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Tokyo Frustration Revealed in Powerful Photo Essay - News
In one photograph, Nic Beveridge’s intense frustration is dramatically captured. Yet, the story behind Delly Carr’s powerful image is as much about friendship and trust as it is an insight…
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First Para-Athletes Named For Tokyo - News
The Tokyo Paralympics are a big step closer to reality for 10 Para-athletes who have been named the first members of the Australian Team named for the Games next year.…
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Steelers Welcome Bondy And Edmo To The Father’s Day Club - News
Times have certainly changed in the Australian Wheelchair rugby team.
The nucleus of the Steelers side that won the gold medal in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016 remains.…
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Dual Winter Paralympian Tori Pendergast Announces Retirement - News
After a career spanning more than a decade , Dual Winter Paralympian Victoria Pendergast has today announced her retirement from the sport.
The 29-year-old paved the way as Australia’s first…
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Glen Eyes Another Adventure at the Tokyo Paralympics - News
Fate and circumstance work in mysterious ways and are often intertwined.
As a young man growing up in Brisbane’s eastern suburbs, Glen McMurtrie loved the outdoor life swimming recreationally, playing…
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Pride in Sport - Pages
Paralympics Australia has partnered with the Australian Pride in Sport program, committing to further develop and enhance LGBTQ inclusion.
Paralympics Australia strongly believe in equality of opportunity for all, and…
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The Untold Story Of A Gold Medal Protest - News
For the past 44 years, Eric Russell’s momentous decision to reject a gold medal at the 1976 Toronto Paralympics has been framed as a stance against the presence there of…
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Paralympic Uniforms Earned Through ‘Blood, Sweat and Tears’ - News
The Australian Paralympic Team’s uniform for the Tokyo Games, unveiled digitally for the first time today, will give our Para-athletes a sense of national and personal pride unlike at any…
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‘Doomed’ Paralympics Film To Screen In 190 Countries - News
A feature-length documentary on the history of the Paralympics and nine of its current stars will “smash down barriers”, according to one of the Australians involved in the landmark project.…
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