Lloyd Upsdell’s sprinting secrets at the Paralympics
Posted on February 10, 2008
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Sprinter Lloyd Upsdell burst onto the international scene when he won two golds at the International World Championships in 1998. The cerebral palsy athlete also won a bronze at the Athens Olympics.
The Welsh born athlete was discovered by a coach twelve years ago and has never looked back since. He also ahs a impressive track record of the follwoing wins on the track,
- Paralympics: Sydney 2000: gold (100 and 200m), Athens 2004: bronze (200m)
- World Champs: Birmingham 1998: gold (100 and 200m), Lille 2002: gold (100 and 200m)
- European Champs: Assen 2003: silver (200m), Espoo 2005: gold (2005)
- World records: World 200m record holder, European 100m record holder
Although he has experienced a a whole new series of problems in his life recently which you could say are common to all teenagers. He fell in love, did not manage to fill in a set of very important and necessary forms, lost his funding, gained weight, fought with the UK Athletics administrative mandarins, and became thoroughly disillusioned and and ultimately went on a terrific drinking spree.
