Todd William Hodgetts
Paralympian | Mental Health Advocate | Speaker | Resilience Leader
A former Paralympian, mental health advocate, and powerful keynote speaker known for his raw honesty and uncompromising resilience. After sustaining a life-changing spinal cord injury, Todd defied expectations, becoming a Paralympic athlete and representing Australia on the world stage.
Beyond sport, Todd has become a respected voice in mental health, disability awareness, and resilience leadership. He speaks candidly about adversity, identity loss, rebuilding self-worth, and the mindset required to move forward when life doesn’t go to plan. His story resonates deeply with corporate audiences, students, frontline workers, and leadership teams navigating pressure, change, and uncertainty.
Awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his service, Todd brings authenticity, grit, and perspective that leaves audiences inspired, and changed.
Topics
Talking Points
• Resilience under extreme adversity
• High-performance mindset in sport and life
• Mental toughness when circumstances aren’t fair
• Discipline, routine, and elite preparation
• Turning setbacks into competitive advantage
• Leadership through example, not words
• Thriving in high-pressure environments
• Redefining limits and personal potential
• Motivation vs discipline: what actually wins
• Building confidence through action, not hype
• What elite sport teaches you about pressure, failure, and consistency
• Why discipline outperforms motivation every time
• Competing when the playing field isn’t equal, and refusing excuses
• Mental toughness built through daily standards, not hype
• How setbacks can become a competitive advantage
• Redefining limits in sport, leadership, and life
• Performing at your best when everything is on the line
• Leadership without titles, leading through action and example
• The psychology of resilience under extreme adversity
• Translating Paralympic performance lessons into business and teams
• Confidence as a by-product of preparation and repetition
• Why high performance is a choice, not a personality trait
Paralympian
Mental Health Advocate
Speaker
Resilience Leader
About Todd
A world-record-holding Paralympic gold medallist and world champion known for his relentless discipline, mental toughness, and high-performance standards. Competing at the highest levels of international sport, Todd built his success not on circumstance, but on consistency, preparation, and an uncompromising mindset. His journey is a powerful example of what’s possible when adversity is met with focus rather than excuses.
Beyond elite competition, Todd translates the principles of high performance into practical lessons for leadership, teamwork, and personal accountability. He challenges audiences to rethink limits, raise their standards, and perform under pressure with clarity and purpose. Todd’s message is grounded, direct, and actionable, leaving individuals and organisations with tools they can apply immediately to build resilience, confidence, and sustained excellence in sport, business, and life.