Age:Â 27
Home town: Glasgow
Classification: T54
Events:Â 400m & 800m
Melanie Woods is a British Athletics Futures Academy athlete, and she earns a call-up to the Tokyo 2020 team in the T54 400m and 800m. Prior to a road accident while cycling, Woods was a Physical Education teacher.
The Scottish athlete improved her best times over the distances to 56.16 and 1:52.40 respectively during the 2021 season and also competed at the European Para Athletics Championships earlier this year.
Courtesy of ParalympicsGB
Twitter: @melaniewoods_
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