Athlete of the Month

Each month, we will be giving you an insight into a Team GB or ParalympicsGB athlete.

March Athlete of the Month – Katie Summerhayes

Katie Summerhayes is a Team GB Freestyle skier who won gold at the 2014 Junior World Championships in Valmalenco, Italy. Find out more about Katie Summerhayes.

Previous Athletes of the Month

2014:

February 2014 – James Whitley is a ParalympicsGB skier who competed at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
January 2014 – John Jackson’s four-man bobsleigh team finished an incredible fifth at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.

2013:

December 2013 – Angie Malone is a ParlympicsGB Wheelchair Curler was selected to compete in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
November 2013 – Tim Baillie competes in the canoe slalom C2 event and has won Olympic gold for Team GB at London 2012.
November 2013 – Etienne Stott competes in the canoe slalom C2 event and has won Olympic gold for Team GB at London 2012
October 2013 – Aileen Neilson will represent ParalympicsGB in Wheelchair Curling for the second time at the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
September 2013 – Anna Sloan is a world class Curler who is hoping to compete in her first Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014.
August 2013 – Terry Bywater is one of the most experienced players in Wheelchair Basketball having competed in four Paralympic Games.
July 2013 – Nile Wilson is British gymnast and last year won gold and silver at the Junior European Championship.
June 2013 – Craig McCann is a ParalympicsGB wheelchair fencer from Doncaster.
May 2013 – Corinna Lawrence Corinna Lawrence is a fencer from Plymouth, Devon, specialising in the epee-individual event. She enjoyed a fine year in 2009 winning Commonwealth junior gold, Australian Youth Olympic Festival silver and European junior bronze.
April 2013 – Stephen Thomas is a ParalympicsGB and double World Champion sailor from Bridgend, Wales.
March 2013 – Katherine Grainger is a British rower and gold medalist in the London 2012 Olympic games.
February 2013 – Kelly Gallagher and first guide Charlotte Evans were placed 3rd in the overall Europa Cup in 2010/11 and won their first Downhill ski event in 2012 in France.
January 2013 – Zoe Smith finished 12th at the London 2012 Olympic Games with a British clean and jerk record.

2012:

December 2012 – Elise Christie is the first Athlete of the Month in our Get Set education programme.