The Department of Defense Warrior Games is an annual adaptive sports competition, hosted by the United States (US) Department of Defense.
This year marks the 14th anniversary of the games which bring together hundreds of wounded, injured and ill serving and former serving military members to compete.
The games highlight the exceptional physical skills and mental toughness of wounded, injured and ill service members from US military, along with competitors from Australia and the United Kingdom. The games also support rehabilitation and recovery.
The games is being held from 21 to 30 June 2024 at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Florida.
Adaptive sports featured include:
- archery
- cycling
- sitting volleyball
- swimming
- track and field
- wheelchair basketball
- wheelchair rugby
- shooting
- indoor rowing
- powerlifting.
Team Australia
The Australian Defence Force is partnering with Invictus Australia to support a team of 30 serving and former serving military members to participate.
Warrior Games biographies (PDF, 415.96 KB)
| Australian team member | Hometown | ADF service | Sports |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporal Sean Barry | Townsville, Queensland | RAAF | Archery, shooting and wheelchair rugby |
| Damien Batty | Kempsey, New South Wales | Army | Archery, sitting volleyball, swimming and wheelchair rugby |
| Cooper Blackwood | Rockhampton, Queensland | Navy | Athletics, indoor rowing, swimming, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby |
| Erin Brigden | Shellharbour, New South Wales | Army | Athletics, indoor rowing, powerlifting, and swimming |
| Petty Officer Justin Brown | Sanctuary Point, South Coast New South Wales | Navy | Archery, indoor rowing, shooting and sitting volleyball |
| Jake Christie | Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Army | Athletics, indoor rowing, powerlifting, swimming, and wheelchair basketball |
| Chelsie Clayton | Brisbane, Queensland | Army | Athletics, indoor rowing, sitting volleyball, and swimming |
| Nigel Coutts | Palmerston North, New Zealand | Army | Ultimate Champion |
| Leading Seaman Harley Dodds | Sunshine Coast, Queensland | Navy | Athletics, indoor rowing, powerlifting, and wheelchair rugby |
| David Galla | Terrigal, New South Wales | Army | Athletics, indoor rowing, and powerlifting |
| Captain Doug Griffiths | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Navy | Athletics, cycling, indoor rowing, sitting volleyball and swimming |
| Lieutenant Commander Alex Hale | Lake Macquarie, New South Wales | Navy | Archery, cycling, indoor rowing, shooting and wheelchair basketball |
| Ainsley Hooker | Brisbane, Queensland | Army | Athletics, archery, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby |
| Adam Jackson | Toowoomba, Queensland | Army | Archery, athletics, cycling, indoor rowing, sitting volleyball and swimming |
| Diane Jackson | Maryborough, Victoria | RAAF | Athletics, cycling, powerlifting and indoor rowing |
| Sergeant Emily Lahey | Launceston, Tasmania | Army | Athletics, indoor rowing and power lifting |
| Brett Lewis | Wangaratta, Victoria | RAAF | Indoor rowing, powerlifting, shooting and wheelchair basketball |
| Jo Lovell | Sydney, New South Wales | Navy | Athletics, archery, cycling and swimming |
| Luke Manhire | Adelaide, South Australia | Army | Archery, sitting volleyball and wheelchair rugby |
| Luke McCallum | Broken Hill, New South Wales | Navy | Athletics, indoor rowing, power lifting, shooting and sitting volleyball |
| Lieutenant Commander Dave Miln | Salisbury, United Kingdom | Navy | Athletics, cycling, power lifting, swimming and wheelchair basketball |
| Flight Lieutenant Ryan Mostyn | Gladstone, Queensland | RAAF | Athletics, shooting and sitting volleyball |
| Georgia Murrell | Goulburn, New South Wales | Navy | Sitting volleyball, swimming and wheelchair rugby |
| Sue Osborn | Gold Coast, Queensland | Army | Athletics, powerlifting, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball |
| Ben Owens | Albion Park Rail, Wollongong, New South Wales | Army | Archery, sitting volleyball, swimming and wheelchair rugby |
| Jason Readdy | Hervey Bay, Queensland | Army | Archery, cycling and indoor rowing |
| Laura Reynell | Cleveland, Brisbane, Queensland | Navy | Athletics, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby |
| Tricia Reynolds | Glenalta, South Australia | RAAF | Archery, shooting and wheelchair basketball |
| Jamie Adam Smyth | Adelaide, South Australia | Army | Athletics, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby |
| Lieutenant Kirby Watts | Narooma, New South Wales | Navy | Ultimate Champion |
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