Paul Greaves

Paul, Leicester.

When I was 16 years old, I experienced a life-changing motorbike accident which left me completely paralysed from the waist down.

By the age of 18, I was heading across the world to compete as a wheelchair racer. I took part in marathons, world championships, the Commonwealth Games, and my proudest achievement: competing at the 1996 Paralympics in Atlanta. I became the fastest 100m wheelchair sprinter in Britain.

I am blogging to raise awareness of spinal cord injury.