Growing up on the Sunshine Coast, at just two years old, Callum was told he wouldn’t be able to run, jump or swim like other children as he got older.

But despite his diagnosis of Chromosome 2q deletion his parents increased his swimming lessons as a form of therapy to build strength and help his left and right side of his body to work together.

These lessons paid off as Callum won two gold medals for the 50m backstroke and the 4x50m relay, and three silver medals for the individual 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly at the School Sport Australia Swimming Nationals in 2018.

In 2023, he was named in the Para Flippers Development Squad and in 2024 he was selected to the Madeira 2024 Para Swimming Open Championships. Callum competed in the Australian Swimming Trials in 2024, qualifying for the Men’s S8 100m freestyle and 400m freestyle races in the 2024 Paris Para Games and achieving his goal of competing at the Paralympics.

CLASSIFICATIONS: S8, SB8, SM8