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.

Claire Keefer

Claire Keefer has shown incredible promise as a Paralympic thrower since being discovered by her brother’s athletics coach at 14. Until then, Claire had avoided the…
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Corey Anderson

It was in 2017 when Corey was competing at the International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments (INAS) World Athletics Championships in Bangkok, Thailand, when his…
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Daniel Bounty

Growing up on the Sunshine Coast, Daniel Bounty loved playing sport and was actively involved at Nippers at his local Surf Live Saving Club. At the…
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Daniel Kirk

A promising ruckman for the Glenelg Tigers in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), Daniel Kirk was 30 when he suffered a permanent and debilitating…
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Deon Kenzie

Hailing from the Tasmanian village of Forth, Deon Kenzie has been running since the age of 12. But what began as laps around his paddock, and…
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Eliza Ault-Connell

Eliza Ault-Connell made her Paralympic return at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, 16 years after she last represented Australia as a member of the Athens 2004…
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