Get to know... Libby Clegg
Libby made her Paralympic debut in Beijing in 2008, winning a silver medal in the T12 100m.
Qualified massage therapist, Libby starts competing in 2008 and won many medals during Beijing, London and Rio games.
Formerly a keen ballet dancer, Libby took up athletics aged 9, first competing in middle distance and cross country running before taking up sprinting.
She joined the Macclesfield Harriers Athletics Club in 1999, bursting onto the international scene aged 16 at the 2006 World Championships in Assen, the Netherlands, when she won a silver medal in the T12 200m.
In 2008 she was awarded third place in the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year.
In 2020 Libby became the first blind participant on ITV’s Dancing on Ice, reaching the final and finishing third with her partner Mark Hanretty
Libby made her Paralympic debut in Beijing in 2008, winning a silver medal in the T12 100m.
At London 2012, Libby won her T12 100m heat in a world record time of 12.17 seconds to qualify for the semi-finals. In the final, Libby ran a time of 12.13 to set a new personal best and take the silver medal.
Libby began working with guide runner Chris Clarke in February 2016 and the pair claimed T11 100m and 200m gold at Rio 2016.
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