Charmaine Cree

Charmaine Cree

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	1952
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games 1980 Arnhem Women's High Jump C 1980 Arnhem Women's Long Jump C 1980 Arnhem Women's 100 m C 1980 Arnhem Women's Discus C 1980 Arnhem Women's Javelin C

Charmaine Cree (born 1952)^[1] is an Australian athlete who won five medals at the 1980 Arnhem Paralympics

In 1976, when she was 24, Cree had her left leg amputated below the knee due to bone cancer.^[2][3] She has two sons, who were aged seven and nine in 1979. They nicknamed her "The only bionic Mum in Sydney"; they also trained in athletics with her.^[3]

A year after her operation, Cree won five medals at the Australian Amputee Sporting Association's New South Wales competition.^[3] She then won two gold medals at the 1977 FESPIC Games, and won six gold medals in the Australian Amputee Sporting Association's Queensland championships in 1979.^[3] At the 1980 Arnhem Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's High Jump C event, a silver medal in the Women's Long Jump C event, and three bronze medals in the Women's 100 m C, Women's Discus C, and Women's Javelin C events.^[4]

In 1980, Cree was named the New South Wales Sportswoman of the Year.^[2] She received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000.^[5]

• Charmaine Cree – Athletics Australia Results