Team England

Ariyanna McGee

How I Started: I started athletics when I was 10 years old, I tried all the disciplines focussing on the 800m and High Jump, before going into the U15 Pentathlon and the U17 Heptathlon. Following that I tore a ligament in my ankle which caused me to shift my focus to sprinting and hurdles. As …

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David Morgan-Harrison

How I Started: I started sprinting in school and was noticed by my teachers at sports days. I followed the same path as my brother and joined my first athletics club at the age of eight. This began as a hobby and gradually I became more serious about it as time went on and started …

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Katie Head

How I Started: I started with swimming and my parents were always big to try everything, but my dad is an Olympic hammer thrower so he was very keen to get me into the sport. I first picked up a Hammer at the age of 8 at the side of the circle as my dad …

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Kayleigh Presswell

How I Started: I started off as a sporty kid at school, took up a lot of sports in my primary years. I competed in long jump and got an invite to the local athletics clubs at the age of 12, and then when I joined I tried out more disciplines and realised that I …

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Leon Greenwood

How I started: At 10 years old I was chasing my mums car when she realised I was quick and we should maybe look to join an athletics club. From there I joined Spenborough Athletics Club and tried various events before settling on sprinting. A friend from university suggested I give bobsleigh a go. From there …

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Sarah Nicholas

How I started: I started playing Rugby when I was six years old, my brother played and I used to go along and watch. The coach noticed that I was in attendance regularly and mentioned a team for children, I went along and have love dit ever since! My Greatest Achievement: My greatest achievement is …

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Tara Bourne

How I started: I started playing Football from when I can remember, I played for my local grassroots, and then signed for Liverpool, which is the team I support so at the time it was a dream come true! I then moved onto playing for Man City which took me out of my comfort zone …

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Lucy Turmel

How I started: My mum and dad are fitness instructors at a leisure club that had some Squash courts, both of my brothers started playing junior Squash whilst my mum and dad were working, and once I was old enough I wanted to join in. My Greatest Achievement: My greatest achievement is when I reached …

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Stephen “Swifty” Smith

How I started   I started at the age of nine and started boxing alongside my brothers who also boxed. I followed my elder brother’s example and began boxing. It was great fighting alongside family, as we were able to uplift each other and empathise with each other’s situations. Joe Gallagher trained myself and my …

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