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It includes all athletes who competed for ParalympicsGB at a Paralympic Games. If their performance was discredited and/or medals removed because of doping or other reputational issues then the athlete is still included as an accurate record of all competing and the incident may be referred to in their biography.
Barbara Anderson competed for Great Britain at the Rome 1960 and Heidelberg 1972 Paralympic Summer Games winning five gold and two silver medals. Read more
Wilma competed in archery at the Stoke Mandeville 1984 and Seoul 1988 Paralympics where she won a gold medal. She was also a physiotherapist at the National Spinal Injuries Centre. Read more
Kevan competed in discus in a total of four Paralympic Games during his athletic career and additionally broke the world record for discus throw twice. Read more
Robert primarily competed in athletics, participating at the Seoul 1988 Paralympics and the Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games. Read more
Jane Blackburn competed in five Paralympic Games from 1972 to 1992 in table tennis, archery and lawn bowls winning 5 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze medals. Read more
Andrew Blake won gold at the Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games in swimming, and bronze at the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games in wheelchair basketball. Read more
Mike Brace, CBE, DL is a former Paralympic skier and leader of disabled charities. He first represented Great Britain at the first Winter Paralympics in 1976. Read more
James has had an extremely varied sporting career including 8 years on the GB International athletics team during which he won double gold at the New York 1984 Summer Paralympic Games. Read more
Gwen Buck was a successful British Paralympic athlete winning gold, silver and bronze medals in table tennis, lawn bowls and swimming across four Paralympic Games. Read more
Peter, a wheelchair racer, competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. Read more
Paul Cartwright started wheelchair racing in 1978 and competed at the 1984 Paralympic Games in the first ever wheelchair marathon for which he achieved the British record. Read more
Sophie Christiansen CBE, equestrian, has competed in four successive Paralympics from Athens 2004 to Rio 2016 Games winning 8 gold, 1 silver and bronze medals. Read more
David 'Dave' Clarke played for the England and Great Britain blind goalball and football teams from 1996 to 2012 scoring 128 goals in 144 international appearances. Read more
Deanna 'Di' Coates MBE competed at 8 consecutive Paralympic Games from 1984 to 2012 winning 3 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals in air rifle events. Read more
Danny competed at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics and at the 2004 Athens Paralympics where he won gold in the 800m. Read more
Sir Philip Craven played wheelchair basketball in the 1960s representing Great Britain in 5 Paralympics from Heidelberg 1972 to the Seoul 1988 Games. Read more
Iain Dawson is a visually impaired multi-sport athlete. He competed at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics in track and road cycling events. Read more
Anne Dunham was a very successful member of the GB Equestrian Team competing at 5 Paralympics, starting at Atlanta in 1996 through to Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Read more
Tara won medals at the New York 1984, Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games and competed in numerous UK, European and World swimming events. Read more
Ron Foster was a wheelchair basketball player who represented Great Britain in the Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Summer Games. Read more
James 'Jimmy' Gibson competed at the Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games. He won a silver medal in table tennis at the 1964 Games. Read more
Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson represented Great Britain at her first Paralympics in 1988. Since then she has competed and won medals at 4 Paralympic Games. Read more
Tony Griffin is one of Britain's most celebrated medal winning Paralympians, having won a total of 38 medals. Read more
Ernie Guild competed in athletics for Great Britain in 3 Paralympic Games; Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996 Read more