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Grace Harvey

Swimming

Date of Birth

31 August 1998

Age

24

Place of Birth

Ware

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Grace Harvey has been through every emotion on two trips to Japan.

First, she went to Suzuka in preparation for the Paralympic Games and was given the chance to walk for the first time using a state-of-the-art robotic suit. That was overwhelming for Harvey, born with cerebral palsy which causes her legs to spasm.  

Then last summer she went to Tokyo for the Paralympics, winning silver in the 100m breaststroke SB5. 

It was the culmination of a journey that started with her learning to swim at age four as a form of physiotherapy before setting her sights on being an elite athlete after watching the 2004 Paralympics. 

She joined Hoddesdon swimming club at the age of nine and made her international debut at the 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin. 

Swimming
Tom Dean aka “The SubmaDean” followed up his double Olympic triumph at Tokyo 2020 by making history in Birmingham, becoming the first Home Nations athlete to win seven medals at a single Commonwealth Games.

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