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.

Ahmed Kelly

Before Ahmed Kelly was a three-time Paralympian, he was living in an orphanage in Baghdad, Iraq, with his brother Emmanuel. Both had been born with severely…
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Alexander Tuckfield

Growing up swimming from a young age, Alexander Tuckfield began to swim competitively in 2015. Born with congenital cerebral palsy, the NSW native grew up participating…
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Ashleigh McConnell

Ashleigh McConnell etched her name in Paralympic history at her first Paralympic Games in 2016, when she and her women’s 4x100m freestyle relay 34 Points teammates…
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Ashley Van Rijswijk

Ashley, who trains under Gennadiy Labara at Wagga Wagga Swim Club, made her Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020. She finished in fifth position in the women’s…
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Ben Hance

Training under Nathan Doyle at USC, Ben Hance made his Dolphin debut at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Since bursting onto the scene at the end…
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Ben Popham

On talent alone, freestyle specialist Ben Popham has what it takes to become one of his country’s Para-swimming greats. Ben, who has diplegic cerebral palsy, was…
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