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VOTE NOW: Kurt conquers Kokoda!
For most, back to back Gold medals in the marathon at the Athens and Beijing Paralympics would be enough to ensure exceptional satisfaction in one’s achievements and a long holiday!
For Kurt Fearnley, such achievement has only encouraged an unwavering determination to succeed proven most recently in his efforts to crawl the ever challenging Kokoda Track.
Setting off just days after completing the New York Marathon, 28-year-old Fearnley is joined by 15 friends and family who will assist in his passage along areas of the track which prevent his own individual movement such as water crossings.
The 12-day, 96km trek due for completion this Friday has been undertaken following an arduous training regime including bushwalks on his hands near his home town of Newcastle.
Drawing inspiration from the loss of a family member to depression, Fearnley’s trek is in support of the Movember movement.
This initiative encourages the growth of moustaches together with a myriad of other activities by men as a mean’s of raising awareness and money for debilitating men’s health problems such as depression and prostate cancer.
Fearnley has also been recently announced as a nominee for the Performer of the Year with a Disability as part of the 2009 Sports Performer Awards.
Highlighting the nation’s most outstanding athletes with a disability, Fearnley was deserving of the award based on his track and field prowess but this most recent undertaking further encourages the Athletics fraternity to rally behind him.
Fearnley burst onto the Australian Wheelchair Track & Road team at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games with a silver medal in the 800m.
Continuing from strength to strength, Fearnley most recently returned from the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games with one gold, two silver and a bronze medal before five successive victories in marathons across the world in 2009.
Fearnley is joined as a nominee by Dani Samuels & Steve Hooker (Sports Performer of the Year), pole vault guru Alex Parnov (Coach Performance of the Year) and World Youth Championships high jump silver medallist Amy Pejkovic (Young Performer of the Year).
To register your vote simply log onto www.performerawards.com.au and follow the links to your favourite Australian Athletics representative.
Your vote will not only assist in securing their victory but it will place you in the draw to win $5000.00.
Voting closes on Friday 20th November with the presentation of awards to be held at a gala dinner in Sydney on Wednesday 25th November.
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