Thursday 30 November, 202319 years ago, Jai Waite dove into a wave in Greece and hit a sandbar, becoming paralysed from the chest…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Thrower Terry attended his first Paralympic Games in Athens 2004, with an eighth placing in shot put. Four years later,…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Geremy broke his neck in an under-19 club rugby match in Christchurch. During his rehab at the Burwood Spinal Unit…
Thursday 30 November, 2023As a 20-year-old Sholto Taylor (Ngāti Kahungunu) was a competent sportsman. After a car accident he was left tetraplegic. Soon…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Liam competed at his first Paralympic Games in Athens in 2004 in Boccia. He was New Zealand’s youngest ever international…
Thursday 30 November, 2023When Curtis Palmer was 15 years old he was injured during a junior representative rugby league game and became a…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Henk is New Zealand's longest-serving Boccia player. Being the first New Zealand representative to compete in Boccia (alongside Paralympian #108…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Sprinter Matthew Slade was a household name in Canterbury athletics during the early 2000s. He represented New Zealand at three…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Jayne Parsons (Taranaki) wasn’t always a sportsperson, only becoming involved in cycling when she was 44 years old when her…
Thursday 30 November, 2023Annaliisa made her Paralympic debut at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games as a sighted pilot in Para cycling. Annaliisa and…
