Australian Para-badminton will be represented at the 2024 Paralympic Games by two athletes who have travelled starkly different pathways but feel similar gratitude, determination and excitement about what lies ahead in Paris.
Paralympic Games
Shelley Matheson | A Glider in Name Only
Few have accomplished all that Shelley Matheson (nee Chaplin) has: At the age of 39, she has won three Paralympic medals, captained her country, travelled the world, and given birth to two daughters – unmedicated no less. And shes done it all from a wheelchair.
In-Seine Facts | Paris by numbers
With approximately 15,000 athletes to be housed in the athlete village during the Olympics and Paralympics, how do the logistics of their hospitality add up
In-Seine Facts | The Evolution of the Paralympic Logo
Could you draw the Paralympic logo from memory right now Well, you’d be forgiven if you can’t. Unlike the rings of the modern Olympic Games which have only been tweaked twice since 1896, the logo of the Paralympic Games has been altered four times, including as recently as 2019.