“Work out your why. Early as you can, & take all the time you need to get it right. Let it change over your career.
Things get very challenging in sport & outside of it & there will be a time when you have to start making sacrifices & making really tough decisions. When that time comes any reasons to keep going other than your own aren’t going to be enough.
Additionally, make sport your own. There’s no one way to be anything, even an athlete. Work out who you are as a person & that’ll show you how you want to turn up as an athlete.”
Introducing Paralympic Gold Medallist Madison de Rozario.
Two-time world champion and three-time Paralympian Madison de Rozario first made her debut in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, scoring silver in the Women’s 4×100 m T53/54 event at just 14 years of age – the youngest in the Australian Team.
Coached throughout her illustrious career by talented Paralympian Louise Sauvage, De Rozario has so far competed in four Paralympic events including Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2020 Paralympics earning a total of seven medals: two gold, four silver and one bronze. By all accounts she shows no signs of slowing down.
“There is a part of me that is kind of planning my career with 2032 as a home Games at the end of it. So the Australian public will be seeing me around for a while … I’m not going anywhere.” – Madison De Rozario.
Piling on to the meritorious accolades of the Paralympics, De Rozario has also broken records and consistently achieved greatness across the Commonwealth Games, IPC Athletic World Championships and the prestigious London Marathon.
Beyond the realm of elite-level athleticism, De Rozario as a rising star and role model for many firmly advocates for body-positivity-
“At no point in time was your body designed for the visual consumption of any other person, your body is not here for someone in passing who gives you a cursory glance to approve of it.”
-while strongly supporting disabled rights and the power of changing public perception around these issues.
“Paralympics – because of its profile, because of its platform – has the ability to change perceptions, and create a space where we can make a more accessible world.”
Her goal?
“To make a difference.”
Harvey Norman proudly supports Paralympian Madison de Rozario as she prepares for greatness in Paris 2024.
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