Gerrard Gosens
- March 8, 2024
- Adventurer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Gerrard Gosens |
| Occupation | Adventurer |
| Date Of Birth | Feb 3, 1970(1970-02-03) |
| Age | 54 |
| Birthplace | Melbourne |
| Country | Australia |
| Birth City | Victoria |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
Gerrard Gosens Biography
| Name | Gerrard Gosens |
| Birthday | Feb 3 |
| Birth Year | 1970 |
| Place Of Birth | Melbourne |
| Home Town | Victoria |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Gerrard Gosens is one of the most popular and richest Adventurer who was born on February 3, 1970 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Gosens was born the 3rd of February , 1970 at Melbourne, Victoria. He is born blind and was Australia’s first guide dog keeper at sixteen. At the age of 11, his family relocated into Yeppoon within Queensland and he enrolled in Yeppoon State High School. He completed an Business Management degree at Queensland University of Technology (1992-1994) as well as a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Queensland (1994-1996). From 1994 to 2002 he worked for the Australian Paralympic Committee. He was Director of Operations for Royal Blind Foundation Queensland and was employed by Vision Australia. In the year 2019 the company was forced to shut down his company Chocolate Moments in Brisbane due to the disruptions due to the Cross River Rail project.
The year 2005 was the time his effort to take on Mount Everest ended when he fell into a crevasse which the guide had forgotten to inform him about. He was in the 3rd camp on Mt. Everest that is 7,300m (24,000 feet) high. He was co- pilot of an ultra-light motor glider through Queensland Three times. Gosens has walked the distance of 2,000 km between Cairns through Brisbane five times in order to raise funds to benefit charity.
In 2016, Gosens took up triathlon as a result of using swimming as rehabilitation for an injured knee. He is classified as a B1 paratriathlete. He has the goal of competing in paratriathlon at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. In 2019, Gosens was caught up in a doping scandal after his guide Stephen Thompson tested positive to EPO at the 2018 ITU World Championships, Gold Coast, Queensland. Gosens competed with Thompson two days after Thompson won the silver medal at the World Championships 35 to 39 age group race. Gosens was disqualified due to Thompson’s EPO test because he was his guide.
Gosens can be classified as a T11 sportsperson. Gosens was a participant at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics in goalball. The 2000 Sydney Paralympics, he participated with his guides Bill Hunter and Ed Salmon in three events of running – sixth in the Men’s 5Km T11, sixth in the Men’s 10000m t11 and eighth in the men’s Marathon T11. In 2002, at the IPC Athletics World Championships, Lille, France, he placed 4th in the men’s 1500m T11, and 6th in the men’s T11 5000m. In 2006, at the IPC Athletics World Championships, Assen, Netherlands, he was fifth in the Men’s 1500m T11. In the 2008 Beijing Paralympics along with coach Bruce Jones, he finished sixth in the men’s 1500m T11. In the 2010 IPC Athletics World Championships, Christchurch, New Zealand, He placed 4th during his race of the men’s 1500m T11 race and was ranked fourth. He was disqualified from his race in the 5000m T11 for men.
Gerrard Gosens Net Worth
Gerrard Gosens is one of the richest Adventurer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gerrard Gosens 's net worth $3-5 Million. * (Last Update: February 3, 2024)
Gerrard James Gosens OAM (born the 3rd of February, 1970) is a blind Australian Paralympic athlete, goalball player triathlete, adventurer, chocolatier, and motivational speaker.
He was married to Heather in 1993. They have two children : Jordan, son Jordan as well as daughter Taylor. Taylor, his daughter Taylor was born with a congenital eye condition and has only 4 percent vision.
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Gerrard Ranked on the list of most popular Adventurer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Gerrard Gosens celebrates birthday on February 3 of every year.