Sharon Rackham

Sharon Margaret Rackham, OAM^[1] (born 25 July 1974) is an Australian Paralympic athlete.

Sharon Rackham

Rackham at the 1996 Paralympics
Personal information
Full name	Sharon Margaret Rackham
Nationality	Australia
Born	25 July 1974 (1974-07-25) (age 51) Tongatapu, Tonga
Sport
Sport	Para athletics
Disability class	T20
Medal record Women's para athletics Representing  Australia Paralympic Games 1996 Atlanta 200 m T20 2000 Sydney 200 m T20 World Championships 1994 Berlin 200 m T20 1998 Birmingham 200 m T20

Rackham (right) hugs fellow Australian track athlete Lisa Llorens at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Biography

She was born on 25 July 1974 in Tongatapu, Tonga.^[2] She won a gold medal in the T20 200m at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia,^[1] and a silver medal in the 200 m T20 at the 2000 Summer Paralympics.^[3] In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal.^[4]