Alex Jay

Invictus Games Düsseldorf 2023 Competitor

ADF service: I was formally in the Australian Army.

Current occupation: I am currently studying law and am an IT, networking and programing graduate.

Home town: Australia

Current town: Australia

Competing in: Athletics, indoor rowing and sitting volleyball

What role has sport played in your rehabilitation?
Exercise is a very important part of my life. Combined with therapeutic interventions, I have been able to maintain health and fitness to assist in my recovery and pain management.

Sport background: I was a champion athlete in short distance running. From a young age and I began training in martial arts (Taekwondo, Muay Thai, BJJ, Kickboxing).
Given the nature of my injuries, my greatest sporting moment would be running a 100m sprint qualify for the first time in six years.

What is your greatest achievement to date? Knowing not to ‘let go too soon or hang on too long.’

Why did you apply for the Invictus Games? To aid in my recovery, connect with and support wounded, injured and ill veterans on their rehabilitation journey.

What will success look like for you at the Games? ‘Everyone wants to feel like a winner, and feeling like a winner requires that you win.’ Here, at the games, we are all winners. This is success.

What does unconquered mean to you? It resonates with the meaning behind my friend Jarrod Kent’s quote: “Broken Never Beaten.” It also resonates with quote from my friend Jacob Dean who I unfortunately lost to cancer earlier this year, "I've always been a fighter. If you tell me I can't, I'll die trying to prove you wrong."