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SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER

DYLAN

ALCOTT

OAM

Not many people can lay claim to being a Paralympic gold medallist and world champion whilst still
being in their teenage years. Then again, there aren’t many people like Dylan Alcott OAM.

Dylan, a dual sport athlete, has represented Australia on the international stage in both wheelchair
basketball and wheelchair tennis since the age of 13.

In 2008, at the age of 17, Dylan was a member of the Australian wheelchair basketball team, The Rollers,
who won gold medal victory at the 2008 Paralympic games in Beijing. Dylan became the youngest ever
wheelchair basketball gold medallist in history. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics Dylan won gold in both the
singles and doubles tennis making him one of an elite few to have won Olympic gold in two di erent
sports at two separate Olympics.

Dylan was born with a rare type of tumour wrapped around his spinal cord, which required immediate
surgery only weeks after birth. After a three-year battle for his life, Dylan de ed the odds and through
sheer determination and hard work, he has been able to strive to become one of Australia’s best and
widely recognised Paralympians.

Dylan has made sports history in 2016, as the rst wheelchair athlete to win the Newcombe Medal, the
highest individual award in Australian tennis. Dylan won Gold in both the singles and doubles tennis at
the 2016 Rio Paralympics, was the winner of the 2016 Australian Open and awarded the winner of the
2016 GQ Sportsman of the Year. In 2021, Dylan won his seventh consecutive Australian Open title, and
he has won 12 grand slam singles titles to date.

Dylan’s achievements are not only restricted to the sporting eld. In 2017, Dylan created the Dylan
Alcott Foundation, a foundation to help young people who are struggling to come to terms with their
disabilities.

Dylan’s true passion is his work as a motivational speaker, and through his inspirational storytelling, he
is continually trying to alter and change the way people with disabilities are perceived in the wider
community. He also works extensively in the Australian media landscape, regularly making
appearances on Channel Ten’s The Project and Channel 7 Sports, and is a former Triple J Radio host.