16 Facts About Vanessa Low

In 2016, Low was the only actively competing female track athlete with two above-knee amputations of her legs.

Vanessa Low was born on 17 July 1990 in Schwerin, East Germany, and grew up in Ratzeburg.

Vanessa Low is married to Australian Paralympic gold medallist Scott Reardon.

Vanessa Low and Reardon have a son Matteo who was born in 2022.

Vanessa Low enjoyed sports before her accident, and wished to continue playing after.

Vanessa Low stated that she was inspired by American disabled long jumper Cameron Clapp.

Vanessa Low took up athletics in 2008 and made her senior sports debut the same year, but broke her elbow in 2009, putting her out of competition for three months.

Vanessa Low was disappointed with her performance at the Games and her training in general leading up to the Paralympics.

Vanessa Low consulted her trainer, Steffi Nerius, and decided to retire from competitive sport.

In 2013, Vanessa Low visited her friend and fellow German athlete Katrin Green, who was living in the United States and was married to American athlete Roderick Green.

Vanessa Low's distance of 4.24m was a big improvement on her previous major competitions, where she had not jumped over four metres.

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Vanessa Low won the gold medal with a 4.93m world record distance in the T42 long jump and a silver medal in the T42 100m competition with a personal best of 15.17s.

Vanessa Low competed for Australia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.

Vanessa Low won the women's T63 long jump gold medal, surpassing the previous world record three times in wet conditions, her final jump being 5.28m.

Vanessa Low won the bronze medal in the Women's Long Jump T63 at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships in Paris.

At the 2024 World Para Athletics Championships in Kobe, Japan, Vanessa Low won the gold medal in the Women's Long Jump T63.