Name: Melissa-Anne Tanner
Sport: Para Archery, Classification W2 Open
Disability: Bi-Lateral Amputee, Gastroparesis, Functional Neurological Disease, Complex Post Traumatic Disorder
Date and Place of Birth: 14/8/73, Changi, SINGAPORE
Resides: Southport, Gold Coast, Qld. 4215
Occupation: Student, Griffith University studying Honors Law
Personal Best Score: WA 50/720 score 662
Major Highlights
• South Australian Rugby Union State Representative
• Wheelchair Basketball – Adelaide Thunder team member and Sydney Western Bears
• Australian Canoeing State Development Squad 2014/5 member
• Australian Outrigger Canoe Sprint ‘Adaptive’ 2014 Team Member
• Australian Para Canoe 2015 Sprint Team Member
• 2022 Wild Collective program: Women with disability participant hosted by Founder Dylan Alcott OAM, Australian of the year 2022.
• Australian Para Archery 2023 Team Member
• Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) Talent Support Program scholarship 2023
• Disability Sport Australia Women Leader 2023
• Queensland Women’s Week nomination for Minister Meaghan Scanlon’s Women’s Week Awards 2023.
Career Highlights
• Australian Canoe Sprint National Championships 2012 – 14
◦ 2 Gold Medals
◦ 4 Silver Medals.
• Australian Outrigger Canoe National Championships 2014
◦ V1 Adaptive Women 500m – Gold Medal
◦ V12 Open Women 500m – Gold Medal
◦ OC6 Mixed Adaptive Sprint 1000m – Gold Medal
◦ OC6 Adaptive Sprint 500m – Gold Medal
• Rio de Janeiro 2014 – IVF World Sprint Championships 2014
◦ Para Va’a Women (TA) – V1 200m – Gold Medal
◦ Para Va’a Mixed – V6 500m – Gold Medal
◦ Para Va’a Mixed – V6 1000m – Gold Medal
• Archery Australia Para & V1 Oceania Invitation 2022
• Women’s Compound Match Play WA 50/720 – Bronze Medal
• Archery Australia Para & V1 National Championships 2022
• Women’s Compound Match Play WA 50/720 – Bronze Medal
• Archery Australia Indoor Nationals Para Female Compound 2022
• Double WA Indoor 18m – Gold Medal
• Archery Australia World Archery Oceania Para Grand Prix 2023
• Para Open Female Compound Match Play – Gold Medal
• Archery Australia Para Open National Par & V1 Championships 2023
• Para Open Female Compound Match Play – Silver Medal
• Pilsen 2023 World Archery Para Championships 17 July to 23 July 23, Pilsen, Czech Republic.
• Compound Women Open Qualification Round – Highest Ranked Australian at 25th with a score of 649.
• Compound Women Open Team Ranked 8.
Association Awards
• Sporting Wheelies & Disabilities Association – 2015 Team of the Year – Queensland Paracanoe Team