Louise Sauvage

Louise Sauvage
OAM
Sauvage in 1996
Personal information
Full nameAlix Louise Sauvage
NationalityAustralian
Born (1973-09-18) 18 September 1973
Medal record
Women's wheelchair racing
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
Olympic Games (demonstration sport)
1st 1996 Atlanta 800 m
1st 2000 Sydney 800 m
3rd 2004 Athens 800 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 leading coach.

Sauvage is often regarded as the most renowned disabled sportswoman in Australia. She won nine gold and four silver medals at four Paralympic Games and eleven gold and two silver medals at three IPC Athletics World Championships. She has won four Boston Marathons, and held world records in the 1500 m, 5000 m and 4x100 m and 4x400 m relays. She was Australian Female Athlete of the Year in 1999, and International Female Wheelchair Athlete of the Year in 1999 and 2000. In 2002, her autobiography Louise Sauvage: My Story was published.