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An illness during the British national trials in 2014 resulted in Kearney missing out on places at both the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the European Championships in Eindhoven. [20] Her first event back in the pool, having recovered from her illness, was as part of National Paralympic Day at the London Aquatics Centre , where she won the ...
In 2012, Craig MacLean, a British track cyclist and Olympic silver medalist was the sighted pilot for Anthony Kappes as they won gold in the 2012 Paralympic Games. For the first time in those games, the sighted guides of blind athletes were also awarded medals, and MacLean, although not himself disabled, became only the second athlete to win ...
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Sammi is the fastest ever female British wheelchair racer regardless of classification over 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m. Samantha Kinghorn at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, T53 100 metres sprint, where she finished fifth. Kinghorn's first race was the 2012 London Mini Marathon, where she came second. [4]
Lauren Rachel Catherine Rowles (born 24 April 1998) is a British parasport rower and former wheelchair athlete.She won gold with Laurence Whiteley in the trunk-arms mixed double sculls (TAMix2x) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.The pair repeated their achievement in Tokyo at the 2021 Summer Paralympics.
Stefanie McLeod Reid MBE (born 26 October 1984) [2] is a track and field paralympian who competes for Canada and Great Britain, competing mainly in category T44 long jump and sprint events. A multiple medal winner at European and world level, she won a bronze medal in the 200m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics and silver in the long jump at the ...
Elizabeth Johnson (born 3 December 1985) is a British swimmer who has won gold medals in the Paralympic Games and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) world championships. [1] She has cerebral palsy , placing her in the S6 classification .
Rachel Morris (born 25 April 1979) is a British Paralympic sportswoman who has won Paralympic gold medals in both cycling and rowing. She took a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics as a handcyclist, and eight years later at Rio she won gold in the women's single sculls as a rower.