Eithen Leard
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 Leard at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Born | 31 August 2005 |
| Sport | |
| Disability class | 2.5 |
| Club | Southern Districts Spartans |
Eithen Leard (born 8 August 2005) is a 2.5 point wheelchair basketball player from Australia. He was a member of the Rollers at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]
Laird was born on 8 August 2005.[2] He was born paralysed waist down and required regular surgery to straighten his growing legs, which formed crookedly in the womb as result of his paralysis. His parents Katrina and Brett moved from Mackay, Queensland to Ipswich, Queensland to be closer medical services.[3] He was school captain at the Sacred Heart Parish School in Booval[4] and attended Westside Christian College.[5]
As a twelve year old, he carried Queen's baton through Ipswich, en route to the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast.[6]
Leard view of disability sports is "I want to be someone that leads the normalisation of high-level disability sports” and "You get opportunities to travel the world if you work hard, the same as if you play able bodied basketball, you get the opportunities to play for your country if you work hard.”[7]