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Rowing Australia is delighted to announce, with the support of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and Paralympics Australia (PA), a new Para-rowing pathway program, #Passport2Paris. The primary focus of…

For over half a century Elizabeth Edmondson has wondered if a comment made to her after winning one of her three gold medals at the 1964 Paralympics was enchanting or…

First Nations People with disability are one of the most marginalised, disadvantaged and disengaged groups in Australia. They do not participate in sport at the same levels as other groups…

Multi-Paralympic and world champion Kurt Fearnley is taking on a new role as Vice Chairperson of the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athletes’ Council. The Australian wheelchair racer was elected to…

These days you’ll find Greg Smith taking Australia’s wheelchair rugby team through their strength and conditioning routines and mentoring the players about what it takes to succeed. It’s hard to…

Of Australia’s 135 Paralympic swimming gold medals, only one came at the 1972 Games in Heidelberg – and the athlete who won it was driven by a technical injustice. Eric…

When Paralympics Australia launched the Think Big Gold Medal Challenge with our Major Partner, Optus, in 2017, we could never have anticipated the impact it would have when the Australian…

The image suggests an almighty feat. Yet, approaching three decades since he lifted close to triple his bodyweight at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics, Ray Epstein concedes it’s a memory tinged…

The Tokyo 2020 aspirations of seven Paralympic sports have been given a timely and important boost today by the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). Paralympics Australia (PA) has commended today’s…