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.

Barak Mizrachi

Barak Mizrachi was born with cerebral palsy affecting the right side of his body, and was first introduced to table tennis by his dad, who only…
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Beau Vernon

In 2012, Beau Vernon’s life as he knew it changed forever. What started as a normal incident in a game of Aussie Rules, left Beau with…
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Ben Fawcett

As much at home in the water and on snow as on land, Ben Fawcett has always enjoyed an active lifestyle, and a snowboarding accident at…
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Ben Popham

On talent alone, freestyle specialist Ben Popham has what it takes to become one of his country’s Para-swimming greats. Ben, who has diplegic cerebral palsy, was…
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Ben Tudhope

Ben Tudhope is aiming to represent Australia at his fourth Paralympic Games, after making his debut at Sochi 2014. Ben was just 14 years old at…
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Ben Weekes

Ben Weekes first tasted international success at 17 when he led the Australian team to second place in the junior division at the 2002 ITF Wheelchair…
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