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British wheelchair sports competitors (7 C, 1 P) Pages in category "British disabled sportspeople" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
In 1993, she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) [18] for "services to Athletics for the Disabled", advanced in 2000 to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), [19] and then in 2005 was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), in both cases for "services to disabled sport". [20]
Amy Conroy (born 22 October 1992) is a 4.0 point British wheelchair basketball player who represented Great Britain in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, the 2016 Summer Paralympics in a Rio de Janeiro, co captained the team to win Gold in the under 25 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Beijing and won a silver medal at the 2018 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Hamburg.
She also became world champion over the 800 metres and 400 metres, making her a 10-time world champion and the most decorated British athlete in World Championship history. Cockroft was named British Sportswoman of the year by the Sports Journalists Association for her achievements. She was the first Paralympic athlete to ever win the award in ...
Kinghorn is part of the Glasgow disability sports club Red Star, [5] where she is coached by Ian Mirfin MBE (new years honours list 2015/16). She is classified as a T53 para-athlete. [2] Sammi is the fastest ever female British wheelchair racer regardless of classification over 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m.
The double gold medallist has called for change in the exposure successful disabled athletes are getting. ... after some alarming research saw 67 per cent of UK adults unable to name a competitive ...
Peacock was a late addition to the British team for the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo on 21 July 2021. The other additions were David Weir , Kadeena Cox and Libby Clegg . [ 18 ] He was part of the team to win silver in the Mixed 4 × 100 m relay , [ 19 ] also winning an individual bronze in the men's 100m T64 .
Storey qualified to join the England team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where she was "the first disabled cyclist to compete for England at the Commonwealth Games", against non-disabled cyclists. [56] She was also the second Paralympic athlete overall competing for England at the Games, following archer Danielle Brown earlier in ...