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Jane Blackburn competed in five Paralympic Games from 1972 to 1992 in Table Tennis, Archery and Lawn Bowls. Read more
George was a patient at Stoke Mandeville in 1964 where he took up archery. Read more
James won gold as a visually impaired runner at the 1984 Summer Games in New York 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 made her first appearance at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games. She is Britain's first triple Paralympic Gold medal winner. Read more
Danny competed at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics and at the 2004 Athens Paralympics where he won Gold Read more
Sir Philip Craven played wheelchair basketball in the 1960s competing as a member of the GB team from the 1968 Tel Aviv Games until the European Championships in 1994. 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 at 5 Paralympics starting at Atlanta in 1996, through to Rio de Janeiro in 2016 Read more
Tara won medals at the 1984 New York, 1988 Seoul and 1992 Barcelona Paralympic Games and competed in numerous UK, European and world swimming events 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, Barcelona and Atlanta. Read more
John Harris became the world record holder in the discus, winning gold at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Read more
Sally competed for Great Britain at the Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games in Rome 1960 and went on to compete at 2 further Games. Read more
Chris Holmes swam at four Paralympics, starting at Seoul in 1988 through to Sydney in 2000. Read more
Simon Jackson is Great Britain's most successful judo player of all time amassing an incredible 3 Paralympic, 3 World and 16 European gold medals. Read more
Mike Kenny started swimming at the Stoke Mandeville National Games in 1973 before going on to be the UK’s most successful Paralympic athlete to date with a total of 16 gold and 2 silver medals. Read more
Rainer Küschall began competed in the Summer Paralympics of 1968 at table tennis. From 1982 onwards, he went into wheelchair racing and broke the world record for almost every distance. Read more
Philip Lewis competed at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 and Heidelberg in 1972 winning silver in the table tennis doubles. Read more
Susan, Baroness Masham of Ilton became disabled in a riding accident in 1958, and went on to compete in several Paralympic Games winning medals in 1960, 1964 and 1968. Read more
Yvonne competed at many Paralympic Games in bowls. Her Paralympic debut was at the 1980 Arnhem Games where she won two silver medals. Read more
Britain’s first ‘Paralympic’ gold medal was won by Margaret Maughan for archery at the Rome Games in 1960 Read more