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Rio 2016: Dylan Alcott – Wheelchair tennis

Elite athlete Dylan Alcott OAM has had spectacular success, winning gold medals for both wheelchair tennis and basketball.

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Beijing 2008: Kurt Fearnley – wheelchair racing

Kurt Fearnley AO is one of Australia’s most recognised and successful athletes.

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London 2012: Matt Cowdrey, Maddison Elliott – Paralympic swimming

Swimmer Matt Cowdrey OAM holds the record for the most medals won by an Australian Paralympic athlete with 23 medals in total, 13 of them gold.

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Beijing 2008: Tahlia Rotumah – Paralympic sprinter

Tahlia Rotumah is a Minyanbal woman from Tweed Heads in NSW.

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London 2012: Liesl Tesch and Daniel Fitzgibbon – Paralympic sailing

Today host Karl Stefanovic introduces this profile on the Paralympic sailing dream team of Liesl Tesch AM MP and Daniel Fitzgibbon OAM, after a mention of Matt Cowdre

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Lillehammer 1994: Michael Milton – Paralympic skiing

Skiing champion Michael Milton OAM is Australia’s most successful Winter Paralympic medallist with 11 medals in total, 6 of them gold.

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Sydney 2000 Paralympics: John Eden and Jeff McNeill – athletics

Sydney hosting the Summer Paralympics in 2000 gave Paralympians and parasport a profile they hadn’t previously had in Australia.

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Australian Dreams: Louise Sauvage – Paralympic wheelchair racing

This excerpt from the Network Ten series Australian Dreams (1999) profiles wheelchair racer Louise Sauvage OAM – one of Australia’s most renowned althletes. 

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Australian Dreams: Troy Sachs and Jane Sachs – wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair basketballers Troy 'Wild Thing' Sachs OAM and Jane Sachs (née Webb) are profiled in this excerpt from the Network Ten series Australian Dreams (1999).

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3AW report on cancellation of Australian Grand Prix

Neil Mitchell interviews reporter Shane McInnes live from the Albert Park gates on the first day of the Australian Grand Prix.