Kristy Pond

Kristy Pond (born 25 July 1996) is an Australian athletics competitor.

[4] Cerebral Palsy Sport and Recreation Association, an organisation she belongs to, nominated her for the award.

[5] She has an athletics scholarship with the New South Wales Institute of Sport,[6] and is coached by her mother, Jenny Pond, and Paralympian Louise Sauvage.

[1] At the 2008 Pacific School Games, she set four Australian records while earning five gold medals.

[1] At the 2011 Arafura Games, she finished first in the Women' Javelin Throw Wheel Chair event with a distance of 7.89 metres.

[5] In January 2012, she participated in the Australia Day Series in Canberra,[9] where she finished third with a time of 38.43 in the junior race.

Pond at the 2012 London Paralympics
Pond at the 2012 London Paralympics