The Paralympic classification system is unjust. It's time for an urgent overhaul

Peter Brooks won two gold and one bronze medals at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games. (Supplied)

I still get chills when I think about that day in Athens, almost 20 years ago, when I won my first Paralympic gold medal.

I get emotional thinking about the moment I stood on the dais with the medal around my neck as my parents watched from the crowd, as the Australian flag was raised and as the national anthem was played.