Norma Koplick
Norma Koplick (born 6 September 1973) is an Australian Paralympic athlete with an intellectual disability. She won a silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Games in the women's javelin throw F20 event.

Until Grade 3 she attended a mainstream school but then attended John Oxley College, a specialist school. It was at this school she was introduced to sport, particularly athletics and netball.

Her first major international competition was the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap, Madrid, Spain. She competed in the Women's Discus, 100m and Long Jump and did not win a medal. At the 1998 IPC Athletics World Championships, she finished sixth in the Women Shot Put F20. She won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in the Women's Javelin F20 event and finished sixth in the Women's Shot Put F20. She carried 2000 Olympic Torch and lit the Cauldron in Ipswich.

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1973 births
Living people
Athletes from Brisbane
Paralympic athletes for Australia
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
Intellectual Disability category Paralympic competitors
Competitors in athletics with intellectual disability
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Australian female sprinters
Australian female discus throwers
Australian female shot putters
Australian female javelin throwers
Australian female long jumpers
20th-century Australian women
Sportswomen from Queensland