Mali Lovell

Mali Lovell (born 3 June 2004) is an Australian track and field para-athlete who competes in T36 classification events. She won silver and bronze medals at World Para Athletics Championships. Lovell has been selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Paris,France – her first Games.

Personal
She was born on 4 June 2004 with ataxia, a rare type of cerebral palsy that affects balance and coordination. She graduated from graduated from Mackellar Girls Campus in 2022.

Sporting career
Lovell took up athletics at the age of twelve and is classified as T36 athlete. She is coached by Katie Edwards and Melinda Gainsford-Taylor in Sydney and narrowly missed qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris, her first major international competition, she won the silver medal in the Women's 200m T36 and was seventh in the Women's 100m T36.

At the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, Lovell won the bronze medal in Women's 200m T36.

Lovell stated that " Athletics has changed my life. I was just trying to learn how to walk and talk at that young age. Now to be here … oh my god. I’m just happy to be there. I want to run fast."

Recognition

 * 2023 – Athletics Australia – Amy Winters Award for Female Para Athlete of the Year