Liam Malone

Liam Bevan Malone MNZM (born 23 December 1993) is a former New Zealand para-athlete, primarily competing in sprint events.

He is also the great-great-great-grandson of Robert Trimble, a 19th-century member of the New Zealand Parliament, and the great-great-great-great-grandson of Abel Heywood, who served two separate terms as mayor of Manchester in the 1860s and 1870s.

[4] Malone was born with fibular hemimelia (congenital absence of the fibula bone) in both legs.

[9][10] Malone was selected as New Zealand's flag bearer for the 2016 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony.

[13] Malone began working in Artificial Intelligence start-up Soul Machines immediately after retirement.