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To continue to work hard and be the best athlete I can be both on and off the track.
Sophie is a twin to Ben and comes from a family who all love sport. Her grandfather played for Aston Villa and then was a football correspondent with the BBC for some 40 years.
She attended primary school with her brothers and then an all girls secondary school before leaving to go to Brooksby Agricultural College in Melton Mowbray where she studied animal and equine management.
Sophie was inspired after watching the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. She was encouraged by her older brother Jamie to attended a taster day at Loughborough University, and by October 2012, having had her trial, she joined a sprint group coached by Joe McDonnell at Charnwood AC and began training. She was 15 at the time. The following year, she was chosen to represent her country at the IPC World Championships in Lyon in 2013. Just 16 and running from a standing start, she became world champion and world record holder in the T38 100m, gaining a silver medal in the 200m. She gained acceptance onto the World Class Performance Programme where she has remained for the past 7 years.
She currently attends Loughborough College where she studies Sport and Leisure.
Achievements
2013
T38 World Champion & WR 100m 200m
T38 silver medal
2014
100m T38 silver medal
400m T38 silver medal
4x100m T35 – 38 relay silver medal
2015
100m T38 World Champion & WR
200m T38 silver medal
4x100m T35 – 38 World Champion & WR
2016
100m T38 European Champion
200m T38 silver medal
4x100m T35 – 38 relay European Champion & record
100m T38 Paralympic Champion
4x100m T35 – 38 relay silver medal
2017
Awarded MBE for services to Athletics
100m T38 World Champion & WR
200m T38 World Champion & WR
Awarded the Bill McGowran Trophy by the SJA
2018
100m T38 Commonwealth Champion
100m T38 European Champion
200m T38 European Champion Universal Relay European Champion
Sophie became the youngest athlete to hold all 4 major titles
2019
100m T38 World Champion & WR
200m T38 World Champion & WR
Awarded Para Athlete of the Year by the BAWA
Awarded the Susannah Ingram Award by the BASC
Had a House named after her at the Amherst School, Loughborough
Had the Board room named after her at the Nike London Offices
Sophie has won many awards locally
Nottingham Evening Post Awards
Charnwood Sports Awards
Melton Times Lifetime Achievement award
Loughborough Sports Awards
She is also a lifetime member for Charnwood AC
Sponsors
Nike