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.

Martyn Dunn

Martyn grew up in Geelong, playing tennis and Aussie Rules on the weekends. In 2015 he acquired incomplete paraplegia in a motorbike accident before a twist…
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Mary Friday

Making her Paralympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games, Mary was selected to play in the Australian women’s wheelchair basketball team, the Gliders. The team did…
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Matt Formston

Matt Formston is a world champion Para-cyclist and adaptive surfer, and was one of the Australian Paralympic Team’s top gold medal contenders ahead of the Rio…
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Matt Lewis

When Matt Lewis decided to make a bomb out of a small barbecue gas bottle, he never expected the events of that night to unfold the…
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Matt McShane

Carrara-based athlete Matt McShane was 18 when he acquired transverse myelitis, a neurological condition causing the spinal cord to inflame. The automotive apprentice spent the next…
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Matthew Bugg

After becoming a paraplegic in a snowboarding accident at 23, Matthew Bugg decided to try to reach the pinnacle of Para-sailing in Australia and internationally. Based…
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