ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission for 2018 announced as Penny Briscoe Penny Briscoe appointed Chef de Mission for third consecutive Paralympic Games Senior leadership team also confirmed for 2018 BPA will run two-strand senior leadership team led by Chef de Mission and Secretary General Penny Briscoe OBE has been announced as the Chef de Mission for
ParalympicsGB celebrates Paralympic Nominees for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016 Following an historic Rio Games for the ParalympicsGB team, it today congratulated the three Paralympic athletes shortlisted for this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year award; Sophie Christiansen OBE, Kadeena Cox and Dame Sarah Storey. The three athletes are emblematic of ParalympicsGB’s
ParalympicsGB to return from Rio 2016 with third highest medal haul in British Paralympic history ParalympicsGB will return from Rio with 64 gold medals – the most gold medals and indeed most medals of any British Paralympic team since Seoul 1988 – and won 12% of all gold medals awarded at the Games, which is the best performance
As Rio 2016 starts to draw to a close, ParalympicsGB’s stars continued to shine brightly on day ten, adding another 21 medals to the team’s ever-growing tally. Dame Sarah Storey continued to make history as she won her third gold medal of the Games, her 14th Paralympic title, in the women’s C4-5 road race, leaving
It was another successful day for ParalympicsGB at Rio 2016 with 21 medals won, including milestone podium finishes on the track at the Olympic Stadium. It all started in the first athletics session with Paul Blake’s victory in the 400m T36 final bringing up ParalympicsGB’s 50th gold medal in Rio. And then later in the
Paul Blake today joined the ranks of University of Bath-based athletes to be crowned as Paralympic Champion as he won the T36 400m title at Rio 2016 – ParalympicsGB’s 50th gold medal of the Games. Blake, coached by Rob Ellchuk at the Sports Training Village, upgraded on the silver he won at London 2012 in
ParalympicsGB day seven review/day eight preview With just four days remaining of Rio 2016, ParalympicsGB show no sign of slowing down any time soon as they smashed through the gold medal total of both the London and Beijing Games with nine Paralympic titles added to the tally. Dame Sarah Storey kicked off another sparkling day
It was gold medal number two of these Paralympic Games for Libby Clegg and guide Chris Clarke as they took the T11 200m title in dominant fashion. The Loughborough based duo composed themselves after home favourite Terezhina Guilhermina was disqualified for a false start. This didn’t disrupt the rhythm of the British duo though, as
University of Bath-based Piers Gilliver became the first British wheelchair fencer in 24 years to win a Paralympic Games medal when he took silver at Rio 2016 on Tuesday. Gilliver, who celebrates his 22nd birthday on Saturday, only missed out on the gold medal by a couple of points after being edged out 15-13 by
On a day when the temperature soared in Rio, ParalympicsGB did not wilt in the heat and won six gold medals to draw level with the tally of 34 from London 2012. Away from the Olympic stadium Stephanie Millward finally won a Paralympic gold, taking the S8 100m backstroke title as Matt Wylie was also
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