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Janet Shaw
Janet Lucy Shaw (7 October 1966 – 3 December 2012) was a visually-impaired Australian tandem cyclist and author. She became visually impaired due to congenital retinoblastoma (eye cancer) and lost her sight completely at the age of 33. She first represented Australia in cycling at the 2002 IPC World Cycling Championships. She broke several world records with her pilot, Kelly McCombie.; they won two bronze medals at the 2004 Athens Paralympics. In 2008, Shaw was re-diagnosed with cancer; she died of the disease in 2012. She wrote two memoirs and several books for children and young adults.
==Personal==
Shaw was born on 7 October 1966 in Perth. She was born with retinoblastoma, a malignant eye cancer, and had one eye removed as a baby and had radiotherapy in the other.〔 She was adopted as a baby along with three other children.〔 Later on in life she discovered that her biological father was media personality Terry Willesee.〔 At the age of eight, she was transferred to a school for the blind.〔 Shaw believed this had a negative impact on her life due to the strict nature of the school.〔 At the age of thirty three, she lost her sight totally. In 2008, she was diagnosed with two cancers in four days, one of which was breast cancer. In 2010, she was told the chemotherapy treatment had failed and no other treatment was available.〔 Shaw then drew up a bucket list which included a being a passenger on a motorbike, kayaking with dolphins in Monkey Mia and visiting Byron Bay retreat with her dog Sabah.〔 On 3 December 2012, she died after a long battle with cancer.〔
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