Hannah Russell

It was Hannah’s young dream to win golds, At Paralympics because she was born blind, So she races in the visually impaired class, S12 along with many other blind swimmers. Both Hannah’s parents are sporty and athletic, So they wanted Hannah to participate in sport, So they all chose swimming having no focus, No balls, no team mates, others to focus on. Hannah loved it, and after seeing Simmonds, Swimming at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008, She asked her parents if she could swap clubs, ‘Cos she wanted to take the risk, do more hours. At the 2012 London Games Hannah won thrice, A silver for the 400m freestyle, bronze for back, And another bronze for the 100m S12 butterfly. In the 2013 Worlds she took 3 silvers, 1 bronze. In 2015 at the Worlds again, this time in Glasgow, Hannah sealed 1 gold medal in the 50m freestyle, And another silver 100m freestyle, so in Portugal, At the Euros 2016, she won one of each medal. In Rio she took the gold for the 100m backstroke, In a time of 1:06.06, 6 seconds faster than Matio; She trains, exercises in Woking Swimming Club, And studies sports science at Salford University.