Maioro Barton

By Anonymous -
Last Thursday in Year 8 Syndicate Assembly, we had a speaker called Maioro Barton. Maioro is a wheelchair athlete from Cambridge, Waikato. He started off playing sport as a kid, playing rugby for the Waikato Wheelchair Rugby Association. He then got into Wheelchair basketball, playing at high level. He went to the Olympics for Athletics; shotput and javelin. He also went for basketball.
He spoke to the Year 8 Syndicate about his life, and his past experiences. He was very inspiring and motivational. He also delved deep into the world of disabled people, and how they might feel in certain situations. He talked about how he would rather stay in a wheelchair than have an operation and make himself walk again. He is content with the life he's got, and he is living it to the fullest!

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