Sporting stars go for gold at Paralympic Games

Two of Coventry University’s sporting stars will go for gold at the Paralympic Games this summer.

Wheelchair athlete Hannah Cockroft MBE, and wheelchair rugby player Jim Roberts, will represent ParalympicsGB in Rio from September 7.

24 year old Hannah is already set to take home three gold medals in the 100m, 400m and 800m races.

This summer she will be joined in the Paralympic stadium by Coventry University graduate, Jim, who will represent GB in the wheelchair rugby team for the first time.

The 28 year old graduate needed to have both legs amputated below the knee, and spent over two years in hospital where he discovered wheelchair rugby and a new passion for the sport.

The team will fly out on September 3, the day the sports star turns 29. They will help make up a team of 264 Paralympic athletes competing for Great Britain across 19 different sports.

Hannah Cockroft said:

Jim Roberts said: