WORLD’S BEST The NSWIS Athletics Program has an illustrious history for nurturing high performance athletes who have achieved much international success. Amongst them are Paralympic icons Kurt Fearnley – a Paralympic gold medallist, who has won marathons around the world including the prestigious New York, London and Chicago marathons multiple times; Louise Sauvage – Australia’s most decorated Paralympian with an incredible nine gold and four silver Paralympic medals; Matt Shirvington – a former national record holder in the men’s 100m sprint. Dani Samuels – 2009 discus world champion and more recently Brandon Starc – a Commonwealth Games gold medallist in high jump; Eleanor Patterson – who became the world high jump champion in 2022; Madison de Rozario – a world champion and a Paralympic gold medallist and Rohan Browning, commonly referred to as ‘the flying mullet’ – Australia’s current fastest man over 100m.
