By Sean Moriarty

Two of Killarney’s most-loved athletes will give inspirational talks in Tralee this week.

Tralee Chamber Alliance is hosting a ‘Breakfast Briefing’ on September 8 at the Rose Hotel.

The lead speaker on the morning will be Killarney-based Madie Wilson-Walker, a bi-lateral amputee and a member of the Canadian Paralympic Team.

Killarney native and Irish Paralympian Jordan Lee, who led Ireland out into the Olympic Stadium at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, will also be speaking on the morning.

“This event is open to all Tralee Chamber Alliance members and non-members, including sports clubs, PE teachers, and school principals,” Tralee Chamber Alliance’s chief executive, Colette O’Connor, said.

This Breakfast Briefing, sponsored through SME Partnership with AIB, will be focused on the theme of ‘Resilience’ and will begin at 7.30am, with arrival from 7.15am.

Madie specialises in the long jump but also competes in the 100m sprint. She has represented Canada on three different occasions, twice at the Para World Championships and once at the Para Pan Am Games.

Her next big goal is to qualify for the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.

Lee is a 22-year-old Killarney native who was born with one hand but that hasn’t stopped him from pursuing his sporting dreams.

He has won at the High Jump in the Para Athletics and is a Four-Time National medallist in Able Bodied Athletics. He has excelled in basketball having played at international level as a youth.