Jennifer Blow
2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Blow
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| Personal information | |
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| Nickname(s) | Awesome |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Born |
10 January 1991 Narraweena, New South Wales |
| Height | 165 cm (65 in) (2012) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Goalball |
| Event(s) | Women's team |
| Team | New South Wales women's goalball team |
Jennifer Blow (born 10 January 1991) is an Australian goalball player and is classified as a B3 competitor. Having only started playing the sport in 2009, she has several goalball scholarships. She plays for the New South Wales women's goalball team in the Australian national championships, where she has won three silver medals. As a member of the national team, she has competed in the 2010 World Championships, 2011 IBSA Goalball World Cup and the 2011 African-Oceania regional Paralympic qualifying competition. She represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in goalball.
Nicknamed "Awesome" by her goalball teammates, Blow was born in Narraweena, New South Wales, on 10 January 1992. She has the visual disability of oculocutaneous albinism, a congenital vision impairment, and is 165 centimetres (65 in). As of 2012[update], Blow is attending the University of Sydney and double majoring in Arts and Education, which would enable her to become an English and drama teacher. In 2009, she was awarded a New South Wales Department of Education and Training Teacher Education Scholarship. In 2011, she earned the NSW Institute of Sport Academic Excellence Award.
Blow is a goalball player, and is classified as a B3 competitor. She started playing the sport in 2009. She has a goalball scholarship with the New South Wales Institute of Sport, and the Sydney University Elite Athlete Program. In 2011/2012, the Australian Sports Commission gave her a A$7,000 grant as part of their Direct Athlete Support (DAS) program. Blow plays for the New South Wales women's goalball team, making her debut in 2009. As a member of the team, she has earned three total silver medals at the national championships, including one in 2010.
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