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Dr Mary Verghese specialised in the rehabilitation of patients in Vellore, India, visiting Dr Guttmann at the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville in the 1960s. Read more
Peter Finbow, from Bradford, won bronze medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens and also in Beijing in 2008. He was part of the GB Wheelchair Basketball Team at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Read more
Stuart is a Bingley based, Bradford born para triathlete. He is the current UK Para Triathlon Category 3 Champion and won his title at the first attempt. Read more
David Stone, a multiple medallist at the summer Paralympic Games, first competed in the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney. He has since competed in the Beijing, London and Rio Games, winning three gold, one silver and two bronze medals. Read more
I was ‘discovered’ by Wilf Paish in 1988 who was the Coach to Daley Thompson and Tessa Sanderson. I was Marie Ratcliff then. This is my recollection of my all too brief athletics antics. Read more
Janet is an inclusive coach, as part of the Bradford Disability Sport and Leisure team she coaches the district's learning disabled athletes. Read more
Bradford has a strong collaborative inclusive cycling offer and a cycling fleet. Read more
The UK's largest learning disabled theatre company, Mind The Gap Read more
Groundbreaking charity, Bradford Disability Sport and Leisure is a cornerstone and feeder organisation for athletes with a disability in Bradford District Read more
In 2017 Bradford was the largest squad contingent of the largest region competing in the Special Olympics National Summer Games, held in Sheffield. Read more
In 1959 the first Finmere Show was held at Hill Leys, Finmere, to fundraise for steeplechase rider, Sally Haynes, who at 19 years of age had a spinal injury due to a horse riding accident at a point-to-point meet. Read more
From the late 1800s to 1971, Colin's Father and Grandfather farmed the land where Stoke Mandeville Stadium and track was built and the land immediately the other side of the railway track where William Harding School now stands. Read more