What age are you?
20
What is your local Branch?
Lothian Disability Sport
Where do you live?
Dunbar, East Lothian
Why did you get involved in the YPSP?
I want to improve the pathway between starting out to elite sport and make it more accessible for young disabled athletes.
What sport(s) are you involved in?
Athletics
Event(s)/discipline?
100m and 200m
What is your classification?
T35
What is your best achievement, sporting or otherwise?
Becoming double World Champion at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai.
What are you sporting (or other) highlights?
Identifying that I was struggling with my mental health in 2018 and seeking help for that. I now have the same joy for life as I once had before.
What are your sporting (or other) goals and aspirations?
My next sporting goal is to compete at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Other aspirations for me are to gain different experiences, skills and complete my university degree to set myself up for after my athletics career.
Sporting (or other) hero?
I don’t necessarily have one person that inspires me. When I see someone doing well for themselves (in any setting or walk of life) it motivates me to push myself to the best of my ability.