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Hall of fame dream realised
26th Oct 2012
Marayke Jonkers is launching a hall of fame.
FORMER Maroochydore Paralympic swimmer Marayke Jonkers will tomorrow celebrate the fifth anniversary of her Sporting Dreams foundation by launching the organisation’s hall of fame.
Athletes strive for sporting fairytale
Bill Hoffman | 18th June 2012
A CHARITY screening of Snow White and the Huntsman at Sunshine Plaza on Friday will raise money to help athletes with disabilities achieve their sporting dreams.
Swimmer calls time on gold hunt
Bill Hoffman | 10th Dec 2011
Marayke Jonkers (centre) with her sporting friends, Sara Wessling and Jarrod Law, at the Sporting Dreams Foundation awards function at University of the Sunshine Coast last night. – Warren Lynam
PARALYMPIC swimmer Marayke Jonkers has announced her retirement from competitive swimming because of a medical condition she will carry for the rest of her life.
Hall of fame dream realised
Owen Jacques | 19th Dec 2009
Paralympic silver medallist Marayke Jonkers with Sporting Dreams foundation grant recipients, wheelchair basketballers Jake Fulwood and Amy Deguara. – Nicholas Falconer
WHEN Marayke Jonkers awarded 22 grants to athletes with disabilities last night, she shared every moment of their joy.
Jonkers shares dream with promising athletes
Steve Zemek | 18th Nov 2008
Sunshine Coast paralympian Marayke Jonkers knows all too well the adversities faced by athletes with disabilities.
And on Saturday night the Beijing silver medallist gave back, with a group of promising athletes the recipients of grants from her charity Sporting Dreams.
Jonkers, who became a paraplegic after a car accident as a child, said she established the foundation earlier this year knowing the inclination on the hill ahead was just that little bit steeper for her peers.
Jonkers silver medal success
thedaily_nathan | 16th Sep 2008
Maroochydore Paralympian Marayke Jonkers won a Paralympic silver medal in the 150m individual medley.
If anything, the decade-plus wait makes it all the sweeter.
Maroochydore Paralympian Marayke Jonkers broke her 12-year hoodoo in the Beijing Water Cube on Sunday night, finally winning a Paralympic silver medal in the 150m individual medley.
Jonkers out for Olympic spot
21st Mar 2008
Maroochydore swimmer Marayke Jonkers is vying for a place on her third Paralympic swim team when she flies to Sydney on Monday.
Maroochydore swimmer Marayke Jonkers is vying for a place on her third Paralympic swim team when she flies to Sydney on Monday.
Marayke leads local ambassador call-up
26th Jan 2014
LOVES THE DAY: Sunshine Coast swimmer Marayke Jonkers will be an Australia Day ambassador. – Contributed
MARAYKE Jonkers heads a list of distinguished Sunshine Coast identities named Queensland Australia Day ambassadors, whose duties will take them to communities across the state this weekend.
Fearless and fabulous
5th Sep 2007
Maroochydore swimmer Marayke Jonkers is vying for a place on her third Paralympic swim team when she flies to Sydney on Monday.
She’s fun, she’s fearless, she’s female.
Paralympian Marayke Jonkers was yesterday named inaugural winner of Cosmopolitan and Biore’s Fun Fearless Female Award at an intimate lunch attended by some of Australia’s most inspiring women.
Jonkers scores bronze medal
15th Sep 2010
PARALYMPIAN Marayke Jonkers has become Australia’s first female Paratriathlon medallist, after winning bronze at the ITU World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Jonkers endured cold and rainy conditions to finish in a time of 2hr 12min 40sec, more than 11 minutes faster than her previous personal best time.
The 28-year-old said she was ecstatic with the result, especially given that she only took up the sport a year ago.
Jonkers makes latest Cosmo
17th Jul 2007
Maroochydore paralympic swimmer Marayke Jonkers, 25, will feature in the this month’s edition of Cosmopolitan magazine, after being named as one of five finalists in the inaugural Fun Fearless Female Awards.
Maroochydore paralympic swimmer Marayke Jonkers, 25, features in this month’s edition of Cosmopolitan magazine, after being named as one of five finalists in the inaugural Fun Fearless Female Awards.
Marayke Jonkers wins her first Paralympic medal
26th Dec 2004
MAROOCHYDORE swimmer Marayke Jonkers reversed the fortunes that saw her narrowly miss the podium in Sydney four years earlier to win a bronze medal in the Paralympics in Athens.
Jonkers swam her personal best time of one minute two seconds to take third place in the SB3 50m breaststroke event.
“I could not be happier if it had of been a gold medal and record because after what I have been through this year it is amazing just to be here, said Jonkers who had been hampered by a neck injury.
Coast swimmer gets official Games nod
23rd Apr 2008
Sunshine Coast swimmer Marayke Jonkers yesterday welcomed “the rubber stamping” of her selection for the Beijing Paralympics.
Although she had been informed in March after the national trials that she was in, Jonkers told the Daily, it was nice to have her place in the 35-member team made official. Jonkers was in Canberra yesterday as part of the team Games orientation for what will be her third Paralympics.
Jonkers thrilled to carry the flag
Jon Tuxworth | 17th Aug 2010
MAROOCHYDORE’S Marayke Jonkers enjoyed one of the proudest moments of her career when she joined fellow team veteran Pat Donachie as flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven on Sunday night.
Jonkers, whose resume includes two bronze medals at the 2004 Athens Paralympics and a silver four years later in Beijing, was thrilled to be given the nod.
“I am so excited,” Jonkers said yesterday.
Marayke to compete at world champs
Steve Zemek | 3rd Aug 2010
Marayke Jonkers
MAROOCHYDORE Paralympian Marayke Jonkers is already an out-and-out champion – and now she’s a trailblazer.
Jonkers wins Paralympic silver
15th Sep 2008
Maroochydore swimmer Marayke Jonkers has won a silver medal for Australia at the Beijing Paralympic Games. – Cade Mooney/177853
Sunshine Coast swimmer Marayke Jonkers has won a Paralympic silver medal at Beijing just one day after her 27th birthday.
