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Swinburne alum Matt Levy competes in 5th Paralympics
Swimmer and Bachelor of Business (Management) alum Matthew Levy OAM studied with Swinburne Online to boost his employability, while maintaining his demanding training schedule. Now, he’s competing in his fifth consecutive Paralympics Games.
Going for gold in 2021
Matt travels to Tokyo with gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals already on his mantle. But, these Games will be unlike any he’s faced before, drawing on his already extraordinary resilience and capacity to balance competing priorities.
‘It amazing and an honour to be selected. To be selected in one Games is amazing, but to be taking part in my fifth is pretty unreal,’ says Matt. This year, he will be competing in the 100-metre breaststroke, 4×100-metre freestyle relay and the 50-metre freestyle.
Meet the inspirational Accrington woman has been dressing up as an elf every day this month to help raise funds for charity. Roxanne McCarthy has been fronting her company’s ‘Mental Elf’ campaign which has already raised £1,700 for Lancashire Mind and her daily dose of uplifting messages has helped bring a great deal of seasonal joy to people across the town. Roxanne has been going about her daily business and even admitted to having an Elf onesie which she slept in. She told us: “I was only meant to do it for a few days but then I got such a great response I decided to continue for the whole of December.