Meet Our Athletes

Extraordinary stories from inspiring individuals

Everyone has a story to tell. This is your chance to meet your Paralympians and find out what drives them to keep on achieving their dreams.

Ben Weekes

Ben Weekes first tasted international success at 17 when he led the Australian team to second place in the junior division at the 2002 ITF Wheelchair…
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Bill Chaffey

Five-time Para-triathlon world champion and legend of the sport Bill Chaffey first began training as an able-bodied athlete. It was while preparing for an Ironman Triathlon…
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Bill Latham

After coming within a whisker of selection for the 2008 Australian Paralympic Team, wheelchair basketballer Bill Latham was over the moon to qualify for London 2012.…
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Blake Cochrane

If there was a ’30 Under 30′ list of Australian Paralympians, there is every chance that Blake Cochrane’s name would be on it. With two gold…
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Bobbi Kelly

Bobbi Kelly can laugh about it now, but in her early experiences in Paralympic snowsports she says she made more than a couple of embarrassing gaffs.…
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Brad Ness

For nearly two decades, five-time Paralympian Brad Ness has proven time and again why he is on track to be recognised among the world’s greatest ever…
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