was awarded Sport NSW Coach of the Year. Young Athlete of the Year with a Disability. In 2019, Sauvage was made a Legend in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. She became the first Australian Paralympian to be awarded Legend status. Sauvage was awarded Paralympics Australia 2020 Coach of the Year. In November 2021, she was awarded New South Wales Institute of Sport Coach if the Year. Several Paralympians cite Sauvage as inspiring them to become athletes, including wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley. References External links Review of My Story by Louise Sauvage Louise Sauvage - She's Game website Louise Sauvage interviewed by Ian Jobling in the Australian Centre for Paralympic Studies oral history project, National Library of Australia, 2011 Paralympic athletes of Australia Paralympic wheelchair racers Olympic wheelchair racers of Australia Australian female wheelchair racers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair racers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wheelchair racers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Wheelchair racers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Australia Paralympic silver medalists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Paralympic athletics (track and field) coaches Paralympic coaches of Australia Coaches at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Laureus World Sports Awards winners Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Australian Institute of Sport Paralympic track and field athletes New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni 1973 births Living people Australian people of English descent Australian women's wheelchair basketball players Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics People with spina bifida Athletes from Perth, Western Australia Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Australian people of Seychellois descent Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games