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A PARALYMPIC
CHAMPION
that didn't stop her from becoming a world champion
athlete. Here are some FAQs (Frequently Asked
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a She began when she was eight years old and she
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loved it immediately.
b She's a Paralympic champion at every
distance, from 100 m races to marathons.
She's got over 30 medals in international
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competitions.
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1 Why does she race
in a wheelchair?
2 Was life difficult
for her when she
was young?
3 When did she start
wheelchair racing?
4 Did she do
other sports?
5 Where was her first big
international competition?
6 How successful is she now?
7 How does she prepare for
her races?

C She usually gets up before 7 am, eats some
yoghurt and drinks lots of water. Then she
trains for 2 hours and has a big breakfast. In
the afternoon she trains again for 2.5 hours.
She normally goes to bed at 10.30 pm.
d Yes, she did. She also tried wheelchair basketball,
swimming, ice hockey, gymnastics and scuba diving
e Unfortunately, she was born with an illness called spina
bifida. This means that she can't move her legs at all.
f She competed in the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens
when she was only 15. She won two medals.
9 Yes, it was. She didn't have a wheelchair when she was
a very young child, so she learned to walk on her hands
Luckily, this helped her later when she started using a
chair, because her hands and arms were very strong.​