14 Facts About Prue Watt

Prue Watt has represented Australia at the four Paralympics from 2004 to 2016.

Prudence Elise Watt was born on 1 January 1987 in Newcastle, New South Wales.

Prue Watt was born premature at 24 weeks and the high levels of oxygen in her system resulted in her retina being damaged.

Prue Watt is a recipient of a UNSW Ben Lexcen Sports Scholarship and is part of UNSW's elite athlete program.

Prue Watt began swimming at thirteen and at the age of fifteen, she first represented Australia internationally at the 2002 IPC Swimming World Championships, in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, where she won two bronze medals.

Prue Watt became interested in swimming through surf life saving and was competing at state and national levels at the age of fourteen.

Prue Watt was an Australian Institute of Sport paralympic swimming scholarship holder from 2002 to 2011.

Prue Watt is currently a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

Prue Watt won five silver medals, and one bronze at the 2004 Athens Games, after competing in the Women's 100 m Butterfly S13 event, the Women's 100 m Freestyle S13 event, the Women's 200 m Individual Medley SM13 event, the Women's 400 m Freestyle S13 event and the Women's 50 m Freestyle S13 event.

Prue Watt competed at the 2008 Beijing Games but failed to win a medal.

Prue Watt participated in the S13 class of the Women's 100 m Freestyle and 200 m Individual Medley.

Prue Watt placed sixth the final of Women's 100m Breaststroke SB13 and eighth in the final of Women's 200m Individual Medley SM13.

Prue Watt raced in Women's 50m Freestyle S13, Women's 100m Freestyle S13 and Women's 100m Butterfly but didn't progress to the finals.

Prue Watt was the 2004 Australian Paralympic Committee Junior Female Athlete of the Year, and the 2006 and 2007 Telstra Swimmer of the Year with a Disability.