James Whitley

Swimming, fishing, watching Formula One. (IPC, 10 Feb 2018; Athlete, 18 Dec 2013)

Competing at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, and qualifying for the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. (IPC, 10 Feb 2018)

His parents. (Athlete, 18 Dec 2013)

British alpine skier Dave Ryding. (IPC, 10 Feb 2018)

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." [Franklin D Roosevelt] (IPC, 10 Feb 2018)

He is the grandson of former Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, James Chichester-Clark. (midulstermail.co.uk, 13 Feb 2014)

To compete at the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing. (bbc.com, 17 Mar 2018)

He was born without both hands. Doctors have constructed fingers for each limb, but despite more than 30 operations, they lack sufficient nerves or muscles to function. (Athlete, 18 Dec 2013)

BOATING ACCIDENT
He was left with serious injuries at age six after he was involved in a boating accident. A power boat with an outboard motor went over the top of the smaller boat James and his family were in. "Our boat sank with James trapped underneath. Fortunately he was wearing a life jacket, so he came to the surface after several minutes. He sustained a great deal of internal bleeding, broken legs, ribs, jaw and had to be resuscitated on the lake side. It took eight hours of stabilising him at the hospital, before they could take him in to surgery. Following that, he had lost the feeling from the waist down, and was in a wheelchair for several weeks," his mother Tara said. (eastbourneherald.co.uk, 25 Feb 2018)