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.

Michellie Jones

With nearly 30 years’ experience in triathlon, including a silver medal win at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, two-time world champion Michellie Jones was first introduced…
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Mick Ozanne

Mick Ozanne was a football star in the making when an accident while partying at 19 saw his life take a very different – albeit similar…
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Mitchell Gourley

Experienced campaigner Mitchell Gourley, a Paralympian at four Winter Games since Vancouver 2010, scored the biggest win of his career when he became World Champion at…
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Monique Murphy

In April 2014, Monique Murphy woke from an induced coma without her right foot. A week earlier, she had fallen from a fifth-floor balcony at a…
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Natalie Alexander

An up-and-comer in the Gliders squad, Natalie Alexander has already visited Japan twice with the national team, recently winning a bronze medal at the 2016 Osaka…
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Natalie Smith

For Natalie Smith, being a Paralympian is an honour beyond words. Instead, she showed what the opportunity means to her by winning the Australian Paralympic Team’s…
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