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  • Christian Geiger

    On track to represent Australia at the Olympic Games, Christian Geiger’s world was turned upside down in 2009 when the car he was riding in slammed into a tree and ...

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  • Mark Soyer

    Para-alpine skier and dual New Zealand Winter Games bronze medallist Mark Soyer looks to be on the verge of making his Paralympic debut at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Games after ...

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  • Sam Tait

    Emerging sit-skier Sam Tait became a paraplegic at 22, breaking his T11 vertebrae in a motorcycle accident in Wollongong, NSW. Airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, he woke ...

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  • Shaun Pianta

    Collie local Shaun Pianta lost his eyesight after contracting a virus while whitewater rafting on holiday in Bali, Indonesia. Damaging his optic nerve, he was blind within hours, and following ...

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  • Jeremy O’Sullivan

    Sighted guide Jeremy O’Sullivan first linked up with vision impaired skier Shaun Pianta in late 2015, and together they began working towards selection for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games. As ...

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