Sarah is Great Britain's most decorated female Paralympic swimmer, having won 5 Paralympic, 6 world championship and 16 European championship gold medals during her illustrious career. At the tender age of 14 and on her international debut, Sarah won the gold medal in the 100m backstroke at the Barcelona Paralympics in 1992, breaking the world record by nearly 4 seconds in the process. Since then, Sarah has developed into Great Britain's most versatile swimmer and has competed in relay events at international level in all 4 strokes.

Sarah’s most recent success came in the Athens Paralympics where she scooped 2 silver (100m breaststroke, 200m IM) and 1 bronze (100m freestyle), with a British record in the 100m breaststroke.

In 2005 Sarah swapped the pool for the velodrome after a series of chronic ear infections prevented her from being in the water for long periods. After winning 5 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze on her international debut for cycling as well as breaking the world record for the LC1 women’s 3km pursuit, Sarah decided it was time to move on and took up a place on the British Cycling team.

During her school days, Sarah was also a talented runner, table-tennis, netball player and biathlete. Her running saw her compete in cross-country for Cheshire Schools, whilst in table-tennis she was Cheshire County champion for 3 consecutive years. In netball, Sarah made the county team playing Goal Attack and as a biathlete, Sarah placed second in the Great Britain Schools competition.

Contact Sarah and find out more about her sport and what she is doing now by emailing: Helen@creatingexcellence.co.uk