Australia women's national goalball team
Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Australia commenced its involvement in the sport in 1980. Its women's team has completed in trans-Tasman competitions, the IBSA World Goalball Championships, and the Paralympic Games.
Undergoing eyeshade checks at start of the first half. Regional championships, Chiba, Japan (2019).
Sarah Kennedy (Qld) defending (1996 Games.
Raelene Bock (NSW) throwing (1996 Games).
Australian Belles in action at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand and never kicked. Using ear-hand coordination, originating as a rehabilitation exercise, the sport has no able-bodied equivalent. Able-bodied athletes are also blindfolded when playing this sport.
The Swedish goalball team at the 2004 Athens Paralympic games
A game of goalball in progress (2012).
Goalball court at the Future Arena in Rio de Janeiro (2016).
Goalballer Sarah Kennedy (Qld) makes a save for Australia at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games.
