Louise Sauvage

Quick Facts

Full Name	Louise Sauvage
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Sep 18, 1973(1973-09-18)
Age	51
Birthplace	Sydney
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Virgo

Louise Sauvage Biography

Louise Sauvage is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on September 18, 1973 in Sydney, Australia. Alix Louise Sauvage OAM, born 18 September 1973, is an Australian paralympic wheelchair racer. She is also a leading coach.

Sauvage won every IAAF wheelchair demo event at the IAAF World Athletics Championships from 1993 to 2001. She also won the demonstration races for wheelchair racing in 800 meters at the Olympic Games. Athletes are not required to stay in their lane after turning one. Sauvage and other athletes are required to wear helmets while racing. Sauvage won the Olympic demonstration race in 2000 and was expected to win Paralympic gold. Canadian Chantal Petitclerc defeated her. The Australian delegation appealed against the outcome, claiming that the race was unfair because Patrice Dockery from Ireland was disqualified for leaving her lanes too early. Dockery was too far behind front runners to affect the results, so the appeal was denied. The protest is crucial to Paralympic Games research by sport academics, as it shows how passionate athletes are to win and the lengths that they will go to get gold. It was also a reminder that there were rivalries within the sport. Petitclerc stated that she dreams more about Louise than her boyfriend when it comes to their rivalry with Sauvage. Petitclerc defeated Sauvage at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The 800 meter event was the first full medal event at these games. Petitclerc lost only to Sauvage for the second time.

Sauvage was the Australian Paralympian of the Year in 1994, 1996, 1997 and

1998. She was also the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Athlete of the year in 1997 and in 2001 inducted into the AIS ‘Best of the Best’. In 1998, she was a winner of the Australian of the Year Awards in the ABIGGRIUOP National Sports Award category. In 2000, Sauvage was named the Female Athlete of the Year in the Sport Australia Awards. In 2000, she was named the “World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability” at the first Laureus Sports Awards held in Monte Carlo. In 1999 and 2000, she was named the International Female Athlete of the Year. She received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000.

Savauge competed at three IPC Athletics World Championships. At the 1994 Championships in Berlin, Germany, she won four gold medals in T53 events – 800 m, 1500 m, 5000 m and Marathon. At the 1998 Championships in Birmingham, England, she won six gold medals in 800 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, Marathon – T55 events, 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m (T54-55). At her final Championships in 2002 at Lille, France, she won gold medal in 800 m T54 and silver medals in 1500 m and 5000 m T54.

Sauvage had previously held Australian records in the 100 m (200 m), 800 m (1500 m) and marathon in women’s wheelchair racing events before the 1992 Summer Paralympics. The Australian Paralympic Federation marketed Sauvage as Australia’s best female wheelchair racer. He won gold medals at the Barcelona Paralympic Games in the 100m, 200m, 400m, and 400m events. He also took home a silver medal in the 800m TW4 events. He was sixth in Marathon TW3-4. She was presented with a Medal of the Order of Australia in recognition of her athletic achievements. Because of funding problems for the Australian Paralympic Federation, Sauvage was at risk of not being able to attend the 1992 Paralympics. To cover the costs of transporting the Australian team from Australia to Barcelona, the Federation launched an emergency appeal to the public for financial support. Funding was provided by a number of small donations, which allowed Sauvage and other Australian athletes the opportunity to compete.

Louise Sauvage Net Worth

Louise Sauvage is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Louise Sauvage 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sauvage was born in the Seychelles to a mother from Leicestershire. She has a severe congenital spinal condition called Myelomeningocele. This inhibits the function and control of the lower body and leaves the legs vulnerable. She was Perth’s Telethon child in 1976 as part of a Channel 7 fund-raiser to support children with disabilities. To help her walk, she used calipers until she was able to get her first wheelchair. She had 21 operations due to her myelomeningocele by the age of ten. Sauvage was scoliosis-prone as a preteen. She had to have surgery using steel rods to correct her spine curvature. She still has a curve at 49 degrees, even though the operation was only partial. She has not had any other surgery to correct the curve in her spine.

In 1990, Sauvage participated in her first international competition. She won gold in 100 m, setting a new record. She was also victorious in the 200 m race, but she was disqualified because she moved out of her lane. Sauvage also won gold at the Stoke Mandeville Games, England, in the 100m, 200m, 400m and two relays.

1993 was Sauvage’s first year on the international wheelchair racing circuit, competing in the US and Europe. It was also the year that she got her first kneeling wheelchair. The pinnacle being the world-famous Boston Marathon where she recorded her first victory, in the women’s wheelchair division, in 1997, breaking the stranglehold of the ‘Queen of Boston’, US racer Jean Driscoll. Sauvage went on to win a further three Boston titles in 1998, 1999 and 2001. She has won the Los Angeles Marathon, Honolulu Marathon and Berlin Marathon. Sauvage won the prestigious Oz Day 10K Wheelchair Road Race ten times – 1993–1999 and 2001–2003.

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After her retirement from competition, she became involved in coaching young wheelchair athletes, establishing a foundation to help support children with disabilities in 2001. In 2004, Sauvage started coaching other wheelchair athletes. The first athlete that she coached was Angie Ballard. Sauvage’s coaching helped Ballard win gold 400 m and silver in the 100 m, 200 m, 800 m and 1500 m at the Summer Down Under Series in 2005.

Facts & Trivia

Louise Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Louise Sauvage celebrates birthday on September 18 of every year.

Sauvage and Paul Nunnar lobbied Virgin Blue during 2006 to drop a requirement that people in wheelchairs be accompanied by a carer if they wish to ride on a Virgin Blue aircraft. Previously, both athletes had tried to lobby Qantas to lift a limit of only two electric wheelchairs on domestic flights flying on Boeing 737s. The pair were ineffective because the change would have required a change in law, not in airline policy. Sauvage and Nunnar did receive an invitation to help train Qantas staff and help make staff more aware of the needs of the disabled.

What is Louise Sauvage disability?

Born with a severe spinal disability, as a result of a condition called myelodysplasia , Sauvage had over 20 operations before the age of ten.

What does Louise Sauvage do now?

After her retirement from competition, she became involved in coaching young wheelchair athletes , establishing a foundation to help support children with disabilities in 2001. In 2004, Sauvage started coaching other wheelchair athletes. The first athlete that she coached was Angie Ballard.

Is Louise Sauvage retired?

She finished her Paralympic career with silver medals in the 400 and 800 metres. After retiring from competition Sauvage became involved in coaching wheelchair athletes.

What is Madison De Rozario disability?

Madison de Rozario was a typical, happy four-year-old before she went into hospital with inflammation of the spinal cord. She left in a wheelchair, having developed transverse myelitis , a rare neurological condition, that suddenly saw her declared a paraplegic.

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