Curtis McGrath is an Australian parac canist and former Army combat engineer who overcame incredible odds after losing both legs in an IAD explosion in Afghanistan in 2012 despite his life-changing injuries McGrath showed remarkable resilience famously telling his comrades as he was airlifted that they would one day see him in the Paralympics true to his word Curtis quickly transitioned into Paras Sports becoming a worldclass athlete in parac can ing he won gold at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and again at the 2020 Tokyo games his journey from Soldier to par