Jamieson Leeson

She was born on 18 March 2003 with spinal muscular atrophy.[2] She uses a wheelchair and her mother, Amanda, is her primary carer. The rugby league's Men of League Foundation provided her family with a customised van with specialist wheelchair lift to help her daily transport.[3] In 2021, she lives in Dunedoo, New South Wales and attends Dunedoo Central School.[4][5]

She began playing in 2018 where she was scouted in a school’s knock out competition in Orange, New South Wales and trains in Sydney under Australia's Boccia Head Coach Ken Halliday.[2] In March 2019, Jamieson competed in her first ever boccia competition, winning gold in pairs.[4] She has won silver medals in the singles and pairs at the 2019 Boccia Australia National Titles.[4]

In May 2019, she won a bronze medal in the pairs at the Hong Kong World Open.[4] In July 2019, she competed in both the pairs and individual events at the Seoul Asia-Oceania Regional Championships, winning her first ever international individual game against a Paralympic gold medalist.[4]

In 2021, she received a Tier 3 Scholarship within the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship & Mentoring Program.[4]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, she teamed with Daniel Michel and Spencer Cotie in the Mixed Pairs BC3, where they won 2 and lost 2 matches but failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Leeson won the silver medal in the Women's BC3 and the gold medal in the Mixed Pairs BC3 at the 2022 World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. She lost 2-6 to Anna Costa in the final of the Women's BC3.[6]

At just 16, Jamieson has been the youngest person ever to represent Australia in boccia.[7]

• Jamieson Leeson at Paralympics Australia