Melissa Reid

Melissa always dreamed of being a beach lifeguard, 
But when it got to the age when she asked about it, 
She was told she could not because of her eye sight, 
Since she is visually impaired and so can't see well. 

Whilst studying sports science she found the triathlon, 
To be a sport which she could do - a guide sees for you,
And so trained hard every day on a static turbo trainer, 
Where you don't need someone to show you the way. 

Her swimming background means that she does best, 
At the swimming part of the three-disciplined triathlon,
The other components being cycling and running, PT5,
But the honest truth is she really loves the whole thing. 

In 2013 in Antalya, Turkey, at the ETU European Champs, 
Para-triathlon, Melissa won the hip-hop, most desired gold, 
And in 2014 in Kitzbühel in Austria, Melissa won the silver, 
At the ETU European Champs, where everybody else was. 

2015, and the ETU Europeans again but this time Geneva, 
And Melissa took the bronze, then 2016, the Netherlands, 
And Melissa bagged another bronze. She teaches swimming, 
Was born Nottinghamshire in 1990, and trains in Cornwall. 

In Rio she won a bronze and so stood tall on the podium, 
When the GB anthem sounded for her and Nicole Walters,
She’s already training hard for the next Paralympic games, 
Which are to be held in Tokyo, Japan, in the year 2020.

Copyright © Dominique Webb | Year Posted 2016

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