Louise Sauvage

Louise Sauvage
OAM

Sauvage in 1996
Personal information
Full name	Alix Louise Sauvage
Born	(1973-09-18) 18 September 1973 Perth, Western Australia
Sport
Country	Australia
Medal record Women's wheelchair racing Representing  Australia Paralympic Games 1992 Barcelona 100 m TW4 1992 Barcelona 200 m TW4 1992 Barcelona 400 m TW4 1996 Atlanta 400 m T53 1996 Atlanta 800 m T53 1996 Atlanta 1500 m T52-53 1996 Atlanta 5000 m T52-53 2000 Sydney 5000 m T54 2000 Sydney 1500 m T54 1992 Barcelona 800 m TW4 2000 Sydney 800 m T54 2004 Athens 400 m T54 2004 Athens 800 m T54 World Para Athletics Championships 1994 Berlin 800 m T53 1994 Berlin 1500 m T53 1994 Berlin 5000 m T53 1994 Berlin Marathon T53 1998 Birmingham 800 m T55 1998 Birmingham 1500 m T55 1998 Birmingham 5000 m T55 1998 Birmingham Marathon T55 1998 Birmingham 4 x 100 m (T54-55) 1998 Birmingham 4 x 400 m (T54-55) 2002 Lille 800 m T54 2002 Lille 1500 m T54 2002 Lille 5000 m T54 World Championships and Games for the Disabled 1990 Assen 100 m Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester 800 m IAAF World Athletics Championships 1993 Women's wheelchair 1995 Women's wheelchair 1997 800 m 2001 Women's wheelchair Boston Marathon 1997 Women's wheelchair 1998 Women's wheelchair 1999 Women's wheelchair 2001 Women's wheelchair Los Angeles Marathon 1997 Women's wheelchair 1995 Women's wheelchair Beppu-Ōita Marathon 1996 Women's wheelchair Berlin Marathon 1997 Women's wheelchair

Alix Louise Sauvage, OAM (born 18 September 1973) is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair racer and coach. She won nine gold medals and four silver medals at the Paralympic Games. Sauvage also won eleven gold medals and two silver medals at the IPC Athletics World Championships. Sauvage has a catamaran named in her honour.^[1]

Sauvage was born on 18 September 1973 in Perth, Western Australia. She was born with a severe spinal condition.^[2] Because of this, Sauvage only has some control over her legs.^[2]

When she was 14 years old, she had surgery on her spine after having scoliosis.^[3]

At the 1992 Summer Paralympics, Sauvage won three gold medals and one silver medal.^[4]

At the 1996 Summer Paralympics, she won four gold medals.^[5]

After retiring from competitions, Sauvage started coaching kids with disabilities.^[6]

In 2001, she made her own foundation to help support kids with disabilities. One of the students that she coached was Angie Ballard.^[7]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Louise Sauvage.

• Louise Sauvage at Australian Athletics Historical Results
• Louise Sauvage at Olympics.com
• Louise Sauvage at Paralympic.org
• Louise Sauvage at Olympedia
• Louise Sauvage at the Australian Olympic Committee