Discipline
Wheelchair Tennis
- Singles Open
- Doubles Open
Paralympic Games Attended
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Rio 2016
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London 2012
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Sporting Career Highlight
Winning a bronze medal at the 2015 World Team Cup in Antalya, Turkey
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others - Marianne Williamson
Australia is renowned the world over for producing wheelchair tennis players of the highest calibre, and two-time Paralympian Adam Kellerman is no exception to this.
Adam became eligible to compete in Paralympic sport in 2005, after undergoing 19 operations and 10 rounds of chemotherapy to treat Ewing’s sarcoma and an infection in his right hip bone. Ultimately, his doctors decided to remove part of his pelvis, resulting in limited movement in his right leg.
Adam picked up a racquet for the first time in 2007, and with just five months of on-court experience under his belt, he made his international debut on the junior circuit.
To qualify for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, Adam needed to achieve a top 48 world ranking. He defeated dual Paralympic champion Robin Ammerlaan (NED) in January 2012, and by June, was sitting at a comfortable 29th.
Loving the feeling of representing Australia in the green and gold, Adam turned his attention towards qualifying for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Victory over two-time Paralympic champion Robin Ammerlann (NED) at the 2012 Sydney International Wheelchair Open kickstarted a surge to world No. 29, all but securing Adam’s place on the 2012 Australian Paralympic Team.
As the only Australian left standing in the men’s singles in London, Adam was aiming to go one better and achieve a podium finish at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. However, it was not to be, and Adam continues his pursuit of Paralympic gold.
