Jai Waite #156
Thursday 30th November, 202319 years ago, Jai Waite dove into a wave in Greece and hit a sandbar, becoming paralysed from the chest…
Terry Faleva’ai #143
Thursday 30th November, 2023Thrower Terry attended his first Paralympic Games in Athens 2004, with an eighth placing in shot put. Four years later,…
Geremy Tinker #112
Thursday 30th November, 2023Geremy broke his neck in an under-19 club rugby match in Christchurch. During his rehab at the Burwood Spinal Unit…
Sholto Taylor #111
Thursday 30th November, 2023As a 20-year-old Sholto Taylor (Ngāti Kahungunu) was a competent sportsman. After a car accident he was left tetraplegic. Soon…
Liam Sanders #152
Thursday 30th November, 2023Liam competed at his first Paralympic Games in Athens in 2004 in Boccia. He was New Zealand’s youngest ever international…
Curtis Palmer #105
Thursday 30th November, 2023When Curtis Palmer was 15 years old he was injured during a junior representative rugby league game and became a…
Henk Dijkstra #92
Thursday 30th November, 2023Henk is New Zealand's longest-serving Boccia player. Being the first New Zealand representative to compete in Boccia (alongside Paralympian #108…
Matthew Slade #135
Thursday 30th November, 2023Sprinter Matthew Slade was a household name in Canterbury athletics during the early 2000s. He represented New Zealand at three…
Jayne Parsons #165
Thursday 30th November, 2023Jayne Parsons (Taranaki) wasn’t always a sportsperson, only becoming involved in cycling when she was 44 years old when her…
Annaliisa Farrell #161
Thursday 30th November, 2023Annaliisa made her Paralympic debut at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games as a sighted pilot in Para cycling. Annaliisa and…
