Born and bred in Cairns, Far North Queensland, true blue Aussie, outgoing midget (short person whatever you want to say lol).

 

Born with a rare form of dwarfism called diastrophic dysplasia, when two people meet this is like a 1 in a million chance of this happening, I always joke about that's my parent's chance of winning the lottery out the window, goneee!

 

Nickname Scooter comes from the three wheeled trike that I scoot around on, enables me to be very independent at work and home, also great for when I drive somewhere, I throw it in the passenger seat, it weighs only 4.5kgs.

 

I work fulltime at a business called allied bearings and tools, I do customer sales (over the counter and over the phone), worked there for over 7years.

 

The good thing about my job, it allows me to also focus on my professional swimming career. I bought my first house in 2015.

 

I have been a part of the Australian swim team since 2009, I made my first Paralympic games in London 2012 (made one final), I have made multiple world champs teams, and recently became a dual Paralympian at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, where I fulfilled my dream of chasing that illusive Paralympic medal for over 13 years and won a Bronze in the 150m Individual medley SM3 and a Silver in the 50m Breastroke SB2.

 

My hobbies fishing/spearfishing, quad biking, running my dogs (I have two Kelpies) beside the quad bike, recently just built my first go-kart and getting into racing. I love socialising and being outdoors.