Julie Russell

Julie Elizabeth Russell (née Mitchell) (born 20 August 1951) is an Australian Paralympic athlete, powerlifter and wheelchair basketballer.

Personal Russell was born on 20 August 1951 in Adelaide. During her primary school years, Russell had to have calipers fitted and needed crutches for support. Russell graduated from university with a biology degree and began working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the biochemistry department for 5 years before she became involved in sports. The pair met in 1977 for the first time when Eric came to Adelaide for the first National Basketball Titles. At the 1984 New York/Stoke-Mandeville Games, she won a silver medal in the Women's Marathon 3 event and a bronze medal in the Women's Pentathlon 3 event. At the IPC Powerlifting World Championships, she won a silver medal in 1998 in the Women's +82.5 kg event. she came seventh in the women's powerlifting event. She was coached in powerlifting by Ray Epstein.