1. Dame Sarah Joanne Storey is a British cyclist and swimmer, a multiple gold medallist in the Paralympic Games, and six times British national track champion.
19 Facts About Sarah Storey
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Sarah Storey has the unique distinction of winning five gold medals in Paralympics before turning 19.
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Sarah Storey is regarded as one of the most experienced campaigners in the history of the Paralympics as she took part at the Paralympics on nine occasions between 1992 and 2024.
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For several years at her peak, Sarah Storey's progress was such that she was competitive at able-bodied elite level on the track, and for a period was in the Great Britain Olympic squad programme for team pursuit.
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Sarah Storey won a number of UCI Track Cycling World Cup gold medals in team pursuit in that period, and narrowly missed the women's hour world record by less than 600 metres, taking the national record.
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Sarah Storey remains the current para world record holder in women's 3000m individual pursuit and hour record.
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Sarah Storey joined her first swimming club at the age of ten and was told by her coach that she had started her training too late to be good at anything.
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Sarah Storey began her Paralympic career as a swimmer, winning two golds, three silvers and a bronze in Barcelona in 1992 at the age of 14.
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Sarah Storey retained her Paralympic gold medals in women's 100m backstroke and 200m individual medley events at the 1996 Summer Paralympics.
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Sarah Storey was the second Paralympic athlete overall competing for England at the Games, following archer Danielle Brown earlier in Delhi.
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In 2011, Sarah Storey competed for one of the three places in the GB squad for the women's team pursuit at the 2012 Olympic Games.
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Sarah Storey attempted to break the world hour record at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London on 28 February 2015.
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Sarah Storey became the first athlete to win the gold medal for Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics when she defended her Paralympic title in the women's individual pursuit C5 event.
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Sarah Storey married tandem pilot and coach Barney Sarah Storey in 2007.
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Sarah Storey gave birth to a daughter on 30 June 2013 and a son on 14 October 2017.
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Sarah Storey was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1998 New Year Honours "for services to Swimming for People with Disabilities".
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Sarah Storey was a nominee for the 2008 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year with a Disability and the 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
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Sarah Storey won The Sunday Times Disability Sportswoman of the Year in 2020, her win being officially announced in an online ceremony.
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Sarah Storey was a nominee for the 2024 BBC Sports Personality of the Year.