24 Facts About Libby Clegg

Libby Clegg represented Great Britain in the T12 100m and 200m at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal in the T12 100m race.

Libby Clegg won Gold in Rio at the 2016 Paralympic Games in 100m T11 where she broke the world record and T11 200m, beating the previous Paralympic record in the process, thus making her a double Paralympic champion.

Libby Clegg was born in Stockport in Greater Manchester, before moving to Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders.

Libby Clegg took up athletics aged 9, joining Macclesfield Harriers AC.

Libby Clegg originally tried middle-distance running and cross country before starting sprinting.

Libby Clegg is a Paralympic silver medallist and current World Champion in the T12 100m and 200m sprints.

Libby Clegg was one of the major success stories from the 2011 IPC World Championships in New Zealand and IBSA World Championships in Turkey.

In June 2012, Libby Clegg won the 100m and 200m at the IPC Athletics European Championships.

Libby Clegg won silver at the London Paralympics on 2 September 2012 in the T12 100m.

In October 2012, Libby Clegg won "Para Athlete of the Year" at the Scottish Athletics awards and was presented with her award by fellow GB Paralympian David Weir.

In 2013, Libby Clegg won double silver at the IPC World Championships in Lyon clocking 12.23 and 25.31 over 100m and 200m respectively.

Libby Clegg is sponsored by the property marketing business ESPC where she participated in work experience in 2008 during her time at The Royal Blind School.

Libby Clegg has two brothers who have competed at the Paralympics: James, who competed in the pool in the S12 category at London 2012, and Stephen, who swam in the same class at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

Libby Clegg was made to withdraw from the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships after just one race due to an ankle injury and this meant that she lost funding from British Athletics.

Libby Clegg was late addition to the British team for the postponed 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo on 21 July 2021.

Libby Clegg competed in cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, finishing 4th in the women's tandem 1 km time trial B and women's tandem sprint B events.

Libby Clegg was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours list for services to athletics and charity.

Libby Clegg has been awarded Scottish Athletics Athlete of the Year a record seven times.

Libby Clegg has been awarded the Scottish Disability Sport Athlete of the Year for athletics a record six times.

Libby Clegg was voted SDS Athletes' Athlete of the Year for parasports by her peers in 2012.

In October 2018, Libby Clegg announced she was expecting her first child with fiance Dan Powell in March 2019.

Libby Clegg has had physical injuries and has been affected by mental health issues.

Libby Clegg appeared in the show's 12th series in 2020 with partner Mark Hanretty, coming in third place.

Libby Clegg has two brothers, James who won bronze in the pool at London 2012 Paralympics, and Stephen who became the first para swimmer in his class to break 28 seconds in the men's 50m backstroke in 2023 and won the gold medal in the 100m backstroke at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, breaking the world record in the process.