Liam Twomey (triathlete)
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 January 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Paratriathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liam Twomey (born 24 January 1994) is an Australian para-triathlete. He competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[1]
He was born on 24 January 1994.[2] At the age of seven, he was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer and forced to have his right leg amputated below his knee.[3] This led to depression and drug taking in his late teens. He graduated from Caulfield Grammar School in 2011.[4] In 2024, he is undertaking a Bachelor of Exercise and Sports Science at Deakin University.[5] He works as an ambassador for the Black Dog Institute through a joint community engagement program with the Australian Institute of Sport called the Mental Fitness Program. In 2024, he was appointed Chair AusTriathlon's Athletes’ Commission.[6]