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.

Josh Nicholson

Since making his international debut in 2017, wheelchair rugby player Josh Nicholson has proved time and again why he is one to watch. Josh, who swapped…
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Joshua Alford

Joshua Alford was born in Canberra and has now returned to pursue a career in swimming at the Australian Institute of Sport. He learned to swim…
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Joshua Allison

Once a promising able-bodied basketballer, Joshua ‘Truck’ Allison competed in the South East Australian Basketball League for two years in his early 20s. However, in 2011…
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Justin Godfrey

Three-time ITU World Para-triathlon gold medallist Justin Godfrey’s Paralympic dreams are finally within reach after having his hopes of competing in the green and gold dashed…
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Kane Perris

Kane Perris is a vision impaired athlete with great ambitions of pursuing a career in Para sprint cycling on the tandem bike on the Velodrome.   Kane…
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Kate Murdoch

Vision impaired Para-rower Kathleen Murdoch made history in 2016 when she combined with Brock Ingram, Davinia Lefroy, Jeremy McGrath and coxswain Jo Burnand in the mixed…
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