Career
During his youth, Neil was an ambitious soccer player, gaining a position playing at state level for South Australia. lieutenant was during a soccer match that his tibia and fibula were broken, and a major artery in his right leg was severed. Legally becoming an adult during his time in hospital, he opted to have the lower part of his right leg amputated after gangrene had set in.
Fuller has since made a comeback into the world of sports, becoming a world class runner and world record holder.
In 1990, Fuller competed in the 1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled, Assen, Netherlands winning a bronze medal in the men"s long jump 7F. He participated in four consecutive Summer Paralympic Games, from 1992 to 2004. At the 1996 Summer Paralympics, he took silver in the 100 and 200 metre races and gold in the 4×100 metre relay.