Donna Maree Philp (née Smith), OAM^[1] (28 June 1965 – 22 May 1999)^[2][3] was an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair basketballer, who won six medals at four Paralympics.

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Donna Smith

Donna Smith throwing a Javelin at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics
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Full name	Donna Maree Philp (née Smith)
Nationality	Australia
Born	28 June 1965 Brisbane
Died	22 May 1999(1999-05-22) (aged 33)
Medal record Athletics Paralympic Games 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Women's Javelin A2 1992 Barcelona Women's Javelin THS2 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Women's Shot Put A2 1988 Seoul Women's Javelin A6A8A9L6 1992 Barcelona Women's Shot Put THS2 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Women's Discus A2

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Born in Brisbane,^[2] Smith was diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of thirteen, and one of her legs was amputated above the knee.^[3]

At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Javelin A2 event, a silver medal in the Women's Shot Put A2 event, and a bronze medal in the Women's Discus A2 event.^[4] She won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics in the Women's Javelin A6A8A9L6 event.^[4] At the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, she won a gold medal in the Women's Javelin THS2 event, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia,^[1] and a silver medal in the Women's Shot Put THS2 event.^[4]

She then married Tom Philp, and was part of the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics.^[3][5] The couple's son was 10 months old when, while playing wheelchair basketball on 22 May 1999, she died of a heart attack at the age of 33.^[3]