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Casey Stoner
Casey Stoner is an Australian former motorbike racer, and winner of multiple World Champion titles, and an ambassador for Emerge Australia who lives with ME/CFS.[1]
ME/CFS[edit | edit source]
Casey Stoner began suffering from ME/CFS in 2018, and has been battling the illness since.[2][3][4] In an interview in 2019 Stoner said "I realised something was wrong when golf was becoming a really physical sport for me. I’ve been on and off different tablets to try to combat that and get me through the day a little bit more.” Stoner revealed that despite being a former world champion professional motorbike racer, he was struggling to ride even as a hobbyist, saying "I don't have the energy to go out there and do that for the day, it'll put me in the couch for another week."[5]
In 2020, Stoner described living with ME/CFS as "this disease is destroying me".[6]
Because people can't see it, it's not a physical ailment that people can see so people aren't really taking it as seriously...they all just sort of go, you know, "you're a bit tired...get up".[2] — Casey Stoner, Today Show Australia, 2021
Talks, news and interviews[edit | edit source]
- 2022, Aussie legend Casey Stoner reveals sad health battle - news.com.au
- World champion Casey Stoner has explained his three-year disappearance from MotoGP after a rare sighting this weekend
- 2021, 'Struggling': Battle behind Casey Stoner's devastating diagnosis - Yahoo Sports Australia
- 2020, Under the Visor: Casey Stoner Interview, Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix
- 2020, ‘This disease is destroying me’: Aussie MotoGP legend Casey Stoner opens up on health battle - Fox Sports Australia
- 2019, Stoner details fresh chronic fatigue struggle - Motorsport.com
- 2013, An Interview with Casey Stoner - Superbike
Online presence[edit | edit source]
- Website
- YouTube
- Casey Stoner - My ME/CFS Story - Vimeo interview for Emerge Australia
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- Casey Stoner - My ME/CFS Story - video
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Casey Stoner Joins 'Help Cure ME' Campaign". Emerge Australia. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "MotoGP legend Casey Stoner reveals 'extreme' health battle". Today Show Australia. October 21, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Churches, Marc (October 23, 2021). "'I very quickly went downhill': Casey Stoner opens up on chronic fatigue syndrome battle".
- ↑ "'Struggling': Battle behind Casey Stoner's devastating diagnosis". Yahoo Sports. November 7, 2021.
- ↑ Rust, Greg (December 4, 2019). "MotoGP™ Legend Casey Stoner reveals ongoing health battles". MotoGP. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
- ↑ "'This disease is destroying me': Australian MotoGP legend Casey Stoner's health battle". PerthNow. November 27, 2020.
