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Australian Paralympian Janet Shaw dies aged 46
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December 4, 2012
Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Australian_Paralympian_Janet_Shaw_dies_aged_46



Western Australian Paralympic bronze medalist Janet Shaw has died
following a long battle with cancer.  She was 46 years old.

A vision impaired cyclist, she and pilot Kelly Mc Combie earned a pair
of bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the individual
pursuit and road race/time trial events.  She also won four medals at
the 2002 IPC Cycling World Championships. Beyond cycling, Shaw worked as
a motivational speaker and author, having written two memoirs, ''Beyond
the Red Door'' and a follow up called ''Bit of a Super Hero: Choosing
the Challenge – My Journey with Cancer.''

Australian national team coach said of Shaw, "I was privileged to be a
National Coach with the Australian Paralympic Team for Athens and have a
role with Janet and Kelly leading into those Games. They dedicated
themselves so solidly together, and came away medaling in two events....
Janet said losing her eyesight was the best thing that ever happened to
her because it eventually led her to where she was standing, waiting to
achieve glory in Athens. That quote has stayed with me ever since. She
was an amazingly strong person who actually saw more than us."

This is the second recent death of an Australian Paralympian. In late
November, another Australian Paralympian, Peter Marsh of Queensland,
died at the age of 64.  He competed at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, 1980
Summer Paralympics and 1984 Summer Paralympics.  Prior to his death, he
was active in a project to document the history of the Paralympic
movement in Australia on Wikipedia.

== Sources == 

* http://www.paralympic.org.au/news/vale-paralympian-janet-shaw
* http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/news/346-vale-peter-marsh