Sarah Edmiston (athletics) won silver in the women’s discus (F42-44/F61-64) in Birmingham in 2022, the event’s first appearance on the Commonwealth Games program.

The New Zealand-born Perth-based mother of four and grandmother of two started competing in athletics long before her classification as a Para-athlete. In 1994, she injured her right knee in a water-skiing accident aged 19 but it was another 22 years before she realised that the opportunity to compete on the world stage was a reality. With her husband and coach Paul Edmiston by her side, Sarah made her international debut at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London aged 41 where she won bronze in the discus F44 with a national record of 33.80m and placed 7th in the shot put F44. Two years later in Dubai, Sarah upgraded her world championships bronze to silver with another national record (36.43m) in the discus F64, then achieved a world no. 1 ranking in the F44 the following year.

Sarah claimed bronze in the discus F64 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics with an Oceania record of 37.85m and finished seventh at her second Paralympics in Paris in 2024 – her final competition before announcing her retirement.