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Charlotte Holmes

How I started: I started skiing on a family ski holiday. My parents were already skiing and they took my older brother on their holidays, I started going with them at the age of three, and began skiing at a local club in the UK at the age of four. I loved the sport and …

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Joe Litchfield

How I Started I started Swimming at the age of 3/4 with my family at the local swimming baths and the beach. At 5 I joined my first club called Askern Spa, I swam with them until I joined my first national club; Doncaster Dartes. My first national competition was in 2009, I remember being …

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Abbie Brown

How I Started I started playing when Rugby when I was six at Cullompton Rugby Club, I began after my brother started playing and I wanted to join in! After joining I played with the boys for six years and then switched to playing for the women’s team at the age of 13 as per …

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Adele Nicoll

How I Started I was a very athletic child that competed in almost every event. After competing at school in multiple sports I committed myself to Shot Put and sprinting as I started to see that my talents lay in these sports. After a while, I also dropped sprinting to focus on  Shot Put as …

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Beth Dobbin

How I Started At the age of 14, my dad took me to the local athletics track where the coaches discovered my talent for sprinting. After struggling for a few years with illnesses, I finally had a breakthrough year when I won a silver medal in the English Schools Athletics Championships over 200m. It felt …

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James Dasaolu

How I Started I began my career in competitive athletics relatively late, first competing in 2006 as a seventeen year old. As a result I had a limited youth and junior career. However, having begun late, I made steady and significant improvements in my first few years, 10.75 to 10.26 in the space of two …

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Laurence Whiteley

How I Started It was mostly through word and mouth. I started out swimming after my diagnosis of bone cancer and that was my first introduction into the world of disability sport. After a while I became more disheartened with swimming, and was introduced to a woman called Rebecca who used to row for Durham …

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Steph Inglis

How I Started I have loved Judo since I could walk! My father introduced me to the sport at a really young age! I finally joined his Judo club at the age of four which is when my love for the sport sprouted! I remember being so excited to begin training. It was always great …

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Chris Bennett

How I Started I started athletics in school after a teacher recognised my skills in PE and sports day. I started traning after school, and eventually began competing in athletics competitions regionally and nationally! I enjoyed it so much I began to dedicate my all to it, my passion only grew bigger from there. I …

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Ross Cullen

How I Started I started BMX when I was six years old. After this I went from club and regional races, to national competitions and all the way up to international races within 3 years! One day on the way to the hospital with my Dad who was recovering from a broken neck from a …

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