Telaya Blacksmith is a Warlpiri Australian Paralympic athletics competitor with a Neurological Disorder. She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics and became Australia's 16th Indigenous Australian Paralympian.
Personal
Blacksmith was born in Perth and raised in the Aboriginal community of Lajamanu in the Northern Territory and she is the first Warlpiri athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games. ==Athletics==
Athletics
She is classified as a T20 athlete. Cathy Freeman was her idol growing up. In the Women's Long Jump T20, she finished ninth. At the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, she finished eighth in the Women's 400 T20 and tenth in Women's Long Jump T20. She is coached by Jacinta Doyle in the Sutherland Shire, Sydney Australia ==Australian football==
Australian football
In 2024, Blacksmith plays Australian football with Miranda Bombers and is in the Sydney Swans AFL academy. == Recognition ==
Recognition
• 2021 - Illawarra Academy of Sport's Brett Stibners Award for 2020-21 AWD Athlete of the Year. • 2024 - National Junior Sportsperson of the Year National Indigenous Sporting Awards. ==References==