I became an elite para-athlete, but too often minorities such as women and people with disabilities still find the odds are against them
When you’re a minority, it’s easy to feel that your world has shrunk. That’s how I’ve felt over the years, as a disabled woman. But sport has been fundamental in opening the world up to me again.
I first caught the bug watching the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Seeing female wheelchair para-athletes racing on TV that day 20 years ago inspired me as a young mum, newly arrived in the UK from Kenya, to get into a gym. From there, I started training as a para-athlete, which has given me access to opportunities I could never have even imagined as a disabled girl in Kenya.
