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College students at Paralympics

19th June 2019

Lots of past and present college students are taking part in this year's Paralympics in Rio. College students ended up with 19 gold medals, eight silver and five bronze, which would have placed them sixth on the medal table - ahead of Germany. Congratulations to all college students who took part. Archery Jo Frith - Bridgwater College (former) Individual Compound W1 - Gold medal and silver medal winner (W1 Mixed Team & W1 individual) Athletics Olivia Breen - Oaklands College (former) & Loughborough College (current) T38 100m, Long Jump & 4x100m relay Steve Morris - Cardiff and Vale College (former) T20 1500m Mel Nicholls - Hartpury College (former) T34 100m, 400m, 800m Hannah Cockroft MBE - Calderdale College (former) T34 100m, 400m, 800m - Triple gold medal winner (T34 100m, 400m & 800m) Jonnie Peacock MBE - Cambridge Regional College (former) - T44 100m - Gold medal winner (T44 100m) Graeme Ballard - Runshaw College (former) - T36 100m Mickey Bushell - Telford College of Arts and Technology (former) - T53 100m, 400m & 4x400m relay Libby Clegg –, track Loughborough (former) T11 100m, 200m - Double Gold medal winner (T11 100m & 200m) Sophie Hahn – Loughborough College (Current) - T38 100m, 4x100m relay - Gold medal winner (T38 100m) and silver medal winner (T35-38 4x100m relay) Sophie Kamlish - Bath College - T44 100m Julie Rogers - Loughborough College - T42 100m Boccia Nigel Murray MBE - Warwickshire College (former) BC2 Sarah Nolan - Tresham College (Head of Schools for Health, Care, Early Years and Access to HE) - competition partner for David Smith BC1 - Gold medal winner Cycling Louis Rolfe - Cambridge Regional College - C2 track - Gold medal winner (Mixed C1-5 sprint team) & Bronze medal winner (C2 3km pursuit) Dame Sarah Storey - Cheadle and Marple Sixth Form College (former) - C5 track/road - Triple Gold medal winner (C5 3,000m individual pursuit, C4-5 road race & C5 time trial) Helen Scott - King Edward VI Sixth Form College Stourbridge (former) - Pilot - Gold medal winner (B 1,000m time trial) & Bronze medal winner (B3km pursuit) Sophie Thornhill - Loughborough College (current) - visually impaired - Gold medal winner (B 1,000m time trial) & Bronze medal winner (B3km pursuit) Judo Sam Ingram – Loughborough College (former) Men's -90kg Powerlifting Ali Jawad - Woodhouse Sixth Form College - Silver medal winner (59kg) Rowing Lauren Rowles - King Edward VI Sixth Form College Stourbridge (former) Mixed double sculls - Gold medal winner (Mixed double sculls) Swimming Jon Fox MBE – Cornwall College (former) - Double silver medal winner (S7 100m backstroke & 400m freestyle) Sascha Kindred OBE - Hopwood Hall College (former) - Gold medal winner (SM6 200m individual medley) Harriet Lee – Long Road Sixth Form College (former) - Silver medal winner (SB9 100m backstroke) Ellie Simmonds OBE –Loughborough College (former) - Gold medal winner (SM6 200m medley) & Bronze medal winner (S6 400m freestyle) Matt Wylie - Sunderland College - Gold medal winner (S9 50m freestyle) Jonathan Booth - Huddersfield New College Table tennis Will Bayley - South Gloucestershire and Stroud College Men's Class 7 - Gold medal winner & bronze medal winner (Team event class 6-8) Aaron McKibbin – Loughborough College (current) Men's Class 8 Ross Wilson - Loughborough College (current) - Men's Class 8 Tennis Dave Phillipson – Loughborough College (former) Alfie Hewett - City College Norwich - Double Silver medal winner (Men's singles and doubles) Triathlon Faye McClelland - Harrow College (former) George Peasgood – Loughborough College (current)