Occupation: Swimmer Birth: January 29, 1984
I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied..
To be here, is a dream come true. A dream is something that you set for yourself, not what other people set for you. When I qualified in Seville I bu….
If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it..
I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals..
I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi..
It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream..
Swimming is my passion and something that I love. Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me. I go out there and trai….
When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts..
Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me..
It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have that dream realised is something massive for me..
Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it..
I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything..
Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one..
I go out there and train as hard as anybody else..