Robyn Lambird (born 19 January 1997) is an English-born Australian wheelchair racer and model who has cerebral palsy. They won a bronze medal in the Women's 100m T34 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, becoming the first out non-binary Paralympian to win a medal in addition to being among the first three out non-binary athletes to compete at the Paralympics.
Robyn Lambird was born on 19 January 1997.[1] Robyn was born in England but moved to Perth, Western Australia at the age of nine.[1] They were diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of nine and had surgery to lengthen their hamstrings and achilles tendons.
Lambird models and was the first person in a wheelchair to be featured in one of Target's active-wear campaigns. They have modelled for Tommy Hilfiger, Bonds, and ModiBodi.[2]
Lambird is non-binary and uses they/them and she/her pronouns.[3][4]
Lambird is classified as T34.[1] They played wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball before taking up Para-athletics in 2016.[1] At the 2018 World Para-athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland, they placed second in the Women's 100m T34 and fourth in the Women's 200m T34.[5]
At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships, Lambird finished fifth in the Women's 100m T34.[6] They won a bronze medal in the Women's 100m T34 at the 2020 Summer Paralympics with a time of 18.68 seconds, becoming the first out non-binary Paralympian to win a medal.[7] They are among the first three out non-binary athletes to compete in the Paralympics, alongside Maz Strong and Laura Goodkind.[3][8]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, they finished 4th in the Women's 100m T34.[9]
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