{"id":102,"date":"2025-01-30T10:28:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T10:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/canberra\/?p=102"},"modified":"2025-01-31T16:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:00:23","slug":"samantha-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/canberra\/2025\/01\/30\/samantha-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Samantha Bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-120\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/canberra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/01\/Sam-Bloom-resized-min.jpg\" alt=\"Samantha Bloom\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p><br><p><strong>World Para Surfing Champion, bestselling author; Australia<\/strong><\/p><br><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samantha Bloom is a four-time World Para Surfing Champion, bestselling author, and the inspiration behind the critically acclaimed film <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Penguin Bloom<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, starring Naomi Watts. The movie, based on the international bestselling book <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, recounts Sam\u2019s extraordinary journey of resilience and recovery. Paralyzed in an accident in Thailand in 2013, Sam\u2019s determination has led her to win multiple Oceania paracanoe championships and achieve global recognition in adaptive surfing.<\/span><\/p><br><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond her athletic accolades, Sam is a passionate advocate for spinal cord injury awareness, working with global charities and serving as an ambassador for Wings For Life. She is also an adventure traveler, a Tourism Australia ambassador, a former neurology nurse, and a devoted mother of three boys. Sam\u2019s incredible story of strength, passion, and perseverance continues to inspire audiences worldwide.<\/span><\/p><br><p>\u00a0<\/p><br>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Para Surfing Champion, bestselling author; AustraliaSamantha Bloom is a four-time World Para Surfing Champion, bestselling author, and the inspiration behind the critically acclaimed film Penguin Bloom, starring Naomi Watts. The movie, based on the international bestselling book Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family, recounts Sam\u2019s extraordinary journey of resilience and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/canberra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/canberra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/canberra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/canberra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/canberra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/canberra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/canberra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/canberra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internationalforum.bmj.com\/canberra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}