Imagine What We Can Do: Jamieson Leeson 

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Growing up, Jamieson Leeson didn’t think sport was for her.
But she’s happy to be proven wrong.
Fast forward 20 years, when she left her tiny country town of Dunedoo to compete in the Montreal 2023 World Cup, returning with an international gold medallist and with new goals.
“Growing up, I didn’t have any sport available to me,” Leeson said.
“In the country there’s no Para-sport let alone boccia. I would have to travel two hours to Orange and only did that a few weekends because it wasn’t a very big club.”
The central western town is home to just over 1,000 people and now Leeson has a huge mural of herself, proudly cheering on the girl from Dunedoo.
Leeson, who was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy when she was 18 months old, went on to make her Paralympic debut after only a year of competing in boccia.
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