Meet our Mountains Olympians

By Michael Cleggett
Updated November 1 2012 - 3:04pm, first published July 18 2012 - 2:02am
Paralympian Amanda Fowler. Photo: Jeff Crow/Australian Paralympic Committee.
Paralympian Amanda Fowler. Photo: Jeff Crow/Australian Paralympic Committee.
Sebastian Marczak will compete in the canoe C1 200m in London. Photo: Sportscene.
Sebastian Marczak will compete in the canoe C1 200m in London. Photo: Sportscene.
Former Blaxland High School student Jessica Fox. Photo: Woolter Peters/Fairfax.
Former Blaxland High School student Jessica Fox. Photo: Woolter Peters/Fairfax.

THE REGION is ready to punch well above its weight from next Friday when five athletes with strong Mountains connections compete at the Games of the XXX Olympiad. We will also be represented at the Paralympics one month later when Blaxland resident Amanda Fowler takes to the pool. If there is one constant in their stories it’s confirmation that becoming an Olympian is no easy task with each athlete prevailing over their own challenges and setbacks to make it to London.

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