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.

Emily Beecroft

Emily Beecroft got 2016 off to a strong start, taking home a gold medal in the 50m butterfly and a silver medal in the 50m freestyle…
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Grant Patterson

Scooter – named after the scooter he uses to get around – first hit the pool as an 11-year-old. Para-swimming wasn’t necessarily his first choice –…
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Guy Harrison-Murray

Born in Bath, England Guy Harrison-Murray moved to Perth with his family in 2011. He qualified for his first senior team at the 2014 Australian Swimming…
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Isabella Vincent

Isabella Vincent was the youngest athlete on the Australian Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Team at just fifteen. Born with sacral agenisis cuadral regression syndrome, she found her…
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Jack Ireland

Jack Ireland dreams of the day he represents Australia at the Paralympic Games, and after making his international debut last September, that dream has never felt…
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Jacob Templeton

Tasmania had a Paralympic or Olympic swimmer for the first time in more than two decades, thanks to Jacob Templeton who made his Paralympic debut at…
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