Sandra James

Sandra James is a Zimbabwean former athlete who won eleven medals across four different sports at the Paralympic Games. She first competed for Rhodesia at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, entering athletics and swimming in the 1A category, where she won gold in the javelin and in the freestyle, a race in which she was the only competitor and still set a world record, along with medals in the discus, shot put and breaststroke. Rhodesia did not take part in the Paralympics again, and she returned for Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Paralympics, competing in athletics, swimming, lawn bowls and table tennis. There she took silver in the discus, shot put, club throw and breaststroke, and silver in the lawn bowls pairs with her teammate Eileen Robertson.