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Biography
Impairment information
Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
T54
Further personal information
Residence
London, ENG
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
English
Higher education
Sport Studies - Middlesex University: London, ENG
Sport specific information
When and where did you begin this sport?
He started swimming before his accident and continued swimming after as part of his rehabilitation, mostly because swimming was the only Para sport that was accessible to him in Kenya. After his family moved to Great Britain in 2005, he tried wheelchair basketball before taking up wheelchair racing in 2007.
Club / Team
Weir Archer Academy : England
Name of coach
Jenny Archer [club], GBR
General interest
Awards and honours
In 2013 he won a Disability Athletics Award from England Athletics. (thepowerof10.info, 01 Jan 2013)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (gofundme.com, 25 Sep 2016; thisislocallondon.co.uk, 30 Nov 2016)
Impairment
At age six his family lived in Mombasa, Kenya, when he was hit by a car while walking home from school. The impact shattered part of his spine and he also suffered nerve damage due to improper immobilisation immediately after the accident. He is paralysed from the waist down. (gofundme.com, 25 Sep 2016)
Other information
FROM KENYA TO GREAT BRITAIN
He grew up in Kenya. After recovering from his accident, the family moved to Great Britain in 2005. (gofundme.com, 25 Sep 2016)
He grew up in Kenya. After recovering from his accident, the family moved to Great Britain in 2005. (gofundme.com, 25 Sep 2016)