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.

Tom Gallagher

When Tom Gallagher turned his focus to pool swimming from Surf Life Saving at the end of 2020, the Somerset athlete dreamed of making a Paralympic…
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Tom O’Neill-Thorne

Widely considered the future of wheelchair basketball in Australia, Darwin teenager Tom O’Neill Thorne was the youngest ever Roller to compete in a world championship when…
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Tori Pendergast

Tori Pendergast was on a family ski holiday as a teen when Disabled Wintersport Australia first spotted her on the slopes. However, it was not until…
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Torita Blake

Torita Blake has defied the odds all her life. When she was barely a month old, she was a victim of domestic violence, and suffered severe…
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Trevor Hirth

Trevor Hirth’s journey to the Tokyo Paralympics began when he was diagnosed with a neuromuscular disability at age two. He loved sport as a youngster, admiring…
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Tristan Knowles

While most kids his age were playing sport or video games, Tristan Knowles spent his pre-teens inside the four walls of a hospital. A shock bone…
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