Melissa [Milly] Tapper made history in 2016 as the first Australian athlete to have competed at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

As a youngster, Milly fell in love with the game of table tennis, and as you’ll hear, had an incredible local community pushing her to achieve some big dreams.

In 2018, she also became the first Australian to achieve Commonwealth Games glory in table tennis.

This chat with milly was following her competing in both the Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo 2020, and you can hear her stubbornness, her drive, and her desire to work every single day at her craft, often taking herself to the point of feeling like she didn’t possibly have any more left in her.

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