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10 Facts About Rachel Henderson

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Rachel Henderson was born on 8 September 1992 and is an Australian goalball player and is classified as a B2 competitor.

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Rachel Henderson was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in goalball.

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Rachel Henderson has the visual disability of retinitis pigmentosa, a heredity disease she was diagnosed with when she was four years old.

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Rachel Henderson was involved in swimming, representing South Australia in a few national competitions, before leaving the sport at the same time she quit athletics.

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Rachel Henderson is a goalball player, and is classified as a B2 competitor.

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Rachel Henderson has a goalball scholarship with the South Australian Institute of Sport.

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Rachel Henderson made the national team in January 2011 at the national trials, and her national team debut in 2011 at the IBSA Goalball World Cup, where her team finished sixth, and she scored four total goals.

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Rachel Henderson played in the 2011 African-Oceania regional Paralympic qualifying competition and in its gold medal game against the New Zealand women's national goalball team, which Australia won.

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Rachel Henderson was a named a member of the Aussie Belles that was going to the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

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Rachel Henderson was the youngest member of the team, and the only South Australian.