Lauren Parker is a paratriathlon athlete who won gold in the Para Triathlon Wheelchair (PTWC) event at the 2019 World Championships in Lausanne.
Previous to this, Parker won bronze in PTWC at the 2018 World Championships as well as the 2018 Commonwealth Games, both held on the Gold Coast.
Lauren Parker was honoured in the Ian Thorpe AM Outstanding Achievement category for a second consecutive year at the 2019 NSWIS Awards. After winning the accolade in 2018 also, the 2019 award again recognised Parker’s ongoing battle to overcome her tragic training accident in 2017.