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.

Sam Walker

To his family and friends, Sam Walker is known as ‘Bang’. As in, ‘BANG! And he’s away!’ The international Para-athletics community was first introduced to ‘Bang’…
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Samantha Schmidt

Donning the green and gold was always been a goal of Samantha Schmidt’s, since first watching the Paralympic Games as a child. Samantha was introduced to…
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Samuel Carter

For wheelchair racer Samuel Carter, having spina bifida has never been an excuse not to play sport. He started in wheelchair basketball and Para-swimming, before an…
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Sarah Edmiston

For 19 years, Sarah Edmiston dreamed of representing Australia at the Olympic Games. But she put that dream to rest in 1994 when she injured her…
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Sarah Walsh

Those closest to Sarah Walsh have always known she was a Paralympic star in the making. Sarah, who was born with fibular hemimelia, was 18 months…
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Scott Reardon

Scott Reardon is one of the greatest T63 athletes in the world. Before he was a sprinter, though, he was a 12-year-old digging holes at his…
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