Damien Thomlinson

Auto racing Thomlinson regularly participates in Targa rally races where he serves as Team Legacy Assist's navigator. He took a ride in the #5 Orrcon Steel Ford Performance Racing Falcon at Sydney Olympic Park with the V8 Supercars driver, Mark Winterbottom, in December 2011.

Para-sport Thomlinson snowboarded prior to being wounded by the Taliban, By 2012, he was trying to make the 2014 Sochi bound Australian Paralympic Winter Games team.

Thomlinson competed at the February 2011 US Marine Corps Paralympic Trials/Exercise Wounded Warrior competition where he represented the Australian Defence Force in swimming. His team earned 1 bronze medal, 11 silver medals and 12 gold medals at the event, with Thomlinson accounting for a gold in the 200m relay and a silver in the 50m freestyle event. Minister for Defence Science and Personnel Warren Snowdon welcomed his team back to Australia following the event.

In May 2011, he was on hand to watch four Australian Defence Force personnel compete at the Arafura Games and Oceania Paralympic Championships.

Australian Survivor In August 2018, it was revealed that Thomlinson was a contestant on Australian Survivor: Champions vs. Contenders as part of the Champions tribe. Thomlinson, becoming the first amputee to be on Australian Survivor, was well respected by his tribemates for his strong work ethic and kind-hearted persona. In the Champion's first tribal council, Thomlinson was the only vote to keep Survivor veteran Russell Hantz. In the tribe's next tribal council, Thomlinson was perceived as a possible liability in future challenges due to his disability and became the third person voted out. Thomlinson's vote out was met with backlash by many viewers as it was seen as ableist to vote him out.