The countdown is now on to the You can support us through the Rio 2016 ! Spirit of Gold® Initiative

PARALYMPICS NEW ZEALAND IS ONE OF 173 NATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEES (NPCS) AFFILIATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE (IPC). WE PROVIDE STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT TO 30 MEMBER ORGANISATIONS NATIONALLY, RESPONSIBLE FOR PARA-SPORT. OUR VISION Excellence & Equity through Sport OUR MISSION , , , and Michael Johnson at LEAD Prepare, select and lead teams to Paralympic Games the launch of the Spirit of Gold® Initiative. EXCEL Ensure development of programmes, systems and TAKING PLACE EVERY TWO YEARS, THE PARALYMPIC GAMES ARE events to support Para-Athletes to win medals THE WORLD’S LARGEST MULTI-SPORT EVENT FOR DISABLED CHAMPION Acknowledge and celebrate disabled New Zealanders ATHLETES. THE RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC GAMES WILL RUN FROM ADVOCATE Promote equity through sport 7-18 SEPTEMBER 2016 AND OVER 4,350 ATHLETES FROM 178 COUNTRIES ARE EXPECTED TO COMPETE IN 22 SPORTS, WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOLD® COLLECTION 526 MEDAL EVENTS. THE NEW ZEALAND PARALYMPIC GAMES Inspiration first struck when kiwi artist TEAM IS AIMING TO WIN 18 MEDALS, INCLUDING 12 GOLD. Amber Gabrielle Stephens met Paralympian, Sophie Pascoe. She was immediately taken by Sophie’s unapologetic drive to meet her On Monday 7 September 2015, marking exactly ‘1 year to go’ until the sporting potential. Amber visited Paralympics Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, 365 school children helped Paralympics New Zealand and the Spirit of Gold® New Zealand launch its new Spirit of Gold® Initiative. This long-term Collection was born. It will visit 20+ towns in programme is set to increase awareness of Para-Sport and raise funds the lead-up to Rio 2016, in partnership with to support our Para-Athletes on the road to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Amber Gabrielle Stephens the New Zealand Chambers of Commerce and Games, PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, and the Tokyo our Partners, before being auctioned. www.amberstephens.gallery 2020 Paralympic Games. Importantly, we also hope it will help us to grow For tour dates, venues and auction details: amber.stephens.artist Para-Sport across New Zealand. www.paralympics.org.nz. amberstephens.gallery At the heart of it is a special project - the Spirit of Gold® Collection. This beautiful set of 12 Portraits represents some of New Zealand’s most SHOW US YOUR SUPPORT! well-known summer and winter Paralympians and Para-Athletes. With our Partners, we will tour this collection in the build-up to Rio 2016. You can be “there in spirit” with us by helping in the following ways: As a charity, we rely on a mix of donations and fundraising events, • Donate online now at • Purchase a pin, phone wallet or government funding and support from business to run our sport and www.paralympics.org.nz medallion from our street team community programmes. Over coming months, we will be encouraging kiwis to be “there in spirit” with us at the Games by sending our Para- • Send a cheque to: Paralympics • Order fundraising calendars and Athletes messages online using #thereinspirit and hopefully, supporting New Zealand, Suite 2.10 Axis supporters’ items from our website Building, 1 Cleveland Road, us in our fundraising. • Check out ‘Support Us’ on our Parnell, 1052. website for fundraising ideas www.paralympics.org.nz See you on the road to Rio 2016 and beyond. Or make a bank transfer to • Make a donation when you visit #spiritofgold FIONA ALLAN | Chief Executive, Paralympics New Zealand ASB Bank, Greenlane, Account: 12-3013-0033083-00 the Spirit of Gold® Collection

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SOPHIE PASCOE MICHAEL JOHNSON CARL MURPHY

PARALYMPIAN #166: London 2012, Beijing 2008 PARALYMPIAN #148: London 2012, Beijing 2008, PARALYMPIAN #189: Sochi 2014 SPORT: Para-Swimming Athens 2004 SPORT: Para-Snowboard IMPAIRMENT: Below Knee Amputee SPORT: Para-Shooting IMPAIRMENT: Below Knee Amputee HOMETOWN: Christchurch IMPAIRMENT: Spinal Cord Injury - Tetraplegia HOMETOWN: Auckland HOMETOWN: Wanaka RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: 2015 IPC SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: 3x Gold; 1x Silver; 2x Bronze 2015 IPC SHOOTING WORLD CUP - SYDNEY 2x Gold; 1x Bronze 2015 IPC PARA-SNOWBOARD WORLD CUP 1 x Gold

EMMA FOY AND LAURA THOMPSON MARY FISHER TIM DEMPSEY AND GEMMA FLETCHER PARALYMPIAN #187: London 2012 (Thompson) PARALYMPIAN #174: London 2012 PARALYMPIAN #172: London 2012 (Dempsey) SPORT: Para-Cycling SPORT: Para-Swimming SPORT: Para-Sailing IMPAIRMENT: Visual Impairment (Foy) and IMPAIRMENT: Visual Impairment IMPAIRMENT: Spinal Dystrophy (Dempsey) Sighted Pilot (Thompson) HOMETOWN: Wellington Spinal Cord Injury – HOMETOWN: Dargaville (Foy) & Christchurch Paraplegia (Fletcher) (Thompson) RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: 2015 IPC SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 3x Gold; 2x Silver HOMETOWN: Rotorua (Dempsey) & RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: Auckland (Fletcher) 2015 UCI PARA-CYCLING ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: 2 x Silver 2014 SAIL MELBOURNE 2014 (SAILING WORLD CUP) 1 x Silver 2015 UCI PARA-CYCLING TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PARALYMPIAN #145: Beijing 2008, Athens 2004 1x Gold; 1x Bronze SPORT: Para-Cycling IMPAIRMENT: Below Knee Amputee COREY PETERS PARALYMPIAN #164: London 2012, Beijing 2008 HOMETOWN: Wellington PARALYMPIAN #188: Sochi 2014 SPORT: Para-Swimming and SPORT: Alpine Skiing RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: 2015 UCI PARA-CYCLING TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IMPAIRMENT: Quadruple Limb Deficit IMPAIRMENT: Spinal Cord Injury – Paraplegia 1 x Silver HOMETOWN: New Plymouth HOMETOWN: Whangarei

RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: ADAM HALL RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: 2015 IPC ALPINE SKIING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015 IPC SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 x Silver 2x Gold; 1x Silver PARALYMPIAN #158: Sochi 2014, Vancouver 2010, Torino 2006 TIM WILLIAMS SCOTT MARTLEW SPORT: Alpine Skiing IMPAIRMENT: Spina Bifida SPORT: Para-Canoe SPORT: Para-Cycling IMPAIRMENT: Above Knee Amputee HOMETOWN: Dunedin IMPAIRMENT: Spinal Cord Injury - Quadriplegia HOMETOWN: Christchurch RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: HOMETOWN: Ngatea RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: 2015 IPC ALPINE SKIING WORLD CUPS (VARIOUS) 6x Gold; 1x Silver; 1x Bronze 2015 ICF SPRINT CANOE WORLD RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS: CHAMPIONSHIPS 10th IPC SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE CUP 1 x Gold 2015 UCI PARA-CYCLING ROAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2 x Silver

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