# Paralympic Boccia

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Paddock to Paris: Jamieson Leeson, Paralympic Boccia (Dunedoo, NSW)

Look out for 21 year old Jamieson Leeson, who hails from Dunedoo in central west New South Wales in the upcoming Paralympics. She’ll be representing Australia in Boccia in both the individual and pairs events in the B3 classification. Boccia is one of the only sports specific to the Paralympics a…

E39 Daniel Michel Boccia

Daniel Michel is a 2 time Paralympic Boccia player who won bronze in Tokyo 2020 and has spinal muscular atrophy. Daniel talks to us about how he got into playing boccia and how he manages his training and nutrition.

S1 Ep3: Greg Polychronidis on overcoming setbacks

Greece’s Paralympic boccia athlete Greg Polychronidis' story of overcoming failures, from being on the brink of quitting his career to becoming the leading athlete in the world. Greg Polychronidis opens up on his life, from being born with spinal muscular atrophy in Athens to becoming the leadi…

Claire Taggart: The impact of Boccia – a totally inclusive sport

‘The most intricate sport nobody’s ever heard of’ – Claire Taggart describing her sport of Boccia.  With the Paris Paralympics just a few months away, it was fantastic to hear from Claire Taggart, world number one at Boccia, and find out more about this inclusive sport.  Claire represented Paralymp…

Dystonia Matters: Claire's story

In our latest episode we were joined by the super talented Paralympic Boccia champion - Claire Taggart.Hear Claire talk about inclusion in sport and how she's using her voice to raise awareness of dystonia. If you enjoy listening to this episode and would like to share your story on our Dystonia M…

Leisure Link (90min) - 04 Sep 2021

This Week Peter's Guests are:  1 Daniel Michel - Paralympic Boccia Player 2 River Night - From Developing Australian Communities 3 David Mitchell - Health Expert 4 Belinda Wilson - from Vision Australia 5 Deborah Sims - Cancer Survivor 6 Rani Fu - Microbiologist and Communicator 7 Victoria A…

Ep.2 | Mental Imaging with Dr. Krista Chandler

In this episode, Coach Andy discusses the science behind mental toughness with Dr. Krista Chandler of the University of Windsor. Dr. Chandler’s areas of research include the use of imagery in sport, the application of sport psychology interventions, exercise and mental health, and disability sport.…