Tag Archives: athlete

Have you ever heard the saying by Jim Rohn that ‘You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with’? In my career as an athlete, I have found this to be especially true. I...

I knew I wanted to go to the Paralympics from a very young age. I didn’t just wake up one day, decide I wanted to go to the Paralympics and hoped it happened. It took years of hard work...

Still pinching myself at the honour of carrying the Queen’s baton on the Sunshine Coast in front of my family. Wonderful to see so many generations from school kids to grandparents out cheering and all sectors of the community...

Marayke Jonkers, delivered the 2015 graduation or commencement address at her alma mata University of the Sunshine Coast. Drawing on her experience as a triple medal winning Paralympian and entrepreneur she encouraged students to stand out and be the different,...