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Gerrard Gosens (Gerrard James Gosens) was born on 3 February, 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), is an Australian Paralympic athlete. Discover Gerrard Gosens's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

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Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 3 February, 1970
Birthday 3 February
Birthplace Melbourne, Victoria (Australia)
Nationality Australia

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1970

Gerrard James Gosens (born 3 February 1970) is a vision-impaired Australian Paralympic athlete, goalball player, triathlete, adventurer, chocolatier and motivational speaker.

Gosens was born on 3 February 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria.

He is congenitally blind and became Australia's youngest guide dog recipient at age sixteen.

At the age of eleven, his family moved to Yeppoon in Queensland and he attended Yeppoon State High School.

1992

He has completed a Business Management degree at Queensland University of Technology (1992–1994) and Bachelor of Journalism at the University of Queensland (1994–1996).

1993

He married Heather in 1993 and they have two children, son Jordan and daughter Taylor.

Taylor was born with his congenital eyesight condition, and has just four per cent vision.

Gosens encourages others with the saying "Every one of us have some sort of obstacle to overcome, instead of letting them getting in the way, we should learn to take advantage of any opportunities we come across".

Gosens is classified as a T11 athlete.

1994

From 1994 to 2002, he was employed by the Australian Paralympic Committee.

He has been Deputy CEO for Royal Blind Foundation Queensland and worked for Vision Australia.

1996

Gosens competed at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics in goalball.

2000

At the 2000 Sydney Paralympics, he competed with guides Bill Hunter and Ed Salmon in three running events – sixth in Men's 5000 m T11, sixth in the Men's 10000 m T11 and eight in the Men's Marathon T11.

2002

At the 2002 IPC Athletics World Championships, Lille, France, he finished fourth in the Men's 1500 m T11 and sixth in the Men's 5000 m T11.

2005

In 2005, his attempt to conquer Mount Everest ended when he fell down a crevasse his guide forgot to tell him about.

He had reached the third camp of Mount Everest, which stands at 7300 m high.

He has co-piloted an ultra-light motor glider around Queensland three times.

Gosens has run the 2,000 kilometres from Cairns to Brisbane five times to raise money for charity.

2006

At the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships, Assen, Netherlands, he finished fifth in the Men's 1500 m T11.

2008

At the 2008 Beijing Paralympics with guide Bruce Jones, he finished sixth in the Men's 1500 m T11.

2009

In 2009, he became the first contestant with a visual impairment to compete on the Australian television program Dancing with the Stars, competing during the ninth season.

His partner was Jessica Raffa and they were the eighth partnership eliminated.

His participation raised funds for Vision Australia.

Gosens has raised over A$2 million worth in services and funds for the 120 000 blind people in Australia.

2011

At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships, Christchurch, New Zealand, he finished fourth in his heat of the Men's 1500 m T11 and was ranked fourth.

He was disqualified in his heat of the Men's 5000 m T11.

2016

In 2016, Gosens took up triathlon as a result of using swimming as rehabilitation for an injured knee.

He is classified as a B1 paratriathlete.

2019

In 2019, he was forced to shut down his business 'Chocolate Moments' in Brisbane due to the disruption caused by the Cross River Rail project.

In 2019, Gosens was caught up in a doping scandal after his guide Stephen Thompson tested positive to EPO at the 2018 ITU World Championships, Gold Coast, Queensland.

Gosens competed with Thompson two days after Thompson won the silver medal at the World Championships 35 to 39 age group race.

Gosens was disqualified due to Thompson's EPO test because he was his guide.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England with guide Hayden Armstrong, finished 6th in the Men's PTVI.

2020

He has the goal of competing in paratriathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.