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Paige Leonhardt - Athlete
When Paige Leonhardt was five years old, she was in a car accident in which she was thrown from the car. Her injuries from the accident were severe, requiring four…
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Monique Murphy - Athlete
In April 2014, Monique Murphy woke from an induced coma without her right foot. A week earlier, she had fallen from a fifth-floor balcony at a university party – she…
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Lakeisha Patterson - Athlete
As successful a Para-swimmer as Lakeisha ‘Lucky’ Patterson is, it is sheer commitment – not luck – that has overseen her rise to the top of her sport.
Lucky, who…
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Powell hopes for golden return at Para Track Worlds - News
Canberra’s Sue Powell heads in to the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari as the reigning Paralympic and World Champion in the women’s C4 individual pursuit.
Powell hopes…
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Jenna Jones - Athlete
Jenna Jones was targeting the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games to make her Paralympic debut, but that dream came four years early when she qualified for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.…
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Gold Coast to host largest Para-sport program in Commonwealth Games history - News
The integrated Para-sport program for the 2018 Commonwealth Games will be the most extensive in Commonwealth Games history. The announcement, made by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and the Gold…
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Sam Von Einem - Athlete
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 table inside their house…
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Kate Naess - Athlete
‘We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.’
This line by Randy Pausch is memorable for Kate Naess, who knows all too well that…
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Emily Beecroft - Athlete
The teenager from Gippsland in Victoria got into swimming at a young age. A teacher suggested she join a swim club and after one of her sisters started, she followed…
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