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Waiuku College para-athlete Charli Gardiner-Hall has had a very successful time competing in the Australian Track and Field Championships in Perth recently.
Charli competed in the U20 women’s sections for para shot put, para discus, and para javelin and also moved up a grade to compete in the three senior open women’s para events.
Kylie Hall said Charli had an amazing week wearing the black singlet.
The 17-year-old won gold in the U20 Para Women Discus, beating out the Australians with a fantastic new personal best of 25.62m while also breaking both the New Zealand U18 and U19 Para F37 Discus records.
She also took gold in the U20 Para Women Shot Put, taking home silver while competing up a grade in the Senior Para Women Javelin.
Charli was born with an extremely rare congenital brain condition called Sturge-Weber Type 3.
There are extra blood vessels and calcification on the left-hand side of her brain, which take up space where the brain should evolve.
This affects Charli’s motor skills and balance and causes weakness down her right side, which means she can’t power up like most people, Kylie said.
- Charli was also awarded the trophy for Outstanding Club Athlete by the Waiuku
Athletics Club on April 7.
