The 37-year-old Australian (pictured top), who claimed gold and silver at the Sydney 2000 Olympics as well as a silver at Beijing 2008, is among one of four new sport director appointments within the organisation as it seeks to build on the successful re-inclusion of athletes with an intellectual disability in Paralympic sport.

Lorraine Landon, a former national team's general manager with Basketball Australia, chair of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) women's commission and a 2011 inductee of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, takes the basketball role; John Ball, a former football development officer in England takes the joint role for football/futsal; and Karen Ross, performance manager for Tennis Scotland, takes over in tennis.

South African Winston Stubbs was also confirmed to continue in the role of sport director for cricket – a role that he has held since 2011, which is a developing sport in the Inas programme.


"Inas has set itself some ambitious targets for the next four years," executive director Nick Parr explained.

"We particularly want to reach areas of the world where pathways for athletes with an intellectual disability are less well developed and strengthen our sports programme - particularly the Inas Global Games.

"These appointments are a critical first step and I believe we have some fantastic individuals to lead our sports as we turn our attention to Rio De Janeiro in 2016."

The sport director roles are all voluntary and the announcement coincides with the publication of the organisation's new four-year strategy, with further appointments in additional sports due in the coming weeks.

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