Grumpy_old_diver
@doug_griffiths
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🇦🇺retired Navy | Clearance Diver | Veteran | IRONMAN Triathlete | Invictus Games 2025 | rare cancer fighter| positivity & mindfulness| my views
Australia
Joined December 2008
Honoured and proud to be afforded the privilege of being named co-captain of Team @InvictusAus for the 2025 @InvictusGames25. Our team is full of amazing service personnel and veterans, we can’t wait for Vancouver. #iaminvictus #Unconquered
Introducing Team Australia’s Co-Captains Kaz Gladysz and Doug Griffiths. Hear what they have to say about this incredible journey and their hopes for the team at @InvictusGames25. Invictus Australia partners with the Australian Defence Force to deliver Team Australia.
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Cancer survivors and those diagnosed with forms of the disease have been outside of Westminster explaining what it is they need from the UK government.
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My story of life after the Invictus games and what the program has provided me. @InvictusAus @WeAreInvictus #iam #unconquered
“It would have been too easy to sit back and think that, just because I have an incurable cancer, I had no part to play in sport. Nothing could be further from the truth.” Now a Triathlon coach, #Invictusgames alumni Doug is connected to #sport. https://t.co/DCPU398XTy
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“It would have been too easy to sit back and think that, just because I have an incurable cancer, I had no part to play in sport. Nothing could be further from the truth.” Now a Triathlon coach, #Invictusgames alumni Doug is connected to #sport. https://t.co/DCPU398XTy
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Today we commemorated the 83rd anniversary of Allied landings on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands and the heroic Coastwatchers and Solomon Scouts. "The Coastwatchers saved Guadalcanal, and Guadalcanal saved the South Pacific" - Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, USN #lestweforget
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Yesterday, we announced that the upgraded Mogami-class frigate, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, was selected for the Navy’s future fleet of general purpose frigates. This will provide us a more lethal fleet and I look forward to working with my Japanese counterparts.
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GOOOOOLD 🤩🇦🇺 Lani Pallister, Jamie Perkins, Brittany Castelluzzo and Mollie O’Callaghan left it all in the #AquaSingapore25 pool to take home the women’s 4x200 freestyle gold 💚💛 Shout out to heat swimmers Abbey Webb, Milla Jansen and Hannah Casey! 👏🐬 📸 Delly Carr
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WORLD CHAMPIONS! 🇦🇺🥇 It was a tight battle between Australia and the United States of America, but the Aussie relay secures the Women's 4x200m Freestyle gold! 🙌 #AQUASingapore #Swimming
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Australian Idol 🥇 Mollie O' is tied now with Dolphin legend Grant Hackett with 10 world championships gold medals and she’s closing in on Ian Thorpe’s leading count of 11! With the 100 free and relays still to come on Mollie’s program … watch out Thorpey 😉🥇
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On #InternationalFriendshipDay we wanted to highlight two individuals who truly embody the Invictus Spirit - Doug and Emily. Doug and Emily are #InvictusGames alumni and supporting each other as they battle terminal cancer. Read about their amazing story below. #IAMHere 💛🖤
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Chapeau Kaden ! 🇦🇺
"Having won in the Giro and the Vuelta, all I ever get asked is am I good enough to win in the Tour, and now I have shown them." -Kaden Groves mic drop 🎤 🎥 ASO
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Not one, not two, but three 2025 Open Water Swimming World Championship medals for Moesha Johnson in Singapore! 🥇 Women's 10km 🥇 Women's 5km 🥉 Women's 3km #TeamAUS | @SwimmingAUS | @DolphinsAUS
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ICYMI | Two Australian teenage phenoms lit up the track at the Ostrava Golden Spike, with Gout Gout and Cameron Myers delivering more record-breaking performances, while Peter Bol came within a whisker of his own national mark at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet.
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“Thank you for creatIng an unforgettable atmosphere for our competItors and their families. To everyone who gave it their all for their country and for the #InvictusGames. Thank you and I salute you.” - Prince Harry. Thank you to everyone who supported #IG25! #IAMHere 💛🖤
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