95: Curtis McGrath - Paralympic KL2 Champion, 6 x World Champion Paracanoe (OAM)

In episode 95 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer sits down with Curtis McGrath - Paralympic KL2 Champion, 6 x World Champion Paracanoe (OAM). At age 24 years in 2012, Curtis tragically lost both legs after stepping on a homemade improvised explosive device in a blast in Afghanistan while on active duty as a Combat Engineer. 

This is an inspiring story where Curtis went on to become a Gold medallist in the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games 200m KL2 sprint canoe (4 years to day post incident), he is a Paracanoe world champion (5 years to date of injury) and Invictus Games Ambassador.

  Listen in as we delve into the following:

• paddling with sharks in the lake
• growing up in Queenstown as a teenager
• moving to Australia
• exiting the military after 12 years
• the first introduction to kayaking and developing a respect of the water
• enlisting in the AUS military in 2006 and the first deployment to East Timor
• the rigours of jungle training
• leaving a legacy of East Timor with humanitarian work
• deployment to Afghanistan in 2012 as a Combat Engineer in the Australian Defence Force
• an incident in Afghanistan that resulted in Curtis losing both of his legs
• being the paramedic for himself-telling mates how to put tourniquets on legs
• extent of injuries
• declaring that his mates would see him in the Paralympics in the green and gold
• Performance Round and so much more

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