Athlete Profile: Scott Meenagh
Date of birth: 16th September 1989
Home town: Cumbernauld
Occupation: Athlete
Sport: Para-Nordic Skiing (cross country and biathlon)
Classification: LW12 Sit Skier
Club: GB Para Nordic
Coach: Simon Allanson
Background
Scott served with the 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment in Helmand province of Afghanistan when he stepped on an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) and lost both his legs. Inspired by sport and with the support from the staff at DMRC Headley Court and the Help for Heroes Sports Recovery programme, he learned to walk again on prosthetic legs and has subsequently participated in a host of awe inspiring challenges which led to him winning the ‘Overcoming Adversity Award’ at the 2012 Sun Military Awards.
How and when did you become involved with your sport?
Having trained full-time with the GB Paralympic Rowing team, he narrowly missed out on selection to the Rio 2016 Summer Paralympic Games. He has now turned his attention to Nordic Skiing and competed in his first winter event towards the close of 2016.
Sporting Highlights
- Invictus Games (Athletics) – Silver: IT2 1500m, Silver: IT2 400m – 2017
- Invictus Games Champion, IR6 4min Rowing; Gavirate International Regatta, Double Silver Medallist, TA Single Scull – 2016
- British Indoor Racing Championships, Silver Medallist; Gavirate International Regatta Champion, TA Single Scull – 2015
- Double Silver Medallist at the Invictus Games as Captain of the British Armed Forces Rowing Team, IR6 1min & 4min – 2014
Interests
Scott has hand cycled 350 miles across battlefields in France, won medals at the Warrior Games, climbed Ben Nevis and took part in the first ever double amputee bungee jump in Scotland.
Sporting Goals
To qualify for the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games before returning to rowing for the Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020.
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