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Para Sport: Para swimming

  • Montage of 5 swimmers in the water with swim caps on

    Thursday 9 May, 2024
    A formidable team of five exceptional Para swimmers have been selected for the New Zealand Paralympic Team for Paris 2024.
  • Gabriella Smith smiles as she walks into the arena ahead of the Women's 200m Individual Medley SM10 Final at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. She wears a black NZ branded tracksuit and a black swimming cap.

    Thursday 9 May, 2024
    Born in Perth, Australia to Kiwi parents, Gabriella “Gaby” Smith has been wedded to the water almost her entire life…
  • Portrait of Joshua Willmer in front of a black backdrop. He wears a black NZ Paralympic Team branded t-shirt.

    Thursday 9 May, 2024
    A rising talent in the sport, Para swimmer Josh Willmer hopes to maintain his progress after establishing a proud international…
  • Portrait of Lili-Fox Mason in front of a black backdrop. She wears a black NZ Paralympic Team branded t-shirt.

    Thursday 9 May, 2024
    Born, raised and based in Christchurch, Lili-Fox Mason is carving out an increasingly impressive record on the international stage.  Diagnosed…
  • head and shoulders portrait of smiling pakeha woman in her 70s with short thick grey hair

    Wednesday 10 January, 2024
    PNZ Order of Merit recipient, Para swimming classifier and swim coach Sandra Blewett MBE passed away peacefully on 1 January…
  • NZ Paralympian Janette Cordery

    Thursday 30 November, 2023
    Janette competed at the Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games. She trained hard for four years to compete in the Pentathlon. It is a combination of several…
  • Paralympian Greg Cochrane with his 2 Paralympic medals and Paralympic pin

    Thursday 30 November, 2023
    Greg was born and bred in Mount Maunganui. Having polio, at the age of 13 Greg was using crutches and considered that…
  • Kaye Kay-Smith running

    Thursday 30 November, 2023
    Kaye is a New Zealand Paralympian from the Kapiti Coast. She is visually impaired and represented New Zealand at the…
  • Paralympian Chris Moran throwing the shot put

    Thursday 30 November, 2023
    In 1973 Chris broke his neck playing rugby for Waihi Athletic Club. He became a C5/6 tetraplegic paralysed from the waist down.   Before his accident, Chris was a carpenter. He decided to go back…
  • Roly Crichton with former NZ Governor General Dame Patricia Reddy

    Thursday 30 November, 2023
    Roly has had an amazing 40 years of service and dedication not only to Paralympics New Zealand but to Para…

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