Paralympics athlete Isis Holt was born with a disability, cerebral palsy. Here is everything you need to know about the athlete and her disability.
Isis Holt is a Paralympics Athlete, who won two silver medals and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Holt started her athletic career in 2014. In 2015 she won gold medals at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in two events.
Similarly, she competed at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix and at the 2016 Australian Athletics Championships. Moreover, she won gold medals in the Women’s 100m T35 and Women’s 200m T35 at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships.
In addition to it, Isis also participated at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, where she won the gold medal in the Women’s 100m T35.
Paralympics: Isis Holt Disability
Talking about her disability, Isis Holt was born with cerebral palsy, which affects a person’s ability to move and maintain posture and balance. Moreover, cerebral palsy has affected both sides of her body.
Despite her disability, she proved herself by winning the silver medal in the Women’s 100m T35. She believes that her ability is bigger than her disability.
Isis Holt Age
Isis Holt’s actual age is 20 years old. She was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory in 2001. Likewise, she celebrates her birthday on 3 July every year.
Holt completed her education at Brunswick Secondary College. When she was 14 years old her interest in athletics increased and started her career as an athlete. As of now, she is one of the renowned Paralympic athletes in Australia.
Isis Holt Parents, Family
Isis Holt seems to have a very supportive family, who helped Isis to make her career decision. However, she has not disclosed most of the details of her parents and other members of the family.
Once again, she has made her parents feel proud, winning a silver medal in the Women’s 100m T35 with a personal best time of 13.13.
Isis Holt Instagram
Isis Holt has registered her Instagram account under the username @issi_holt.
Holt has over 7.1k followers in her verified IG account. Till now she has shared over two hundred posts among her followers.
Besides that, she is also present on Twitter under the username @isis_holtT35. She has over six hundred followers on her Twitter account as of now.