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.

Jannik Blair

From the country town of Horsham in Victoria to the heights of American wheelchair basketball, Jannik Blair is a star in the making. Jannik first started…
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Jaryd Clifford

When Jaryd Clifford made his Paralympic debut as a fresh-faced 17-year-old at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, no one could have predicted that he would be…
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Jasmine Greenwood

At just 14, Jasmine Greenwood was the youngest Australian on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games squad, but her early success and poise on the world stage,…
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Jasmine Haydon

Jasmine Haydon recently joined the Boccia Australia team as Jamieson Leeson’s ramp operator. Being a ramp assistant means Jasmine is unable to look at the balls…
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Jason Lees

Few can accuse Paralympic wheelchair rugby player Jason ‘Banger’ Lees of taking a back seat to life. Renowned for his on-court intimidation of some of the…
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Jayden Sawyer

Just four years after first representing his country, Jayden Sawyer became one of the world’s greatest ever javelin athletes. He did this with a monster 52.96m…
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