At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Powell won the silver medal in the 3 km Women's Individual Pursuit C4.

[1][2][3] In 2007, she had a spinal cord injury, which caused weakness in her right leg, due to a field hockey accident.

[1] As of 2012[update], she lives in the Australian Capital Territory where she is a Research Fellow at the University of Canberra specialising in riverine and wetland ecology and hydrology.

[1][2] She is a member of the Vikings Cycling Club ACT, and is coached by Sian Mulholland[1] and Glenn Doney.

[11][12] The following year she finished second to Shawn Morelli in the Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C4 at the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy.

[14] At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Powell won the silver medal in the Women's 3 km Individual Pursuit C4.