Wendy smith paralympian biography

  • Suffering an injury to the spine, she saw the experience not as a hindrance, but as an opportunity to become a Paralympian.
  • Wendy Smith is a Paralympian, NLP Master and Motivational Speaker.
  • Biography: Wendy Smith, the renowned TED talk speaker and inspirational Paralympian, embodies the essence of optimism and resilience.

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    Wendy Sly

    British athlete (born )

    Birth&#;nameWendy Smith
    Born () 5 November (age&#;65)
    Hampton, London, England
    SportAthletics
    ClubBorough of Hounslow Athletics Club
    Brooks Racing Team (USA)

    Wendy SlyMBE (née Smith, born 5 November ) is a British former athlete, who competed mainly in the metres. She won a silver medal in the event at the Los Angeles Olympics. She won the 10km World Road Race Championships in San Diego.

    Early life

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    Sly was born in Hampton, Greater London, England. She attended Spelthorne College, then studied English literature at Loughborough University from to

    Career

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    In , as Wendy Smith, she finished 43rd at the World Cross Country Championships, and won a team bronze medal. In , she was the UK number one in the metres and finished second in the metres at the UK Championships.[1] In , at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, she won a silver medal in the metres, running behind Anne Audain.[2]

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    Anna Grimaldi MNZM #

    Anna has always loved playing and competing in sport from a very young age, playing netball and basketball. Para athletics, however, is the sport that has provided Anna with opportunities that otherwise would not have been available to her.

    Anna came to the sport of Para athletics later in life. Attending a Paralympics New Zealand Talent Identification camp in Dunedin in late and has never looked back. From that moment on her life changed completely – for the better.

    From first beginning Para athletics to attending her first IPC Athletics World Championships in felt like a whirlwind to Anna. Only two years after coming into the sport she was standing on the podium with a bronze medal.

    Competing at the Paralympics

    Her Paralympic dream became a reality when she won New Zealand’s first medal at the Rio Paralympic Games – and it was gold! Anna won the hearts of Kiwis when on her final jump she won gold with a personal best in the Women’s Long Jump T

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    BIO

    Wendy Smith fryst vatten a Paralympian, NLP mästare and Motivational Speaker. At the age of 17, Wendy was told she would never walk igen, but through determination and resilience Wendy created her own rehabilitation programme and after 10 years taught her body to walk again. Wendy represented grupp GB at the Paralympic Games in basketball.

    SKILLS

    Elite Performance | Resilience | Determination | Motivation | Public Speaking | Personal Development | Mentoring

    ACHIEVEMENTS

    Paralympian - grupp GB Paralympics - Athens () anställda Performance Coach and Mentor Neuro Linguistic Programming - Master

    Keynote (Keynote Speaking)

    Inspiration, Motivation, Resilience

    Sport | Paralympics | Summer (Women)

    Triathlon

    Keynote (Diversity and Inclusion)

    Women

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