E183 | Cameron Leslie

Show notes | Cameron Leslie

0:00 Getting named as the flag bearer for New Zealand

2:54 Comparing the Halberg Awards to the Laureus World Sports Awards

7:57 Who is Cameron Leslie? a list of achievements and the secret to success

12:34 Classification in para-sport

16:01 Growing up in Whangārei with quadruple limb deficiency

28:00 Getting into sport and “chipping away”

36:30 Getting to the top of the world in swimming, celebrating success, and staying at the top

48:41 Fact or fiction: Tales from the Wheel Blacks

58:30 Society on disability and Cameron on being a spokesperson on disability?

1:06:38 Becoming a dad

1:10:38 Electing to withdraw from the Tokyo Paralympics 2020

1:15:23 Three kids under five

1:20:24 Seeing is believing

1:22:14 Expectations before the Paralympics in Paris

1:24:57 Life beyond performance sport

1:29:11 Last words from Steve, Seamus, and Cameron