Louise Gold is a British singer-actress and Spitting Image puppeteer, formerly a The Muppet Show puppeteer. Spitting Image was a satirical puppet-show that ran on Britains ITV Network from 1984 to 1996. ... The Muppet Show opening. ...
She has also worked on Sesame Street. From A Celebration of Me, Grover, showing much of the main cast of Sesame Street. ...
See also: List of Sesame Street puppeteers This list of Sesame Street puppeteers includes all who have worked on the show, as a regular, backup, guest puppeteer, etc. ...
Louise was born with a severe spinal disability called myelodysplasia, which inhibits the function of the lower half of the body, giving limited control over the legs.
Two of them were gold, but it was her controversial silver medal that garnered all the headlines, when half the field in the 800 metres final crashed and the Canadian team successfully appealed against the decision to rerun the race.
Louise kept a diary throughout the Games, and it is one of the most fascinating parts of her revealing autobiography, which was co-written with journalist and author Ian Heads.
Louise Currey's most memorable moment came when she won a silver medal at the Atlanta Olympics as Louise McPaul, while Joanna Stone's peak achievement was a silver at the World Championships in 1997.
On the Gold Coast this month, throwing in a competition for the first time in a year, she set a new Australian record of 66.8m, but Louise Currey believes an even bigger throw will be needed to win Olympic gold.
LOUISE CURREY: And, you know, I've beaten her in an Olympic Games before and so there's no reason why we can't and it just comes down to who has the best competition on the day.
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