Madison de Rozario

Madison de Rozario, OAM (born 24 November 1993) is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair racer who specialises in middle and long-distance events.

She competed at the 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Paralympics, winning two gold, four silver and two bronze medals.

[1] At the age of four, she developed transverse myelitis, a neurological disease which inflames the spinal cord and which resulted in her wheelchair use.

[4] At the age of 14, de Rozario competed at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and won a silver medal in the Women's 4x100 m T53/54 event as part of the Australian team.

[7] At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, in Lyon, France, de Rozario won a bronze medal in the Women's 800 m T53.

[15] On 22 April 2018, de Rozario made a dramatic last dash sprint and won the 2018 London Marathon women's wheelchair title in a time of 1:42.58.

De Rozario won the 2021 New York City Marathon women's wheelchair race, defeating past champions Tatyana McFadden and Manuela Schär.

Madison de Rozario competing at the 2011 World Championships warm-up meet in Sydney in January 2011
De Rozario at the 2012 London Paralympics
De Rozario at the 2012 London Paralympics
De Rozario with the gold medal she won in the women's T53 800m at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics