The 50-year-old is a well-known athlete who is currently preparing for the 2014 Pan Pacific Masters Games at the Gold Coast next month. 

The masters’ athlete will represent the state of NSW in the discus, shot put, javelin, high jump, weight pentathlon, weight throw, triple jump and long jump.

The track and field event is held every year and Seymour has been competing since 2008.

In 2012 she won gold in the shot put and the discus. 

About 12,000 athletes aged from 30 years onwards will converge on the University Athletics Track at Griffith from Saturday, November 1 for the nine day event. 

Competing against other women aged from 50 to 54, Seymour said she is looking forward to the carnival, however she’s had a look at her field and the competition will be stiff. 

“I’d love to get another gold in the shot put and discus, but I’ll just have to wait and see,” she said. 

A member of Aberdeen Senior and Little Athletics Centre, Seymour has been training regularly, as well as a session a week with Muswellbrook’s Jim Huggins.

Seymour has been doing athletics her whole life and has passed the passion on to her two daughters.

After a break when she had children, the grandmother got back into it in her forties and regularly attends carnivals at Edgeworth, Dubbo, Griffith, Kotara, Glendale and the Scone and Muswellbrook Intertown events.

Seymour said she keeps active by going to Curves four days a week and staying busy. 

She said she is really looking forward to the carnival at the Gold Coast and excited her daughters and granddaughters are going to cheer her on. 

“It is so inspiring to watch the other athletes, some as old as 102, compete,” she said.

“There are a lot of fit people there, there are massage therapists on the track and the whole experience is just great.”