From 6 - 17 September, Brisbane people can follow the stories of success and achievement of our Paralympic athletes in Beijing. We are sending a large team of 170 athletes, competing in 13 sports.
There are 19 sports (or 20 if you count two varieties of football as two sports) in the Beijing Paralympics, including wheelchair basketball, athletics, swimming, cycling and archery.
The local Brisbane athletes include:
Greg Ball, cycling
Carlee Beattie, athletics
Jonathon Bernard, Athletics
Cameron Carr, Wheelchair rugby
Blake Cochrane, swimming
Rachael Cox, sailing
Abebe Fekadu, powerlifting
Daniel Fitzgibbon, sailing
Gerrard Gosens, Athletics and goalball
Brenden Hall, Swimming
Courtney Harbeck, athletics
Adrian King, wheelchair basketball
Ricardo Moffatti, swimming
Stephen Osborne, swimming
Christopher Scott, cycling
Tige Simmons, wheelchair basketball
Christopher Tagg, athletics
Cheer them on!
Stay up-to-date
Keep an eye on the medal tally on the ABC paralympic news site - it’s there you’ll find breaking stories of who won what plus some of the inspirational stories behind all of the Paralympians’ achievements.
In the Athens 2004 Paralympics, Australia came second in the total medal tally, behind China. This time, can we beat our amazing collection of 101 medals from 2004?
To see the televised action, tune into ABC2 if you have digital tv. If not, there will be highlights on ABC1. Check the television guide for details.
Send the athletes a hero message, via Telstra (please note that this facility works best in Internet Explorer).
Keep up to date with more Paralympics news on the official website from the Australian Paralympic Committee.
One part of the Paralympics which is interesting is the subject of categorisation. Athletes have varying disabilities and physical handicaps and each need to be classified into their appropriate group for competition. Brisbane’s Dr Sean Tweedy works at University of Queensland and is now in Beijing classifying the athletes. Read more about his story.
