Rosemary Little

Rosemary Little

2016 Australian Paralympic Team portrait of Little
Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1982-08-27) 27 August 1982 (age 34) Mackay, Queensland
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games 2012 London Women's 100m T34 IPC Athletics World Championships 2013 Lyon Women's 200m T34 2013 Lyon Women's 100m T34

Rosemary Little (born 27 August 1982) is an Australian Paralympic athlete. She won a bronze medal in wheelchair racing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, and has also competed in handcycling. She represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in athletics.

Little was born on 27 August 1982 in Mackay, Queensland, and is from West Pennant Hills, New South Wales. She has a brain injury as a result of a brain virus. As of 2012^[update], she is a student, enrolled at the University of Sydney in a program for occupational therapy while simultaneously enrolled at Macquarie University, where she is working on a degree in e-business.

Little has represented Australia in hand-cycling.

Little is a T34 wheelchair racing competitor. She started competing in athletics in 2003. Originally classified T33, she tried to qualify for the 2004 Summer Paralympics but missed the qualifying time by 0.02 seconds. One of her pre-race rituals is to eat a banana and drink a Red Bull. In 2011, she trained six days a week at Parramatta Park.

Little competed in the 2011 City2Surf, where she collided with another competitor and damaged her racing wheelchair. This put her 2012 Paralympic campaign at risk as she had to acquire the funds, around A$8,000, to get her wheelchair replaced before she could compete again. Following a newspaper appeal, she found the funds to replace her chair. She first represented Australia in 2012. In 2012, she competed in Australia's Summer Down Under wheelchair circuit. She competed in the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships, setting an unofficial record in the 100 metre event with a time of 20.60 seconds. In July 2012, she competed at the United States Paralympic track and field trials, finishing second in the 100 metre event and third in the 200 metre event. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics.