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Born | Harrismith, South Africa | 10 August 1994||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para-snowboarding | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | SB-LL | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joany Badenhorst (born 10 August 1994) is a South African-born Australian Paralympian who was selected to compete in Para-snowboard cross at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. She would have been the first female snowboarder to represent Australia at the Winter Paralympics, but was forced to withdraw from her event after injuring her left knee on the morning of the event. In February 2018, she was selected in the Australian team to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.[1]