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| Birth date | 25 May 1967 |
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Description of Accident
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Date May 1982 After dominating BMX in my area (Denmark, Albany), I thought it was time to get into motocross. My mother bought me a year old RM 125 from friends, and I started training hard. Motocross tracks,local tracks etc. I rode every day. I even did a Jeff Leisk motocross school. We were on holiday in Collie (and of course I demanded we take bike) and I was practicing around a pretty cool track some locals made in the bush. Somehow I ran wide on a turn and went down a hole and got thrown over handlebars. I got knocked out and woke up |
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| Level of Injury | T12/L1 |
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| Occupation before Accident | Year 10 at school (I was 15) |
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| Occupations after | Disabled Sport Administrator (WADSA)
Then eventually went to University (Curtin) to study commerce
Banker - ING Barings (Investment bank)
Finance & Strategy - UPC (A European Foxtel) |
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Occupation now |
I am working hard on my company (co2smart.com.au). We want to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles by large fleet operators. We will be running a trial starting at end of year with 10 electric vehicles running around Perth for 2 years. Transport generates 14% of all CO2 emissions, and electric vehicles recharged with solar, wind or other clean source can reduce that to zero. |
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| Partner & Childrens | Wife: Nicoletter van Dijk
Kids: Brookleyn (6), Terry Jnr (3), Nikki (6 mths) |
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| Current Hobbies | Work! |
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| Other personal points of interest | I lived in Holland for 16 years and only returned in October 2008. The family loves it here, maybe we stay... | |
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