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.

Prue Watt

Prue Watt established herself as one of Australia’s most successful Paralympians at the Athens 2004 Games, bringing home five silver medals and one bronze medal. Her…
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Qian Yang

Qian Yang started playing table tennis at age five and by the age of 17 was a Paralympic gold medalist for China. Hailing from Qingjian County…
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Rachael Watson

Rachael Watson wrote herself a page in the history books in 2016, when – at her first Paralympic Games – she won a gold medal and…
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Rae Anderson

Rae Anderson learned to swim before she learned to walk. As she grew older, she sailed and surfed and played soccer, basketball and OZTAG, before a…
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Raissa Martin

Raissa competed in athletics at local and state level from the age of nine through to the end of high school. She was aware of goalball,…
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Rebecca Julian

Rebecca Julian has not competed at a Paralympic Games in nearly eight years, and with the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games mere months away, she is ready…
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