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Louise Sauvage
Alix Louise Sauvage, OAM (born 18 September 1973)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nswis.com.au/Athletes/Featured_Athletes/Louise_Sauvage_OAM.aspx )〕 is an Australian paralympic wheelchair racer.
Sauvage is often regarded as the most renowned disabled sportswoman in Australia. She won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic games in front of a home crowd. At the 2004 Olympic Games, she finished 3rd in the demonstration sport of Women's 1500 m wheelchair. She participated in the 2004 Summer Paralympics, where she took silver in both the 400 metre and 800 metre races. She has won four Boston Marathons, and holds world records in the 1500 m, 5000 m and 4x100 m and 4x400 m relays. She was Australian Female Athlete of the Year in 1999, and International Female Wheelchair Athlete of the Year in 1999 and 2000.
==Early life==
Sauvage, whose father is from the Seychelles and mother is from Leicestershire, was born with a severe congenital spinal condition called myelomeningocele, which inhibits the function of the lower half of the body, giving limited control over the legs. In 1976 she was Perth's ''Telethon Child'' as part of a Channel 7 fund-raiser for children with disabilities.〔(Biography ) at She's Game, Women making Australian sporting history〕 She used calipers to help walk until she received her first wheelchair.〔Hutchinson, G. (2002). ''The best Australian sports writing, 2002.'' Melbourne, Vic: Black Inc. p.64.〕 Her myelomeningocele required her to have 21 surgical operations by the time she was ten years old.〔 As a preteen, Sauvage suffered scoliosis,〔Hutchinson, G. (2002). ''The best Australian sports writing, 2002.'' Melbourne, Vic: Black Inc. p.65.〕 and at 14, she had surgery to fix a curvature in her spine,〔〔 using steel rods.〔 The operation was only partially successful, and as an adult, she still has a curve of roughly 49 degrees.〔 She has not had any subsequent surgery to fix the curve in her spine.〔
Sauvage was born in Perth, Western Australia and grew up in Joondanna, Western Australia, where she attended Hollywood Senior High School before leaving to complete a TAFE course in office and secretarial studies.〔 Her parents encouraged her to participate in sport from a very young age.〔 She started swimming when she was three years old, with her parents enrolling her in swimming classes to help her build upper body strength.〔Julie, Robotham. "Sauvage savours her Magic moment." ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 21 February 2011: 5.〕 Sauvage started to compete in wheelchair sport at the age of eight. Before that time, she had attempted to play school sport with her class mates but her disability made it difficult.〔 She took up competitive wheelchair racing when she was 15.〔 Sauvage also tried wheelchair basketball as a youngster.〔
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