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.

Sam McIntosh

Life changed dramatically for BMX rider Sam McIntosh when he broke his neck casing the landing of a “pretty unspectacular” jump while holidaying with his family…
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Sam Rizzo

Sam Rizzo is a man on a mission, with his sights well and truly set on winning a Paralympic gold medal and setting a new world…
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Sam Tait

Sit-skier Sam Tait acquired paraplegia at 22 when he broke his T11 vertebrae in a motorcycle accident in Wollongong, NSW. Three days after being airlifted to…
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Sam Von Einem

Samuel Von Einem was an avid tennis player before relocating to Abu Dhabi, UAE in 2003. Due to the heat, his parents kept a table tennis…
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Sam Walker

To his family and friends, Sam Walker is known as ‘Bang’. As in, ‘BANG! And he’s away!’ The international Para-athletics community was first introduced to ‘Bang’…
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Sam White

After Sam acquired his impairment in 2010, his family moved from Adelaide to the US where Sam studied IT systems and joined the University of Washington…
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