[2] Currie competed internationally at the 1984 New York / Stoke Mandeville Games, where she won a bronze medal in the Women's 100 m Freestyle A1 event.

[4][5] Currie received the Australian Sports Medal from the then Prime Minister John Howard in 2000 and was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2007.

[6] Anne Nicole Brunell (née Currie) was born on 13 July 1970 at the Royal Women's Hospital, Carlton, Victoria.

[5] At birth, doctors were unable to identify why Currie was born with a limb deficiency but were able to rule out prenatal thalidomide poisoning as a possible contributor.

As a youngster, Ian was involved in sport and played for the local Benalla Football Club, winning best first-year player in December 1953.

[12][5][7] Currie grew up in Glen Waverly, Victoria, and attended Glendal Primary School where she would become sport house vice captain.

[3] Currie was surpassed by 13-year-old Maddison Elliot who won gold for Australia at the London, United Kingdom Summer Paralympic Games in 2012.

[5] Currie competed at the 1986 FESPIC Games in Surakarta, Indonesia and won four gold medals, including a world record in the 100m breastroke.

[15] Currie remembers the questionable water quality and the coach of the Australian Paralympic swim team at the time – Peter Carroll – informing swimmers to “…shut your mouth and swim” ...[5] After her performance, Currie received an award under the National Disabled Athlete Award Scheme and was congratulated by the then Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism, Mr John Brown.

[17] At the 1988 Seoul, Korea Summer Paralympic Games, two pools had to be utilized to ensure that all events could proceed as 31 classifications now existed.

[19] Currie was named as Women's Captain of the Australian team and recalls that it was “…a great honour…’ as she was able to mentor and support younger disabled athletes.

Before embarking to Barcelona, Currie was commended in an address to the Australian Paralympic Federation Luncheon in Melbourne, Victoria by Leader of the Opposition John Hewson on the 30 June 1992.

[22] Currie was grouped into the S6 category which includes athletes with disabilities such as loss of two arms, short stature, and moderate coordination problems on one side of body.

"[5] For her service to the Paralympics movement, Currie won a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1993 and was featured on the Queen's Birthday Honour List on the 13 June 1993.

[7] Currie's Mother and sister were interviewed, alongside swimmers Nicole Stevenson and Dawn Fraser who spoke of her rise to fame and success within the international disabled swimming community.

[29] Over six pages of typed text, Currie retells her life story and emphasizes the support systems she had growing up, her biggest barriers to success and her greatest achievements.

[29] Currie was recognised within a 1993 book written by Anthony M. Stewart called 'Secrets of Success: A Pictorial Tribute to Australian Sporting Men and Women.'

[31] Currie was asked to provide a success tip which reads "If you want to achieve great things in life, be prepared to make sacrifices, set goals and realise that your accomplishments will usually reflect how hard you have worked.