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.

Joany Badenhorst

Joany Badenhorst is Australia’s premier female Para-snowboarder. However, despite achieving selection to two Australian Paralympic Teams, she has never competed at a Paralympic Games. After just…
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Jocelyn Neumuller

Jocelyn Neumuller exceeded her own expectations when she qualified for the Paralympic Games, and again when she placed fifth on debut. Sports-mad Jocelyn played soccer, basketball…
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Jodi Elkington-Jones

Jodi Elkington-Jones was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was 18-months-old, after her family began to notice that the right side of her body was considerably…
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Joel Coughlan

When Joel Coughlan started competing in table tennis as an eight-year-old, he had no idea that one day he would be aiming to represent his country…
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Jonathan Goerlach

Jonathan literally couldn’t swim the length of a full-sized pool when he started out on his triathlon journey. As a four-year-old he had come close to…
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Jonathan Harris

Oatley local Jonathan Harris was thrilled when asked to join Colin Harrison and Stephen Churm in Florida, the United States for the 2012 IFDS World Disabled…
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