Zoe Dix headed to Tokyo as Boccia ramp assistant

Published On: 21 June 2021

Zoe Dix has made her first Paralympic Team with a ticket to Tokyo as a Boccia ramp assistant to Spencer Cotie.

Boccia is played exclusively by athletes with high levels of impairment. Competing in wheelchairs, athletes throw, kick or use a ramp device to propel leather balls as close as possible to the ‘jack’.

Australian Team Chef de Mission Kate McLoughlin said: “This is our most accomplished boccia team since Sydney 2000 and it hasn’t come about by chance. It’s the result of sustained effort from Dan, Spencer and Jamieson, as well as head coach Ken Halliday, to build a group capable of mixing it with the world’s best.

“I’m thrilled to welcome them to the Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2020.”