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The ParalympicsGB Podcast with Hannah Cockroft brings you exclusive insight and interviews with the country's best Para sport stars as they build towards Paris 2024. Paralympic champion wheelchair racer Cockroft chats to the British stars of the summer and winter Paralympic Games. Find more via: everybodymoves.org.uk
To mark one year to go to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Hannah Cockcroft caught up with Badminton’s Rachel Choong who is hoping to make history in the French capital next year. Should she make the games she will become the first-ever woman to represent Great Britain in the sport at a Paralympic Games an accolade she'll add to an already impressive career which includes her being the first ever British player to pick up 3 gold medals at a Badminton World Championships. For more from ParalympicsGB head to paralympics.org.uk and follow us on the socials @ParalympicsGB (@paralympicsgb_official on Instagram). Don’t forget to hit subscribe so you don’t miss updates to this podcast series. If this podcast has inspired you to find a new and inclusive way to be more active or to try something new, then check out everybodymoves.org.uk to find a club or activity near you. The ParalympicsGB podcast is produced by Voiceworks: Sport on behalf of Paralympics GB. Find out more about our work at https://voiceworkssport.com.
In this episode of the ParalympicsGB podcast Hannah Cockcroft chats to British Wheelchair Basketball star Gaz Choudhry who has won double Olympic Bronze at both the Tokyo and Rio Games. Gaz discusses how he got into Basketball. his hopes for Paris 2024 and why he thinks its the "coolest" of all Paralympic Sports. He also talks about his burgeoning career as an actor and, as the podcast was recorded during Black History Month, the challenges that ethnic minorities face within Paralympic Sport. For more from ParalympicsGB head to paralympics.org.uk and follow us on the socials @ParalympicsGB (@paralympicsgb_official on Instagram). Don’t forget to hit subscribe so you don’t miss updates to this podcast series. If this podcast has inspired you to find a new and inclusive way to be more active or to try something new, then check out Parasport.org.uk to find a club or activity near you. The ParalympicsGB podcast is produced by Voiceworks: Sport on behalf of Paralympics GB. Find out more about our work at https://voiceworkssport.com.
On the Official ParalympicsGB podcast we are continuing our celebration of London 2012 - a momentous occasion for Paralympic sport with record crowds and unprecedented support! This episode sees Hannah Cockcroft sit down with close friend and British para-equestrian rider Natasha Baker. They both made their debut at London 2012 and enjoyed incredible success winning two gold medals each. Natasha talks about how watching the Sydney Paralympics inspired her to take up her sport, the close relationships she has with her horses and what ranks higher... getting married or winning gold. For more from ParalympicsGB head to paralympics.org.uk and follow us on the socials @ParalympicsGB (@paralympicsgb_official on Instagram). Don’t forget to hit subscribe so you don’t miss updates to this podcast series. If this podcast has inspired you to find a new and inclusive way to be more active or to try something new, then check out Parasport.org.uk to find a club or activity near you. The ParalympicsGB podcast is a Voiceworks: Sport production. Find out more about our work at https://voiceworkssport.com.
London in 2012 was a momentous occasion for Paralympic sport with record crowds and unprecedented support. On this episode of the ParalympicsGB podcast Hannah Cockcroft celebrates the 10th anniversary of the games with friend and fellow Paralympian Dan Greaves. Dan has previously competed in the discus at a total of six Paralympic Games and he explains to Hannah why the event in London beats them all! He also talks about the ParalympicsGB togetherness, the disparity between coverage for Para vs non disabled athletes and the (slightly) sneaky thing he did before his silver medal discus throw at the London Stadium a decade ago. For more from ParalympicsGB head to paralympics.org.uk and follow us on the socials @ParalympicsGB (@paralympicsgb_official on Instagram). Don’t forget to hit subscribe so you don’t miss updates to this podcast series. If this podcast has inspired you to find a new and inclusive way to be more active or to try something new, then check out Parasport.org.uk to find a club or activity near you. The ParalympicsGB podcast is a Voiceworks: Sport production. Find out more about our work at https://voiceworkssport.com/
What is it like to travel down a frozen hillside at 100mph without being able to see where you are going? That was one of the questions on wheelchair racing gold medalist Hannah Cockroft’s lips when she spoke to ParalympicGB alpine skier Millie Knight, who is heading to Bejing 2022 with dreams of Gold. In 2014 Millie became the youngest British athlete to compete at a Winter Paralympics when she took to the slopes at Sochi at just 15 years old. Since then she has gone on to win a host of medals including a gold at Tarvisio 2017 in the downhill. Hannah spoke to Millie from the Paralympic village where she talked about what it's really like living in the village. She also spoke candidly of her fear of getting back on the slopes after her 4th concussion injury and of her close relationship with guide Brett Wild. For all your updates on Beijing 2022 head to paralympics.org.uk and follow us on the socials @ParalympicsGB (@paralympicsgb_official on Instagram). Don’t forget to hit subscribe so you don’t miss updates to this podcast series. If this podcast has inspired you to find a new and inclusive way to be more active or to try something new, then check out Parasport.org.uk to find a club or activity near you. The ParalympicsGB podcast is a Voiceworks: Sport production. Find out more about our work at https://voiceworkssport.com/
Hannah chats with Hugh Nibloe, superstar wheelchair curler from Stranraer who won World Championship bronze in 2017 and silver in 2019 but doesn’t mind admitting that his only competitive outlet before taking up wheelchair curling was dominoes! In 2021 Hugh was skip for the team that reached the quarter finals at the World Championships in Beijing, China – in the same venue that is hosting the Paralympic Winter Games in 2022.
Prior to winning gold at the 2019 World Championships, Marios caught up with Para rower Lauren Rowles.
Lauren took up Para athletics shortly after London 2012 before finding a passion for rowing. She and partner Laurence Whiteley won gold at Rio 2016 and will be looking to retain their title at Tokyo 2020.
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Paralympic champion Emma Wiggs joins Susie and Marios for episode four of the ParalympicsGB Podcast.
Emma competed in sitting volleyball at London 2012 before making the transition to Para canoe. At Rio 2016 she won gold in the KL2 200m to add to several world and European titles.
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ParalympicsGB Podcast Ep 3: Mental Health Awareness Week
The 13th - 19th May is Mental Health Awareness Week and this year's theme is Body Image - how we think and feel about our bodies.
Susie and Marios sit down to discuss Mental Health Awareness Week with Susie sharing some insights of life as an elite athlete and the specific issues that can arise around mental health and body image when someone is competing at the highest level.
For more information about Mental Health Awareness Week then click here to go to the Mental Health Foundation website.
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Paralympic champion Will Bayley joins fellow Paralympian Susie Rodgers and Marios in episode two
ParalympicsGB Podcast Ep 1: Jonnie Peacock - Double Paralympic champion and Strictly superstar Jonnie joins fellow Paralympian Susie Rodgers and Marios for our first ever pod! Getting active is the subject of the day, with Jonnie and Susie sharing their own perspectives on starting out and our new activity finder Parasport powered by Toyota is launched.
Find local activities at Parasport.org.uk
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