Debbie Willows

Debbie Willows
Personal information
Full nameDeborah Willows
Nickname
Debbie
Born (1961-03-29) 29 March 1961 (age 65)
London, Ontario, Canada
Other interestsWrote a novel about her journey with Cerebral Paisley in 2013 titled, "Living Beyond My Circumstances: The Deborah Willows Story"≥÷
Sport
Country Canada
SportWheelchair Soccer, Swimming, Slalom & Boccia
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Gold medal Paralympic Athlete and broke a world record in 50m Backstroke
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Paralympic Games
Women's para athletics
Silver medal – second place 1984 New York /
Stoke Mandeville		 Precision throw C1
Bronze medal – third place 1984 New York /
Stoke Mandeville		 Distance throw C1
Women's boccia
Bronze medal – third place 1984 New York /
Stoke Mandeville		 Individual C1
Women's para swimming
Gold medal – first place 1984 New York /
Stoke Mandeville		 25 m Freestyle with Aids C1

Deborah Willows (born 29 March 1961)[1] is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category C1 events.

Career

Willows competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics in athletics, boccia and swimming. Her best result came in swimming, winning a gold medal in the Women's 25 m Freestyle with Aids C1. Her other medals came when she won bronze in the women's C1 boccia, and in distance and precision throwing events, she won bronze and silver respectively. Willows also competed in the 1988 Summer Paralympics.

Awards and honours

Willows was inducted into the Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]

References

  1. ^ Debbie Willows paralympic.ca Retrieved on 4 January 2017
  2. ^ "Debbie Willows". CCPSA. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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