2018年9月9日 · When Sam Bloom fell from a rickety balcony while holidaying in Thailand with her family in 2013, her world changed forever. Paralysed from the chest down, the active life she’d led before seemed lost, leaving her deeply depressed at the prospect of a bleak future.

2022年5月13日 · Now a two-time world para surfing champion after suffering devastating injuries, Sam Bloom's rehabilitation journey took her from a life of despair and fragility to hope and resilience.

2 天之前 · If Sam Bloom is not on your radar, then we want to change that – her story is nothing short of remarkable. Sam is a professional athlete, taking up competitive paracanoeing – placing 13th in the world and two Australian titles. She was also later selected as a member of the Australian Adaptive Surf Team – winning gold for Australia at the ...

2022年5月16日 · It was January 2013 and life, as Sam Bloom had known it, was about to change forever. In a split second, a dream holiday in Thailand with her husband, Cameron, and their sons — Rueben, Noah and Oliver — turned into an unimaginable nightmare.

2016年4月13日 · As part of her rehabilitation, Sam (an avid sportswoman before her accident) took up kayaking. With the help of Penguin, and the rest of the family, she was able to rise to the top of competitive kayaking and competed in the Canoe World Championships in Milan in 2015.

2022年5月26日 · If you don’t know Sam Bloom for her sporting feats – she’s won two golds and one bronze at the World Para Surfing Championships and represented Australia in paracanoeing – then you might know her as the inspiration for the global hit movie, Penguin Bloom.

Sam Bloom is a bestselling author, global keynote speaker, 4 x World Para Surfing champion and inspiration behind global hit movie Penguin Bloom.

2021年1月28日 · Sam, went on to be part of Australia’s para-canoeing team and often credits Penguin with saving her, during the time they had together. Sam was in Italy competing, waiting for her husband Cameron to join her when that chapter …

2015年4月17日 · Sam Bloom fell and broke her spine when she leaned against a loose balcony railing at a beach resort in Thailand in 2013.

2021年1月27日 · As depicted in Penguin Bloom, Sam Bloom returned to the water as Penguin began to get better, and started kayaking. This was a challenge for someone with a spinal cord injury because Bloom was...