Marayke Jonkers

Marayke Jonkers
Marayke Jonkers

Marayke Jonkers with her silver medal from the SM4 150m individual medley at the 2002 IPC World Swimming Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina
Personal information
Nationality  Australia
Born 13 September 1981
Queensland, Australia
Medal record
Swimming
Paralympic Games
Silver 2008 Beijing 150m individual medley
Bronze 2004 Athens WON
Bronze 2004 Athens WON
IPC World Championships
Silver 2002 WON
Silver 2002 WON

Marayke Jonkers (born 13 September 1981) is a Paralympic medal winning swimmer from Queensland, Australia. She won two bronze medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. She attended the University of the Sunshine Coast. She is involved with disability sport advocacy.

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Personal

Jonkers was born on 13 September 1981 and is from Queensland, Australia. [1] She lives in Sunshine Coast, Queensland.[2] When she was eight months old, she was involved in a car accident that resulted in her becoming a paraplegic.[2] She uses a wheelchair to get around.[3] She attended university, studying Communications and Social Science[4] at the University of the Sunshine Coast where she earned a pair of Bachelors degrees.[3][5] She works as a motivational speaker.[4][5] In 2009, she became a graduate employment consultant for STEPS Disability Qld Inc.[3]

Media career

As part of her university studies, she completed an internship with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation working in with ABC Online and the Stateline television show.[5] She has had stories published in The Sunshine Coast Daily and The Weekender.[5] She answered fashion questions in the April 2008 edition of Link Magazine.[6]

Swimming

Jonkers has broken seventy plus Australian national swimming records in the breastroke, individual medley, freestyle and butterfly.[4][7]She also set a world record for the 100 metres butterfly event. [7] She started her competitive swimming career in 1998.[2] Her training included swimming 576 kilometres (358 mi) a year, and training six days a week.[5] She has participated in swimming competitions in over thirteen countries.[5] She compete in the SB3 classification, which means she has a more severe physical disability than those in classifications of 4 to 6.[8] She has also swum in the S4 class.[9] She represents the Maroochydore Swimming Club at national competitions.[10]

Jonkers competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics. This was her first time representing Australia at the Paralympics.[7] At the 2002 International Paralympic Committee World Championships, she won two swimming silver medals.[7] At the 2004 Summer Paralympics, Jonkers won two swimming bronze medals.[7] She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, where she was one of Australia's oldest competitors.[9] She earned a silver medal at the Games in the 150m individual medley,[3] with a time of 3:28.88 in the S4 class.[9] In 2009, she set a world record in the 150m individual medley at Australia's national short course championships held in Hobart, Tasmania.[3] In 2010, she competed at the Queensland Swimming Age Multi Class Championships.[8] She competed in the 100m Breaststroke FEMALE event, finishing third with a time of 02:50.59.[8] In 2010, at the age of 30, she also competed at the 2010 Telstra Australian Championships[10]the Over 12 years 150m Medley event where she made the final finished with a time of 4:07.51. [10] She also made the finals in the Over 12 years 50m Breaststroke event. [10] She is training to compete at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]

Paratriathlon

Jonkers has competed in several paratriathlon competitions, including the 2010 ITU Triathlon World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[2] The first paratriathlon competition she competed in was in 2009, when she competed in the 2009 ITU Triathlon World Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland.[2][11]

Advocacy

Jonkers is an advocate for disability sport,[7] and encourages children to participate in disability sport.[4] In 2008, she signed a letter asking for a truce to be called in Darfur during the 2008 Summer Olympics.[12]

Recognition

At the age of 23, Jonkers was named the Queensland Young Achiever 2005 by the Premier.[7] In 2007, she was named the inaugural winner of Cosmopolitan magazine's "fun fearless female award"[13] recognising Australia's most inspirational women who are encouraging others to pursue their dreams.[14] She was featured on page 76 of Cosmopolitan the month that she was recognised.[4] She used her prize money to set up the "Sporting Dreams Fund," which helps to people with disabilities develop their sporting talents.[15] In 2010, she was named the Sporting Wheelie of the Year by Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Sport and Recreation Association of Queensland Inc.[11] In 2011, she was a Australia Day Ambassador.[16]

References

  1. ^ Sporting Wheelies. "Paralympic Games Athletes from Queensland 1964-2008". Sporting Wheelies. http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/page.htm?ID=52. Retrieved 5 November 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c d e Culp, Brad (10 August 2010). "Paratriathlon Feature: Marayke Jonkers". International Triathlon Union. http://www.triathlon.org/news/article/paratriathlon_feature_marayke_jonkers/. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f Gatehouse, Julie (10 November 2009). "Paralympian Marayke dives into new job". Sunshine Coast, Queensland: University of the Sunshine Coast. http://www.usc.edu.au/University/NewsEvents/News/2009News/paralympiangraduate.htm. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  4. ^ a b c d e "Jonkers makes latest Cosmo". Sunshine Coast Daily (Sunshine Coast, Queensland). 17 July 2007. http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2007/07/17/jonkers-makes-latest-cosmo/. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f Jonkers, Marayke. "Bachelor of Social Science graduate with a physical impairment". Australia: Australian Disability Clearinghouse on Education and Training (ADCET). http://www.adcet.edu.au/AdcetResources/Careers_for_Graduates_with_Disability/Case_Studies/Marayke_Jonkers.chpx. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  6. ^ "April 2008 Back Issues - Link Magazine". Australia: Link Magazine. April 2008. http://www.linkonline.com.au/issues/2011/august/index.shtml. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Queensland : Winners 2005, Young Achiever Awards". Awards Australia. 2005. http://www.awardsaustralia.com/YAA_qld_win05.html. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  8. ^ a b c "2010 Queensland Swimming Age Multi Class Championships". Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association. 24 October 2010. http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/doc.php?ID=1448. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  9. ^ a b c McGarry, Andrew (14 September 2008). "Veteran Jonkers claims elusive silver". Melbourne, Victoria: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-09-14/veteran-jonkers-claims-elusive-silver/509980. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  10. ^ a b c d "Marayke Jonkers Swimming Results". Swimming Western Australia. http://results.wa.swimming.org.au/TimeInfo.aspx?TimeID=930272. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  11. ^ a b Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Sport and Recreation Association of Queensland Inc. Newsletter (Queensland, Australia: Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Sport and Recreation Association of Queensland Inc.) X (5). December 2010 - January 2011. http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/doc.php?ID=1465. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  12. ^ Associated Press (2 July 2008). "Athletes sign letter calling for Olympic truce in Darfur". Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, Australia). http://www.smh.com.au/news/beijing2008/athletes-sign-letter-calling-for-olympic-truce-in-darfur/2008/07/02/1214950830205.html. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  13. ^ "Paralympian wins $10,000 Olympic grant - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News". Theage.com.au. 2007-09-04. http://www.theage.com.au/news/Sport/Paralympian-wins-10000-Olympic-grant/2007/09/04/1188783224778.html. Retrieved 2011-11-16. 
  14. ^ "News | APC Corporate". Paralympic.org.au. http://www.paralympic.org.au/News/LatestNews/tabid/299/ctl/ViewItem/mid/871/ItemId/2/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2011-11-16. 
  15. ^ Jonkers, Marayke (24 June 2008). [www.sportingwheelies.org.au/doc.php?ID=740 "Call for Sporting Dreams Fund Applications"]. Queensland, Australia: Sporting Wheelies. www.sportingwheelies.org.au/doc.php?ID=740. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 
  16. ^ "2012 Australia Day Ambassador Program". http://www.australiaday.org.au/whatson/qld/page122.asp. Retrieved 16 November 2011. 

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