Ilse Hayes

Ilse Hayes

Personal information
Nationality	South African
Born	(1985-08-30) 30 August 1985 (age 31) Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	163 cm (64 in)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Disability	congenital
Disability class	T13
Event(s)	sprint, long jump
Club	Maties ParaSport Club
Coached by	Suzanne Ferreira
Medal record Women's paralympic athletics Representing  South Africa Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Long jump F13 2012 London Long jump F13 2008 Beijing 100 m T13 2012 London 100 m T13 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m T13 2016 Rio de Janeiro 400 m T13 2004 Athens 400 m T13 IPC World Championships 2002 Lille 400 m T13 2011 Christchurch 100 m T13 2011 Christchurch Long jump T13 2013 Lyon Long jump T13 2015 Doha 100 m T13 2015 Doha 200 m T13 2013 Lyon 100 m T13 2002 Lille 100 m T13 2006 Assen 200 m T13 2006 Assen 400 m T13 2011 Christchurch 200 m T13

Ilse Hayes (born 30 August 1985), also known as Ilse Carstens, is a Paralympian athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category T13 sprint events. Hayes has competed for her country at four Summer Paralympics beginning with the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. She has won medals at each of the four games including two gold medals, both in the long jump, at Beijing (2008) and London (2012). As well as her Paralympic success Hayes is a multiple medal winner at World Championship level.

Hayes was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1985. At the age of eleven she was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, an inherited form of juvenile macular degeneration, which causes progressive loss of vision. She was educated at the University of Stellenbosch, where she studied sports science and pediatrics. She is married to Cassie Carstens and they reside in Stellenbosch.

Hayes broke onto the international sporting stage when she entered the 2002 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lille, France. She entered three events in the T13 category, winning gold in the 400 metres sprint and a bronze in the 100 metres. She also entered the long jump, but her best distance of 4.93 saw her fall just outside the medal positions in fourth. This led her to the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens where she took her first Paralympic medal, a bronze in the women's 400 metres T13 event. She also finished fifth in the women's 100 metres T13 event.

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