Mandip Sehmi

Mandip Sehmi, a veteran on Great Britain’s wheelchair rugby squad, was first introduced to the sport by at Stoke Mandeville Hospital by Bob O’Shea, the captain of the British team from the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games.

In 2002, Sehmi was scouted as a potential talent and by 2005 made his national team debut at the 2005 European Championships in Denmark.

By 2008, the 2.5-player made his Paralympic debut at the Beijing 2008 Games, where Great Britain finished fourth.

Leading up to the London 2012 Games, he was one of the faces of Channel 4’s promotional campaign, and he was also backed by Cadburys and named a Visa Team 2012 athlete.

Despite a disappointing fifth-place finish at his home Games in London, Sehmi is now more determined than ever to take his team to the podium at the 2014 World Championships and Rio 2016 Paralympics.