text: michelle rzepecki michelle rzepecki ( born 6 november 1986 ) is an australian goalball player classified as a b3 competitor . she made her debut for the australia women 's national goalball team at the 2011 african - oceania regional paralympic qualifying competition . she was selected to represent australia at the 2012 summer paralympics in goalball . personal life rzepecki was born on 6 november 1986 in wollstonecraft , new south wales , and is 173 centimetres ( 68 in ) tall . she has the visual disability rod , which she acquired at birth . she can play the saxophone and piano . rzepecki is a third - generation australian , as her grandfather moved to australia from germany . while attending castle hill high school , she returned to the country of her grandfather 's birth to do study abroad that was funded by a scholarship from the society for australian - german student exchange inc . she also lived in bolivia for a while , working at a school for children with visual impairments . while there , she introduced the children to goalball . part of her work in the country was funded by a mini - grant . as of 2012 , she works as a sydney tower guide . goalball rzepecki is a goalball player , and for visual disability sports , is classified as a b3 competitor . she is a centre and winger . she has a goalball scholarship with the new south wales institute of sport . rzepecki started playing the sport in 2002 . she competed at the 2004 australian national goalball championships , playing for the new south wales goalball team which beat the queensland goalball team in the finals . in 2011 , rzepecki made her national team debut during the african - oceania regional paralympic qualifying competition . she played in the game against the new zealand women 's national goalball team that australia won . as a member of the 2011 team , she finished sixth at the ibsa goalball world cup . the australian paralympic committee had chosen to work on her development as a goalball player with the idea that she might be able to qualify for , and win a medal at , the 2016 summer paralympics . she was a named a member of the aussie belles that was going to the 2012 summer paralympics , in what would be her debut games . that the team for the games came as a surprise , as the australian paralympic committee had been working on player development with an idea of the team qualifying for the 2016 summer paralympics . an australian team had not participated since the 2000 summer paralympics , when they earned an automatic selection as hosts , and the team finished last in the competition . going into the paralympics , her team was ranked eighth in the world . in the 2012 summer paralympics tournament , the belles played games against japan , canada , the united states and sweden . they lost every game , and did not advance to the finals .