Video Shout-Out from Liam Twomey

My name is Liam Twomey.  I'm a Paralympic Triathlete for Australia, and competed at the Paris Paralympics in 2024. I am also an Ambassador for the Black Dog Institute and Dylan Alcott Foundation. I lost my right leg below the knee to cancer in 2001, at the age of 7. In my teenage years I struggled with my personal mental health and identity, and ended up destroying my life through my behaviour and the effects of drugs & alcohol.

At 21, I moved interstate and began to work on all the things dragging me down between my ears.  I found self-acceptance for myself through sport and personal work, and with my love for sport, set my eyes on becoming an elite athlete, and helping share my message and life experience.

As a Paralympic Triathlete I get the opportunity to race in Australia, and internationally against the best athletes in the world. At the 2023 Triathlon World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain I finished 6th in the world in the PTS4 classification. I finished 13th at my first Paralympics in Paris and am currently ranked 8th in the world in the PTS4 classification.

I currently work with the Australian Institute of Sport and Black Dog Institute to present the Mental Fitness Program to high school students across Australia. I also work with the Victorian Institute of Sport, presenting their Be Fit Be Well programs to schools and rural communities across Victoria. I am currently studying a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science degree at Deakin University. I am a member of the Elite Athlete Program there and received the 2023 Deakin Sport Network Elite Athlete Scholarship and also the Deakin Sport person of the Year - Disability in the same year.

This is not work, but a vocation. I love presenting, I love engaging with people, sharing my own experiences. To share my highs and lows with a group brings me a joy I can't explain, and I do it in the hope that my words can help someone on the day, or give them the tools they need to make more positive choices for themselves down the track.

I am currently available to speak to Primary and High school students, at corporate events and functions and can cater my talk to your needs.