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Jake Lappin is one of Australia’s premier wheelchair racers. He first made his presence felt internationally at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, where he was one of three…

The oldest athlete from any nation competing at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Libby Kosmala is among the most respected figures in the history of Paralympic sport. A paraplegic due…

THE name of his sport conjures up the essence of an alpine experience -`snow’ – and Australian snowboarder Ben Tudhope is the name on everyone’s lips in Sochi. Of the…

With a career spanning four Paralympic Games across two sports, Richard Nicholson is a jack of all trades. First beginning his sporting career in archery, at the request of a…

Two-time Paralympian Jemima Moore is one hell of a wheelchair racer. She first started competing in 2007, as one of several would-be Paralympians who were introduced to Para-athletics by Kaye…

If there was a ’30 Under 30′ list of Australian Paralympians, there is every chance that Blake Cochrane’s name would be on it. With two gold and two silver from…

From small beginnings big things grow, and Michael Anderson is now a Paralympic medallist. A country boy at heart, Michael grew up in the northern New South Wales town of…

Richard Colman has always aspired to do his best. As it happens, his best is world-beating, with the track specialist having spearheaded the Australian Para-athletics team for over a decade.…

Scooter – named after the scooter he uses to get around – first hit the pool as an 11-year-old. Para-swimming wasn’t necessarily his first choice – rather, it was one…