He was also part of the relay squad for the 1992 Games but did not skate in the semi-final as the Aussies crashed out of the event.

Steven’s story is a shining example of not letting circumstances define you

In 1995 Bradbury was involved in an accident in Canada where his thigh was slashed by another skater’s blade. He lost a large amount of blood as the blade sliced his quadricep muscles and required over a hundred stitches to the leg. Having recovered from the injury he regained his form and entered the 1998 Olympic Games with medal ambitions but failed to make it.

In late 2000 he broke two vertebras in his neck during training. He spent a month and a half in a halo brace, and needed four pins to be inserted in his skull and screws and plates bolted into his back and chest. Doctors told Bradbury that he would not be able to take to the ice again, but he was determined to compete at one last Winter Olympics.

Steven Bradbury’s memorable and unlikely gold medal win

At the Salt Lake City Olympics quarter finals he beat 4-times world champion and made it to the semi-finals.

During his semi-final he was in a poor position and due for elimination until a collision between skaters from Korea and Japan which resulted in four men sliding out of control towards the barriers gave him the opportunity to win.

By the time Bradbury arrived the path was clear and he crossed the line to win the gold medal before anybody else could react.

A shining example of an underdog never giving up, regardless of the odds against them

Bradbury became the first person from any southern hemisphere country to win a Winter Olympic event and was dubbed “The Last Man Standing” by the world media.

Bradbury’s triumph was celebrated by Australia Post issuing a 45-cent stamp of him.

He received $20,000 for the use of his image which he used to buy a car. Before the Olympics, Bradbury had needed to borrow $1,000 from his parents to fix his old car in order to go to training.

In 2007, Bradbury was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his Olympic gold medal win. He was also inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in that year.

Most people live their lives like a cork in the ocean, floating wherever the tide takes them only to find themselves lost and a place they don’t want to be. They wake up one day trapped in debt and in an endless cycle of work, eat, sleep, repeat just to put food on the table and keep a roof over their family’s head. They’re too busy ‘earning’ a living that they have forgotten their dreams and lost the passion for their life.

Introducing Your Event Host and Mentor, Pat Mesiti

As one of Australia’s leading wealth educators and mindset experts, Pat has spoken around the world at some of the largest conferences and his books and materials have sold over 2 million copies.

Pat has built some of Australia’s largest people organizations around a unique understanding of how to harness the potential in people.

He is a sought after business consultant to fortune 500 companies and global franchises on leadership, team building, wealth creation and personal development. He has worked with world leaders, political figures and visionaries and is the former director of Australia’s most successful drug rehabilitation operation,Teen Challenge and founder of the Youth Alive Movement.

Pat has shared the stage with some of the world’s most influential people including, Sir Richard Branson, Donald Trump, Denis Waitley, Robert Kiyosaki, Mark Victor Hansen, Jim Rohn, Charlie Tremendous Jones, Captain Jerry Coffee, Allan Pease, Bob Proctor, Willie Jolley and Morris Goodman “The Miracle Man”.

Geoff Jowett – World renowned champion bodybuilder, best selling author and award winning health and fitness expert

Without doubt, Geoff Jowett is one of the foremost authorities on weight loss around the world having helping millions with their goals.

He started his career as a personal trainer and quite quickly became the best in the business, winning the coveted Australian Personal Trainer of the Year Award in 2003.

Geoff co-founded Vision Personal Training, the largest and most respected chain of PT studios in Australia / New Zealand with over 55 locations. He created the Bodytrim and Bodysculpt systems which helped over a million people around the world with their weight loss goals and he is the best selling author of Myths, Lies and Exercise.

He has also created “Eating Out For Weight Loss” DVDs and weight loss cook books (by cuisine style) to ensure wherever you are in the world you are equipped with the tools to stay trim.
Author, speaker, motivator Geoff’s passion is second to none when it comes to helping people realise their potential and create their best life.

Through his weight loss coaching tools Geoff has a goal of helping 10 million people around the world discover the truth and achieve their optimal health.

Stacey Copas – Author of “How To Be Resilient” and Australia’s leading facilitator on resilience and finding the opportunity in change and adversity

Stacey has not let a devastating accident that left her a quadriplegic and dependent on a wheelchair at 12 years old slow her down.

Instead she has used her life experience and personal philosophies to become Australia’s leading keynote speaker and facilitator on resilience and finding the opportunity in change and adversity, delivering keynote speeches, training, consulting and coaching to organisations such as Telstra, Holden and CSIRO.

Her first book “How To Be Resilient”, has been endorsed by Brian Tracy, Layne Beachley and Jack Delosa.

Stacey has been featured by Financial Review, ABC radio and The Australian for her insights on resilience in the workplace. With a “say yes and figure out how later” approach to life, Stacey has achieved some remarkable feats including starring in a feature film with no acting experience, volunteering in Solomon Islands, competing at a national level in para-athletics after 22 years on the sidelines and running for parliament.

Stacey is also an Ambassador and Mentor for the Layne Beachley Foundation Aim For The Stars.

Eric Grothe Jr – Australian former professional Rugby League Player and Health and Fitness Advocate

Eric Grothe is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s and 2010s.

A New South Wales State of Origin and Australia national representative winger, he played in the National Rugby League, largely for Sydney club, Parramatta Eels, with whom his father, Eric Grothe Sr., achieved legendary status in the 1980s. Grothe Jr. also spent three seasons with the Sydney Roosters, and at the end of his career was contracted to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.

Eric is now known for his humourous and influential Instagram presence and for using his knowledge and experience as a professional athlete to help thousands of people completely transform their bodies and regain their confidence.

After personally going from fit to fat, to fit to fat, over and over again and trying lots of different weight loss and fitness methods, he spent years researching, testing and cutting through all the weight loss industry noise, the fads, the gimmicks and discovered what really works.

Today, his highest concern and priority is to help stop the modern day plague: adult and child obesity. As a result, he’s helped hundreds of people achieve real, permanent weight loss results and experience complete body transformations in a way that’s enjoyable and doesn’t require anyone to make massive sacrifices.

As a media personality too, Eric frequently appears on shows like The Project, NRL Footy Show, Fox Sports, Triple M, Matty John’s Show, 2 day FM and more.

Lauren Burns – Olympian Gold Medallist

Lauren Burns created sporting history by winning the first ever Olympic medal for Taekwondo when the sport made its debut at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Lauren was one of only three Australian women to win an individual Olympic Gold Medal. Her amazing triumph was achieved against the odds requiring enormous discipline, commitment, perseverance and teamwork.

The nation watched as Lauren’s victory brought the Australian public and Olympic crowd to its feet. Before her Olympic win, few people knew that Lauren had been 12 times Australian Champion and had achieved a string of international titles including numerous medals at world championship level. Since the Sydney Olympics, Lauren has emerged as one of the most successful Olympians from these Games.

How it all began…

After growing up without much involvement in sport it was a surprise to Lauren’s friends when she took up taekwondo at the age of fourteen. Enthusiasm to attend her first lesson was spurred on by her brother Michael who started at age seven motivated to learn the skills of the ’80’s craze “The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”. Lauren, Michael and their father Ronnie all attended regular classes but it was Lauren that got a taste for the competitive side of taekwondo.

Lauren’s focus and determination strengthened as her desire to become a better taekwondo player grew. In 1994 taekwondo was announced as an Olympic sport and Korean coach Jintae Jeong was appointed National coach. Although Lauren had been on many national teams her commitment to the sport became paramount with this announcement and her goal of making the Olympic team in the -49kg division was strong in mind.

At the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, this dream was realised and Lauren Burns became the first ever gold medal winner in the sport of taekwondo.

“I just felt tonight that all my competitors were tough, they were the best in the world and I had to go out and give it everything I had… I had to give it heart, give it soul, give it passion and the Australian crowd really helped to lift me up… The energy was incredible”.

Lauren was awarded the Order of Australia in 2001 and has a string of international titles and achievements to her name. She conducts regular motivational presentations, active workshops and health and wellness programs all over Australia and abroad.

John Fitzgerald - One of Australia’s most renowned and respected Australian property investment experts

John Fitzgerald is one of the most renowned and respected Australian property investment experts with over 30 years’ experience in residential and commercial real estate, property development and property investment.

He is also a self-made man. After completing high school at 17 years of age, John hitchhiked from Melbourne to the Gold Coast with only $200 in his pocket. He started working in real estate and quickly mastered the art of building wealth with a sustainable strategy that simply works. By 25, he owned over $1 million in net property assets.

He has used the same wealth-building strategy to develop a multi-million dollar business, sharing his knowledge and skills with everyday Australians.

He wrote a book called the 7 Steps to Wealth - now in its 8th edition - highlighting the strategy and simplifying what seems so complicated to most of us, showing all Australians that they can, in fact, build a wealth of their own.

John has personally bought, sold and developed over 10,000 properties and has an extensive residential and commercial investment portfolio.

John doesn’t just invest in land, he also invests in people. He is the chairman and founding benefactor of Toogoolawa Children’s Home Ltd, which has fostered over 1,580 youth at risk or wards of the state. He also established and runs a unique school for boys who have learning and behavior problems that make them no longer welcome in mainstream schools.

The reason why John does what he does is simply that school.