Kurt Fearnley - Personal

Personal

I had my Mum and Dad and my four other brothers and sisters sitting around me constantly telling me I can do anything. And then I had Carcoar which is a town of 200 people every time I see them they were telling me I can do anything and I think if you have that enough, you’re going to be determined. You’re told constantly from when you’re you’re a kid that everything is possible, that I don’t think there’s any other alternative but to start to believe that

Kurt Fearnley


The town had got together and raised $10,000 and they bought the chair and they ... paid for the trip and they said if he needs anything else you know we’re going to make sure that he ... gets that opportunity. So it’s a town of 200 people within a week had had 10 grand sitting there, so it was it’s nice now that I know that Carcoar have this ... bond I guess, or they know that they’re the reason that I’m here"

Kurt Fearnley

Fearnley was born on 23 March 1981 in the New South Wales town of Cowra as the youngest of five children. He was born with sacral agenesis; he is missing certain parts of his lower spine and all of his sacrum. At the time of his birth, doctors didn't believe he would live longer than a week. He grew up in the small New South Wales town of Carcoar. At school, he took part in all sports including athletics and rugby league. He won his first athletics medal in the high jump. He took up wheelchair racing at the age of 14 and took it to an elite level at the age of 17. After leaving Blayney High School, he moved to Sydney to train and start a Bachelor of Human Movement degree. He lives in Newcastle and is a teacher. He is 1.4 metres (4 ft 7 in) tall and weighs 50 kilograms (110 lb).

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