19 Facts About Millie Knight

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Millicent Genevieve "Millie" Knight was born on 15 January 1999 and is a British skier and student who competes at international level for ParalympicsGB in alpine skiing in the slalom, giant slalom Super-G, Super Combined and Downhill events with a sighted guide, Brett Wild.

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When Knight was one year old, she contracted an illness, diagnosed at age three, which resulted in the loss of most of her vision by the age of six.

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Millie Knight joined the Great Britain Paralympic skiing team in 2012, and progressed to compete at international-level events.

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Millie Knight was born on 15 January 1999 in Canterbury, Kent.

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Millie Knight was enrolled at King's School in Canterbury; her first year studying there was 2012.

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In 2016, Millie Knight obtained 3 As at A-Level, securing her a place at The University of Kent to study psychology starting in 2019.

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In 2006 at the age of seven, shortly before Millie Knight lost the majority of her sight, she had been to France on a skiing holiday and was encouraged to try the sport by her mother.

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Millie Knight was inspired to take up the sport competitively when she met sit-skier Sean Rose, shortly after he had competed at the 2010 Winter Paralympics.

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Millie Knight's mother was Knight's first sighted guide until late January 2013 for financial reasons.

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In November 2012, at age 13, Millie Knight began training with Great Britain's Paralympic development squad.

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Millie Knight raced at the Europa Cup in slalom and giant slalom.

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Millie Knight's stand in, temporary sighted guide at the Games, Rachael Ferrier, briefly joined Knight at the end of 2013.

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Millie Knight competes in class B2 due to her lack of complete vision, a classification between being blind and visually impaired.

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Millie Knight was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony for ParalympicsGB, carrying the flag at the Fisht Olympic Stadium, an honour Knight described as "a surprise".

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At Panorama Millie Knight took part in the two technical events, the slalom and giant slalom, as she was still too young to compete in the speed events.

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Two days later Millie Knight took part in the slalom, winning bronze, Britain's only two medals of the games.

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In July 2017, Millie Knight became an Honorary Doctor of The University of Kent.

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At the 2018 Paralympics in Pyongchang, South Korea, Millie Knight took two silver medals on the opening weekend of the Games in the downhill and super-G, before taking the bronze in the slalom on the final day of the Paralympics.

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Millie Knight won the bronze medal in the women's visually impaired Super-G event.