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Nothing will stop Dylan Alcott

The Paralympian is the embodiment of empowerment in WHO's Sexiest People interview. - by Ali Cromarty
  • 02 Nov 2018
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Dylan Alcott’s schedule is crazy. 

He just wrapped up filming for the Invictus Games coverage on ABC; he’s number two in the world for wheelchair tennis, having just won the US Open, he’s training for Tokyo 2020 Olympics – which will be his fourth Olympics (winning Gold as part of the wheelchair basketball team in 2008); he has a new TV show The Set on ABC, regular stints on Triple J radio; his book Able comes out in November; he runs the Dylan Alcott Foundation which helps young Australians with disabilities, and he’s also started all-inclusive Ability Fest, a music festival aimed at kids with disabilities.

Did we mention he’s only 27?

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“It’s unbelievable to think three years ago I was on a disability pension,” he shares with WHO, and he’s got big plans for the future.

“I want to be a big mainstay in the media and want to do acting,” he shares. “I’d also love my own talk show or radio show in the US.”

Born with a tumour on his spine, Alcott has been in a wheelchair his whole life, and reveals he recently found out how close he came to dying when he was younger.

“I had no idea how sick I was, in my book there’s a photo of me, and supposedly the doctor said, ‘You better take a photo of him because he might not wake up in the morning.’ I had this infection and they gave me a shot of steroids that was going save me or kill me.”

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Alcott is passionate about empowering people with disabilities.

“More people need to be proud of their disability instead of shying away from it, because as soon as I became proud of it, I started dating, I started playing sport, everything happened.”

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Obsessed with all things TV, entertainment and celebrity, Ali is your go-to gal for anything Bachelor, Love Island or Real Housewives related. In her spare time, you’ll find her feeding her serious beauty addiction, ordering anything and everything from Mecca Cosmetica.

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