Best Paralympic Poems

Double amputee, you astounded the world by running to paralympic glory
Tragically you slayed your girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
Now you’ve fallen from favour with fans with this...

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Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius
Paralympic athlete - victorious
Guilty of homicide
No longer glorified

NOT for contest

05~29~15...

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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...

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Lauren is originally a Paralympic swimmer, 
But her uncle guided her into the triathlon, 
A third of which involves outdoor swimming, 
And did her first...

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Jonnie Peacock was born on 28th May in 1993, 
And is an English sprinter and right leg amputee, 
He won gold in the vital games...

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Simon started playing wheelchair basketball, 
Aged twelve at a school community project, 
And under coach Ian Laker accepted the call, 
To play with London Titans...

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Harry was born on the 20th June 1994,
And is a wheelchair basketball player, 
Who at the 2012 Paras was the barer, 
Of the Paralympic Flag,...

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Ellie became instantly popular on Twitter, 
For her Rio entrance to the 50m butterfly, 
Which became known affectionately as, 
The “gangster entrance”, her huge jacket....

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Zoe was born 1992 and is a Paralympic powerlifter,
Who was born with growth hormone deficiency,
In Ipswich, she attended East Bergholt school, lifter,
And enjoyed the Suffolk...

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Sophie was born with an abnormal right foot, 
So when she was nine she chose amputation, 
She comes from Camden then moved to Bath, 
And...

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Lee Pearson is a para-equestrian athlete, 
Because in horse jumping he does compete, 
And has arlthrogryposis multiplex congenita,
Which he was born with in 1974, not...

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Joe’s triathlon consisted of a 750m swim, 
A hand bike race which covered 20km,
And then a wheelchair race for 5km grim: 
Joe collapsed on the...

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Oliver is the cox of the LTA mixed cox four team, 
And graduated from Warwick Uni in Philosophy, 
Where he started rowing at once in...

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Simon has been to 7 Paralympic games, 
Starting with Barcelona and including Rio, 
He has a silver from Atlanta - 1992 planes,
A bronze Athens 2004,...

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Natasha will be going to Rio, most definitely, 
Without a doubt, she won 2 golds in Belgium,
At the 2011 European Championships well tall,
In the freestyle...

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