BIO

I have been competing for Great Britain since 2012, below is a short history of my athletics career.

My sporting career begun quite serendipitously in 2011 when I was spotted at a Playground to Podium event held in Bath. I was told I had the potential to be selected to compete in the London 2012 Paralympics. To get anywhere in the world of amputee sprinting a carbon fibre running blade is key. At the time I only had an NHS day leg, which was terrible for sprinting on. I was lucky enough to receive a grant from a charity called READY , which helps supply disabled children and teenagers with specialist sports equipment. With the blade I was able to rise to British record holder over the 100m and was selected to compete in both the 100m and 200m in the Paralympics, I turned 16 in the training camp beforehand, I also got my GCSE results while I was there.

I earned my first international medal in 2013 when I competed in the World Championships in Lyon. I missed out on a medal by 0.02 seconds in the 100m but I managed to get a bronze medal in the 200m.

My times kept improving and I dropped the long jump and 200m from my repertoire due to foot problems. Specialising in the 100m was scary for me because it meant I only had one chance at medaling at a major champs. I was always after the elusive sub 13 seconds, which I finally achieved in the heat of the T43/44 100m in the Paralympics in Rio, I had also beaten the world record, which probably made it all the more upsetting when I didn't medal in the final later that day - I knew I was in physical shape to get on the podium, but my mental state let me down.

In the World Championships in 2017, which was held in London, I got another world record in the first heat, luckily I was much more confident and prepared for the final and got the gold medal I'd been working towards for five years.