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.

James McQuillan

In less than a year, James McQuillan went from never having played wheelchair rugby to representing his country at a world championship. James grew up on…
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James Talbot

James Talbot made his international debut for Australia in the PR3 Mixed Coxed Four at the 2018 World Rowing Championships. The Sydney University Boat Club member,…
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James Turner

James Turner made his Paralympic debut at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, and from the moment the gun sounded, the men’s 800m T36 was all but…
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Jamie-Lee Getson

From the moment Jamie-Lee Getson arrived earthside with her twin brother Patrick, 15 weeks prematurely, she has only known one speed. Fast. And since deciding to…
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Jamieson Leeson

At Paris 2024, Jamieson’s second Paralympic Games, she became the first Australian woman to win a Paralympic boccia medal, when she and ramp operator Jasmine Haydon…
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Janine Watson

As a youngster growing up in a small rural town in south-western Queensland, Janine Watson became heavily involved in community and representational sport, leading to a…
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