Services Australia Ltd {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207212725/http://www.dsa.org.au/life_site/text/sport/index.html |date=7 February 2011 }} She took part in the [Paralympic World Cup](/source/Paralympic_World_Cup) in 1998, winning gold in the 100 metre sprint, the high jump and the long jump.[http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/athletics/achievements "Athletics - Achievements"], Australian Institute of Sport {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120724173441/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/sports/athletics/achievements |date=24 July 2012 }} In 2004, due to the [International Paralympic Committee](/source/International_Paralympic_Committee)'s decision to [remove events for intellectually disabled athletes](/source/Cheating_at_the_Paralympic_Games) from its official activities, Llorens retired, as she felt that there was nothing left for her to achieve in sport.{{cite news|title=Cheetah starts her final chase|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-20486546_ITM|accessdate=13 February 2012|newspaper=Asia Africa Intelligence Wire|date=28 February 2004}} The Australian Paralympic Committee describes her as "Australia’s most outstanding female athlete with an intellectual disability", along with [Crystal-Lea Adams](/source/Crystal-Lea_Adams).[http://svc033.wic007tv.server-web.com/apc_news_detail.asp?id=129 "2005 INAS-FID World Athletics Championships, Day 1, 26/Sept/2005"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719225116/http://svc033.wic007tv.server-web.com/apc_news_detail.asp?id=129 |date=19 July 2008 }}, Australian Paralympic Committee, 28 September 2005 In 1997, she was awarded the Australian Capital Territory Female Sportstar of the Year,{{cite web|title=Australian Capital Territory Sportstar of the Year Honour Roll |url=http://www.actsport.com.au/index.php?id=36 |work=ACTSPORT Website |accessdate=10 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210000323/http://www.actsport.com.au/index.php?id=36 |archivedate=10 February 2012 }} and Young Canberra Citizen of the Year.{{cite web|title=Past Winners|url=http://www.youthawards.edetails.com.au/past_winners.html|work=Young Canberra Citizen of the Year|accessdate=12 February 2012|archive-date=5 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705203552/http://www.youthawards.edetails.com.au/past_winners.html|url-status=dead}} In November 2015, she was inducted into the ACT Sport Hall of Fame.{{cite news|last1=Gul|first1=Jonathon|title=Nine Canberra athletes added to ACT Sport Hall of Fame|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-23/nine-canberra-athletes-added-to-act-sport-hall-of-fame/6966582|accessdate=30 November 2015|work=ABC News|date=23 November 2015}} In 2016, Llorens was inducted into the [International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability](/source/International_Sports_Federation_for_Persons_with_Intellectual_Disability) (INAS) Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=Three new members inducted to INAS Hall of Fame|url=https://www.paralympic.org/news/three-new-members-inducted-inas-hall-fame|website=International Paralympic Committee website|accessdate=24 April 2017}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category}} right|thumb|Australian T20 athletes Sharon Rackham (centre, gold medal) and Lisa Llorens (right, bronze medal) on the medal dais after the 200m at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games * [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2000/10/24/sophil24.xml "Australian cheetah hunts down rivals"]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''The Daily Telegraph'', 7 November 2000 *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160406060632/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/athletes/athlete6551.htm Athletics Australia Results]}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Llorens, Lisa}} Category:1978 births Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Category:Australian women high jumpers Category:Australian women long jumpers Category:Australian women sprinters Category:Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic track and field athletes Category:Australian autistic people Category:Intellectual disability-category Paralympic competitors Category:Living people Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Category:Paralympic athletes for Australia Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for Australia Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Australia Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Australia Category:Autistic sportspeople Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Category:Sportswomen from the Australian Capital Territory Category:ACT Academy of Sport alumni Category:Competitors in the sport of athletics with intellectual disabilities Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:21st-century Australian women Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lisa Llorens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Llorens) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Llorens?action=history)). 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