Kelly Cartwright

Kelly Cartwright

2012 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Cartwright
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 28)
Residence	Geelong
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Athletics
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games 2012 London Women's Long Jump F42/44 2012 London Women's 100 m T42

Kelly Cartwright, OAM (born 22 April 1989) is an Australian athlete. She has won two medals at the London 2012 Paralympics,and represented Australia in the Beijing 2008 Paralympics.

Kelly Anne Cartwright was born on 22 April 1989, and is from Geelong. When she was fifteen, she had a form of cancer called synovial sarcoma. Part of her right leg needed to be amputated due to the cancer because chemotherapy was not an option. She has a prosthetic leg that she started using in high school. Her regular walking leg cost A$62,000 and needed to be charged every night. Before losing her leg, she played netball. She climbed Mt Kilimanjaro in 2009. As of 2012^[update], she works as a receptionist. She is also an Australian Paralympic Committee and Make-A-Wish Foundation ambassador. In 2012, she was named one of Zoo Weekly's sexiest Paralympians.

Cartwright appeared on the fifteenth season of Dancing with the Stars. She has a son (born 4 January 2016) with her partner Ryan.

Cartwright is a T42 classified runner. She is coached by Tim Matthews. In 2008, she had a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport. As of 2012^[update], she has a scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport.