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.

Tige Simmons

Three-time Paralympian Tige Simmons is one of the most respected members of the Australian men’s wheelchair basketball team. Making his Rollers debut in 2002, Tige began…
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Tom O’Neill-Thorne

Widely considered the future of wheelchair basketball in Australia, Darwin teenager Tom O’Neill Thorne was the youngest ever Roller to compete in a world championship when…
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Tristan Knowles

While most kids his age were playing sport or video games, Tristan Knowles spent his pre-teens inside the four walls of a hospital. A shock bone…
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