Long Paralympic Poems

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 School Games, proficiency.

She tried the sport of powerlifting for the...

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Jordan was born with mild Cerebral Palsy,
But took part in the 2012 Paras at just 16,
Because he was born on 12th of October,
1996, and Rio was is second Paralympics.

“Even if you don’t like school, I...

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Jamie plays the sport of boccia, 
Where you throw your six balls, 
Towards the jack with another, 
And whoever is nearest, calls. 

Jamie has Duchenne Muscular
Dystropy like his brother Scott, 
Who’s older. They both blether,...

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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 not because of her eye sight, 
Since she is visually...

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James was very disappointed at fourth place, 
In his final at Rio when he swum in 1:05:01,
“My arms just felt like lead down that 2nd 50m”:
He’s been to four Paralympics, many Worlds.  

With 12...

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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 his first year, 
Soon to become the cox of lively...

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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 one in 2011, came second. 

Born without a lower right...

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Paul suffered a stroke at the young age of ten, 
He was born 3rd October 1985 in Swansea,
He had been a keen footballer, it was his den, 
So was introduced to table tennis for his...

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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 now studies at Bath College Illustration. 

In 2011 she went...

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Richard is a wheelchair sprinter,
Also a middle distance competitor,
Who sometimes races along side,
David Weir, so he’s had it hard.

He was born on the 11th November,
In the disco year of 1981, England,
With spina bifida, and trains...

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Jon always does a Rubix Cube, 
Before swims for his nerve, 
He’s a self-confessed motorhead, 
Loves driving Lamorghini’s. 

Born on the 30th of May in 1991,
With mild Cerebral Palsy, 
He has a BTEC in sports,...

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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, a bronze 2008 trio.

After a night out on his way...

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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 Rio finish line fen. 

But he came sixth, a good...

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Jodie is a law student born in Telford, 
Living in Tilford, so she happily attends,
Lillishall Nat. Sports & Conference Centre, 
And was born on the 26th July in 1993.

When her dad became ill, needed lifted,...

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Hannah suffered from being bullied at school, 
So turned to the Royal Yachting Association;
Born with no lower right arm in 1985 cool,
She originally sailed a mirror, neat motion. 

Initially she didn't like disability sailing events,...

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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.  

Ellie was diagnosed in November of 2012,
Just after the...

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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 of London 2012,
And into the category T44 he does neatly...

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Helen used to race in non-disabled sailing events, 
In the 400 class but soon became a para-sailor, 
Of single 1-person keelboats 2.4mR, air vents,
They’re a very small 2.4 metre boats with rudder. 

In 2006 Helena...

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Jane began playing table tennis in the year 2000,
And shortly after that she participated in a course, 
Held at her work which started with goal-setting, 
So right there she decided on the Paralympics. 

The course...

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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, he went afore.
 
He’s a 2.5 player and his team’s...

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Jeanette struck gold at the Worlds and Euros, 
The non-Paralympic Worlds and Euros, that is, 
In the sport of canoeing and she has portfolios, 
In the Paralympic world as a swimmer, the biz. 

She’s won...

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Julie was born with an abnormal right foot, 
And this congenital disorder just meant that, 
She decided on a prosthetic at the age of 5, 
A 3S80 Ottobock prosthetic to give speed. 

She came into...

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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 so as to connect. 

In 2008 he debuted at the...

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At the sport of para-shooting, about focus, 
Lorraine was in love at the first sight of it, 
She’d been a rock climber, bad accident, 
So she now competes at Paralympic writs. 

She first fought at...

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Ali’s family fled the conflict between Lebanon and Israel, 
When he was just a young child at the age of six months, 
He was born without legs and now lives in London’s whirl, 
And is...

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