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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...

Russell no stranger to defying the odds

Paralympian Shawn ‘The Huss’ Russell was first introduced to wheelchair basketball in 2003. Nearly two decades on, he says it was fate. When Russell was born, his righ

#ThrowbackThursday: Turner wins gold in Rio

By popular demand, this #ThrowbackThursday we wind the clock back to 17 September 2016. A Saturday like any other for most, it was on 17 September 2016 that James Turner launched h

Eliza Ault-Connell on rediscovering her cool

When Eliza Ault-Connell last competed at a Paralympic Games, there was no YouTube. No Twitter. No Instagram. Five college roommates had launched ‘The Facebook’. Donald Trump wa

The other Tokyo Paralympics

From 24 August to 5 September next year, around 4,400 of the world's most high-achieving athletes with a disability will converge on Tokyo, Japan, for the 16th edition of the Paral

Royal Australian Mint release new Australian Paral...

The Royal Australian Mint (the Mint), Paralympics Australia and the Australian Olympic Committee share their ongoing support for Australia’s athletes. The Mint is proud to an

Para-canoeists focus on 2021 Paralympic Games afte...

It has been a rollercoaster few weeks for 2016 Paralympians Curt McGrath, AJ Reynolds, Susan Seipel and Dylan Littlehales, who were the standout Para-canoeists at last month's 2020