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June 06, 2022
Ms Holly Robinson-Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours 2022
Waatea Team
Posted On June 6, 2022
To be a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit: ROBINSON, Ms Holly Irene
For services to athletics
Ms Holly Robinson has represented New Zealand in Para-Athletics since 2011.
Ms Robinson attended her first IPC Athletics World Championship in 2011 and was selected to compete in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. She competed in two IPC Athletics World Championships in 2013 and 2015, winning silver and bronze respectively. She was the opening ceremony flag bearer at the 2016 Paralympics Games in Rio, winning silver in the women’s javelin F46 event. She has won a further three silver medals at the 2017 and 2019 World Para Athletics Championships and the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. She won Gold in the women’s javelin F46 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. In 2021, she became the first Para-athlete to win a medal in an open event at the New Zealand Track and Field Championships, winning silver in javelin. She was the Māori Sportsperson with a Disability at the Māori Sports Award Gala in 2017. Ms Robinson was named Otago Athlete of the Year and Otago Para-Athlete of the Year at the Athletics Otago Sports Awards in 2020.
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