Gerrard Gosens

Gerrard James Gosens OAM (born 3 February 1970) is a vision-impaired Australian Paralympic athlete, goalball player, triathlete, adventurer, chocolatier and motivational speaker.

[1] He is congenitally blind and became Australia's youngest guide dog recipient at age sixteen.

He has been Deputy CEO for Royal Blind Foundation Queensland and worked for Vision Australia.

[3] In 2019, he was forced to shut down his business 'Chocolate Moments' in Brisbane due to the disruption caused by the Cross River Rail project.

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.

[9][10] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England with guide Hayden Armstrong, finished 6th in the Men's PTVI.

[15] In 2005, Gosens attempted to conquer Mount Everest ended when he fell down a crevasse his guide forgot to tell him about.

Gosens and guide at 2000 Sydney Paralympics