26-05-2025
The epic highs and lows of Ji's life on the trampoline
Ji Wallace was an energetic only child growing up on a bush block in suburban Brisbane when his parents brought home a trampoline to keep him occupied.
Ji learned how to flip by that afternoon, and found he had a real talent. A couple of years later, he was a national champion in gymnastics.
Ji managed to make a career out of bouncing around, representing Australia at the Olympics and then joining Cirque Du Soleil as an acrobat.
A terrible injury, and then the news that he was HIV positive, set Ji on a different course, but he didn't let that keep him off the trampoline.
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Originally broadcast September 2024.
