The 2025 IWWF World Disabled Waterski Championships will be held at the Max Kirwan Ski Park in Mulwala, NSW, Australia from November 27-30, 2025. Athletes compete in seated, standing, and vision-impaired categories across the disciplines of slalom, tricks, and jumping.
More info can be found at Website: disabledworlds2025.com
Profile
Samantha “Sammy” Longmore is a ACT/NSW athlete, speaker, multiple business owner and disability advocate. After back-to-back car accidents at 20years old left her with a spinal cord and brain injury (resulting in paralysis down her entire right side), Sam rebuilt her life, finding her sporting edge in adaptive water skiing. Between contract spraying, her wool business, the mobile bars, motivational speaking a big family life, she trains hard and competes harder, proudly representing ACT/NSW and Australia. With Worlds on the horizon, Sam’s goal is simple: show what’s possible when you refuse to tap out.
Story (feature version)
At 20 years old, two consecutive car accidents on the same stretch of road in two different states in a matter of 45 minutes changed everything for Sam. A spinal cord and brain injury resulting in paralysis down her right side, and a future that many would have written off. Sam didn’t.
She grew up in the bush where you learn to fix things with what you’ve got and keep your sense of humour handy. That attitude carried her from rehab to the river, where adaptive water skiing became more than a sport. It was freedom, adrenaline, and inclusion.
Sam splits her time between agriculture (she with her contract spraying and her partner with a harvest contracting businesses), running wool & wine workshops and a woollen product line, juggling a rather large family and all that includes and training for competition. She speaks to schools and community groups, businesses both small and large corporates about safe choices, resilience, growth and backing yourself even when things may seem a little hard.
On the water, Sam is all in: focused, technical, and fearless. Off the water, she’s the same backing rural communities, pushing inclusion in sport & AG, and showing the next generation and the currents ones that disability and high performance can and do belong in the same sentence. With Worlds approaching, Sam’s chasing PBs, podiums, world records and the kind of impact that lasts a life time.
Top Results
2025
- Australian Disabled National Championships (Apr 12–14, 2025)
- Slalom (MP1 F Seated): 1st – 2.25/46 inner (Australian record), 4.50/43 inner
- Jump (MP1 F Seated): 1st – 14.1m (unofficial world record)(Australian record)
- Tricks (MP1 F Seated): 1st – 280 pts, 220 pts
2024
- Malibu Round 4 – Mulwala (Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2024)
- Slalom (Open F): 1st – 2.00/46
- Jump (Open F): 2nd – 14.9m (unofficial world record)
- Australian Disabled National Championships (Mar 28 – Apr 1, 2024)
- Tricks (MP1 F Seated): 1st – 280 pts, 280 pts
- Jump (MP1 F Seated): 1st – 12.5m, 11.7m
- Slalom (MP1 F Seated): 1st – 4.50/40 inner, 2.00/43 inner
- Malibu Round 6 – Canberra (Feb 10–11, 2024)
- Tricks (Over 21 F): 14th – 140 pts, 7 pts
2023
- IWWF World Disabled Waterski Championships – USA (Sep 11–17, 2023)
- Jump (MP1 F Seated): 1st – 10.6m (35ft), 12.4m (41ft) (OFFICIAL world record)
- Overall (MP1 F Seated): 1st – 0.00/43 inner, 240 pts, 12.4m (41ft)
- Slalom (MP1 F Seated): 5th – 0.00/43 inner
- Tricks (MP1 F Seated): 3rd – 240 pts
Worlds Note
Sam has been Selected and is competing at the 2025 IWWF World Disabled Waterski Championships at the Max Kirwin ski lakes in Mulwala, representing Australia in MP1 F Seated Slalom, Jump, and Tricks.