Lakeisha Patterson
- January 4, 2024
- Swimmer
Quick Facts
Lakeisha Patterson Biography
| Name | Lakeisha Patterson |
| Birthday | Jan 5 |
| Birth Year | 1999 |
| Place Of Birth | Wodonga |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Lakeisha Patterson is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on January 5, 1999 in Wodonga, Australia. Patterson was born on 5 January 1999 in Wodonga, Victoria. She has early onset Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy and cerebral palsy left hemiplegia. She lives on Bribie Island, Queensland.
In reflection on competing at Rio 2016, Patterson says “If someone told me one year ago that this is where I’d be I would have said, ‘no, this is a joke.'” But after winning her first gold medal against Jessica Long, she states “I knew I had to attack and go out hard and keep fighting for it, and I knew she was right behind me, so I just had to keep going forward.”
At the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships in London, she won the gold medal in the Women’s 400 m Freestyle S9.
In 2015, she was coached by Jan Cameron at the University of the Sunshine Coast Paralympic Training Centre. In early 2016, she joined the Lawnton Swim Club to train under coach Harley Connolly. In 2016, she is a Queensland Academy of Sport scholarship holder.
Lakeisha Patterson Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Swimmer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Lakeisha Patterson is one of the richest Swimmer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lakeisha Patterson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Lakeisha Dawn Patterson, OAM (born 5 January 1999) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer. She won medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won Australia’s first gold medal of the games in a world record time swim in the Women’s 400m freestyle S8.
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, she won the bronze medal in the Women’s 100 m Freestyle S8. Competing at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, she won a gold medal in the Women’s 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points, silver medals in the Women’s 50 m Freestyle S8 and Women’s 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points and bronze medals in the Women’s 100 m Freestyle S8 and Women’s 400 m Freestyle S8. She finished fifth in the Women’s 100m Backstroke S8.
In April 2016, she was selected as part of the national team for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. She won Australia’s first gold medal of the Rio Paralympics in winning the Women’s 400m Freestyle S8, she set a new World record, Paralympic record, and Oceania record of 4:40:33, slicing 0.11 seconds of the previous world record time set by her long-time idol, American Jessica Long, who came in second. She was a member of the team that won the gold medal in the Women’s 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points. Three silver medals were won in the Women’s 50 m and 100m Freestyle S8 behind Maddison Elliott and the Women’s 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points.
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Facts & Trivia
Lakeisha Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Lakeisha Patterson celebrates birthday on January 5 of every year.
What disability does Lucky Patterson have?
Lucky, who competes as an athlete with cerebral palsy after a stroke at birth, but also has epilepsy and micrographia , was first introduced to Paralympic sport at a Paralympics Australia Talent Search Day in 2012.
Where does Lakeisha Patterson live?
In 2020, she is undertaking a Bachelor of Communication (majoring in Digital Media) at University of Queensland. She lives at Caboolture, Queensland.
What is wrong with Lakeisha Patterson?
Diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy left hemiplegia, Epilepsy and Micrographia , Patterson started swimming at the age of five as part of her rehabilitation. After falling in love with water and discovering para-swimming, she started competing nationally at 13.
Who is Lakeisha Patterson coach?
She joined the Lawnton Swim Club to train under coach Harley Connolly who was willing to invest in her and help her improve and achieve her goals, just nine weeks before the Australian Trials for the Paralympic Games.