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Torita Blake has defied the odds all her life. When she was barely a month old, she was a victim of domestic violence, and suffered severe brain injuries and a…

Tori Pendergast was on a family ski holiday as a teen when Disabled Wintersport Australia first spotted her on the slopes. However, it was not until 2009 that she began…

Boccia player Dan Michel is a Paralympic champion in the making. At the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Dan became the first Australian athlete to compete in boccia at the Paralympic…

Australia is renowned the world over for producing wheelchair tennis players of the highest calibre, and two-time Paralympian Adam Kellerman is no exception to this. Adam became eligible to compete…

Being a Paralympian means everything to Erik Horrie, and being a Paralympic medallist means even more. He first had the honour of calling himself one nearly a decade ago. After…

Todd Hodgetts is the gentle giant of the Australian Paralympic athletics squad – that is, until he moves into the shot put circle. When he does, he well and truly…

Ben Tudhope became Australia’s youngest ever Winter Paralympian when he was selected for Sochi 2014 at the age of just 14. In fact, Tudhope was the youngest competitor from any…

Vision-impaired skier Melissa Perrine has achieved what no other Australian female in her sport has achieved before – a podium finish in all five events at the IPC Alpine Skiing…

Having only started wheelchair racing two years before making his Paralympic debut, two-time Paralympian Rheed McCracken is on track to become a legend of his sport. Although he was always…