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Paralympics Australia Announces Simon Rabbitt As New Chief Operating Officer

Paralympics Australia is excited to announce the appointment of Simon Rabbitt as the new Chief Operating Officer effective Monday 6 January 2025. Mr Rabbitt brings more than 25 years’ experience across the sport, major events , media and global interactive games sectors. In his most recent position as Chief Financial and Operating Officer with ASX...

Gliders’ Redemption In Full Swing After Tokyo 20...

Australia’s women’s wheelchair basketball side, the Gliders, are primed to make their return to Paralympic competition at Tokyo 2020, nine years after winning the silver medal

Australia’s Paralympic Swimming Team Bolstered B...

Para-swimmer Braedan Jason has been added to the Australian Paralympic Team for the Tokyo Games after the International Paralympic Committee granted an additional place in the squa

Para-Rowers Overcome Adversity To Secure Tokyo Ber...

Four-time World Champion Kathryn Ross will join a handful of athletes worldwide who have raced at every Paralympic Games regatta after she was one of eight Para-rowers welcomed ont

Alcott Crowned Wimbledon Champion

Dylan Alcott has won his second Wimbledon quad wheelchair singles title. The world No.1 successfully defended his 2019 crown, defeating Sam Schroder of the Netherlands 6-2 6-2.

Moment To Savour As Para-Equestrian Team Named For...

Australia’s Para-equestrian Team for Tokyo 2020 will be headlined by the nation’s first equestrian athlete to compete at three Paralympic Games. Sharon Jarvis, who rode at Beij

World And Paralympic Champions Feature Among Tokyo...

International success before the pandemic and exceptional flexibility throughout it has Australia’s 12-person Para-cycling squad well placed to convert their immense potential wh