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Sports stories and resources

You can read personal stories about participating in sport shared by Queenslanders.

  • Josh Thornton, Bowls' Queensland's sports development officer, shares how lawn bowls is a game for everyone
  • swimmers from 2 clubs share what they love about the sport
  • Damien Williams shares the highlights of his sporting career, including playing goalball, excelling at shot put, and cycling in velodrome meets
  • Jamie Howell, a Deaf athlete who competed at the 2012 Australian Deaf Games, shares her advice about competing in sport
  • Josh Pople talks about being an integral part of the Capalaba Warriors rugby league team
  • Rowan Crothers shares how he is continuing to make a splash in the pool
  • Martin Smith, who has a black belt in karate, shares how he tries to keep others smiling and having fun in his role as a qualified karate teacher, or sensei
  • Nick O'Regan shares how ‘making lots of good friends' is one of the benefits of being an elite swimmer and representing Australia in sport
  • Jared Eiby talks about overcoming a serious operation and having success with soccer.

Sports resources

You may also like to find out about other personal stories, as well as read, watch and listen to multimedia resources about disability sport. You might be interested in:

Success at water polo

Disability Online congratulates Brisbane Barracudas water polo player Jamie-Lee Lewis, who was named 2011 Australian Deaf Sports Female Athlete of the Year at a ceremony earlier in 2012. You can read more about Jamie's story on the Australian Water Polo website.

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Last updated:
15 January 2013

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