Joyleen Jeffrey, born in 1990 or 1991, is a Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

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Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

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She represented Papua New Guinea at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Papua New Guinea at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Papua New Guinea sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country was represented by two athletes, Francis Kompaon and Joyleen Jeffrey, both competing in track and field...

, competing in the 100 metre sprint, T12 category (for visually impaired athletes). She was disqualified for stepping out of her lane.

Jeffrey had previously won two silver medals at the Oceania Paralympic Championships in 2007, in the 100m and 200m sprints, as well as a gold medal (200m) and a silver (100m) at the Pacific Regional Games for the Disabled that same year.

In May 2011, she won gold in the women's T12 100 metre event at the Arafura Games

Arafura Games

The Arafura Games is a Multi-sport event held every 2 years in the Australian city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory. It is an international event which draws its competitors from around the world. First held in 1991, the most recent Games, held in 2009, involved over 30 nations and over 3,000...

, setting a new personal best of 14.27.