Christie Dawes

Christie Dawes, born Christie Skelton on 3 May 1980, is an Australian wheelchair racer who competes in the T54 class at Paralympic level. She became a paraplegic after a car accident at the age of ten, and went on to compete at seven Paralympic Games between 1996 and 2021, winning three Paralympic medals in athletics. Her career began with the Young Paralympian of the Year award at Atlanta in 1996, and she later raced the 800 m, 1500 m, 5000 m and marathon at the Athens, Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo Games. Her medals include a silver in the 4x100 m relay at Beijing in 2008, a bronze in the 5000 m at London in 2012 and a relay silver reinstated on appeal at Rio in 2016. She also raced at the Commonwealth Games, finished third in the 2008 New York City Marathon and won a silver in the Chicago Marathon. A primary school teacher married to her coach Andrew Dawes, she announced the Cape Town Marathon in 2026 as her last professional race.