Rotorua’s Tanya Bradley made her Para athletics international debut in 1998 in Birmingham at the IPC Athletics World Championships where she won a bronze medal in the high jump F20. In addition, she then represented New Zealand at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games along with 41 other Kiwi Paralympians. Tanya qualified for the T20 200m, T20 100m and F20 High jump finals, just missing out the bronze medal. Tanya lives in Invercargill.
Tanya received her ‘numbered’ Paralympic pin as part of The Celebration Project in Dunedin in February 2021.