Danielle Aitchison

[1][2][3] She won a gold medal with a new Oceania record in the women’s 200-metre T36 at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, France in July 2023.

[4][5] Aitchison was born in Morrinsville in 2001 and grew up in Patetonga in the Hauraki District.

Aitchison began competing in para-athletics at age 16 in 2017, at the Halberg Junior Disability Games in Auckland, New Zealand.

[7] In 2019 she represented New Zealand internationally for the first time at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

[7] Competing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in the women's 200 metres T36, Aitchison finished fastest in her heat.