Who is Dylan Alcott?
Dylan Alcott is an Australian wheelchair tennis and basketball champion who won the Golden Slam in 2021, taking all four Grand Slam titles and the Paralympic gold medal in quad wheelchair tennis. He was named Australian of the Year in 2022.
Alcott was born in Melbourne in 1990 with a tumor wrapped around his spinal cord, which left him a paraplegic. He played wheelchair basketball and won gold with the Australian team, the Rollers, at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics.
He later switched to wheelchair tennis, where he dominated the quad division, winning many Grand Slam titles, including multiple Australian Open titles.
Golden Slam
In 2021, Alcott won the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, the US Open and the Tokyo Paralympic gold medal, completing the Golden Slam. He became the first man to achieve the feat in any form of tennis.
He retired after the 2022 Australian Open. In the same year, he was named Australian of the Year for his advocacy for people with disabilities.
Alcott founded the Dylan Alcott Foundation and Get Skilled Access, a company that helps businesses become more inclusive. He is also a media personality, radio host and music festival organizer.