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.

Joshua Allison

Once a promising able-bodied basketballer, Joshua ‘Truck’ Allison competed in the South East Australian Basketball League for two years in his early 20s. However, in 2011…
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Justin Godfrey

Three-time ITU World Para-triathlon gold medallist Justin Godfrey’s Paralympic dreams are finally within reach after having his hopes of competing in the green and gold dashed…
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Kane Perris

Kane Perris is a vision impaired athlete with great ambitions of pursuing a career in Para sprint cycling on the tandem bike on the Velodrome.   Kane…
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Kate Murdoch

Vision impaired Para-rower Kathleen Murdoch made history in 2016 when she combined with Brock Ingram, Davinia Lefroy, Jeremy McGrath and coxswain Jo Burnand in the mixed…
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Kate Naess

‘We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.’ This line by Randy Pausch is memorable for Kate Naess (Doughty), who…
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Kate Wilson

NSW teenager Kate Wilson had a huge 2016. Not only did she make her Paralympic debut at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, she  mastered the art…
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