Libby Clegg

Athletics

A change of class to T11 in 2016 resulted in a change of fortune for Clegg who went on to complete the sprint double at Rio 2016.

In the 100m T11 heats in Rio, Clegg opened with a European record of 12.17 seconds and then clocked a world record 11.91 in the semi-finals.

The final was an absolute thriller. Clegg crossed the line in 11.96, 0.02 seconds ahead of China’s Guohua Zhou. World champion Cuiqing Liu was third.

Full of confidence, Clegg went on to secure gold in the 200m T11 smashing the Paralympic record in the final with a time of 24.51.

She was named a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2017.

Rio was Clegg’s third Paralympics. At London 2012 she won 100m T12 silver, a medal she also won in the same event in Beijing in 2008.

Clegg has competed in four World Championships, making her debut in 2006. She has since won five world medals, including 100m T12 gold at the 2011 World Championships in New Zealand.

In 2014 she won 100m T12 Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow, Great Britain. Illness limited her performances at the 2014 European Championships and an ankle injury sustained whilst warming up for a race in Doha, Qatar, cut short her 2015 World Championships.

Clegg took up Para athletics at age nine, the same age she was diagnosed with Stargardt macular dystrophy, a condition resulting in her having only slight peripheral vision in her left eye.

Her younger brother James won a bronze medal in swimming at the London 2012 Paralympics, and her partner Dan Powell competed in judo at the same event. Her younger brother Stephen participated in swimming at the Rio 2016 Games.

Results

		Unit	Date	Rank

Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event	Unit	Rank
Women's 100 m T12	Heat 5	1
Women's 100 m T12	Heat 2	1
Women's 100 m T12	Final A	2
Women's 200 m T12	Heat 2	2
Women's 200 m T12	Heat 2	4

2011 IPC Athletics World Championships (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 200 m T12	Heat 1	2011-01-22	1
Women's 200 m T12	Final	2011-01-23	3
Women's 100 m T12	Heat 1	2011-01-25	1
Women's 100 m T12	Final	2011-01-25	1

London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m T12	Heat 3	2012-09-01	1
Women's 100 m T12	Heat 3	2012-09-01	1
Women's 100 m T12	Final Round	2012-09-02	2
Women's 200 m T12	Heat 3	2012-09-06	2

IPC Athletics World Championships (Lyon, France)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 200 m T12	Semifinal 3	2013-07-20	2
Women's 200 m T12	Final 1	2013-07-21	2
Women's 100 m T12	Heat 3	2013-07-23	1
Women's 100 m T12	Semifinal 2	2013-07-24	3
Women's 100 m T12	Final 1	2013-07-24	2

IPC Athletics 2015 World Championships (Doha, Qatar)
Event	Medal	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 200 m T12		Heat 3	2015-10-24	8
Women's 200 m T12		Semifinal 1	2015-10-25	9999

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event	Unit	Date	Rank
Women's 100 m T11	Heat 2	2016-09-08	1
Women's 100 m T11	Final Round	2016-09-09	1
Women's 100 m T11	Heat 2	2016-09-09	1
Women's 200 m T11	Heat 2	2016-09-12	1
Women's 200 m T11	Heat 4	2016-09-12	1
Women's 200 m T11	Final Round	2016-09-13	1