STOREY Sarah

Classification
C5 (UCI, 29 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (dailystar.co.uk, 02 April 2014)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (dailystar.co.uk, 02 April 2014)

Impairment Details
She was born without a functioning left hand after her arm became entangled in the umbilical cord in her mother's womb. (dailystar.co.uk, 02 April 2014)

General
POST-TOKYO THOUGHTS
She is making her eighth Paralympic appearance at the 2020 Games in Tokyo, having debuted in Barcelona in 1992. She competed in swimming until 2004, and has represented Great Britain in cycling at the Games since 2008. "I think having to wait another year [due to the COVID-19 pandemic] is just one of those things, it hasn't changed my motivation. I don't think Tokyo was necessarily going to be the end, I think in some way I'll always race, but whether I race internationally, who knows. I've never been one to make a decision until after the Games anyway, whether that was a decision to have a baby, a decision to carry on, a decision to switch sports, or move from track more onto the road. I'll just wait another year, my body is still well and my mind is definitely still there, and I still feel like I was improving [before lockdown]." (bbc.co.uk, 25 Aug 2020)

NAMED TEAM
She and her husband Barney set up the cycling team 'Storey Racing' in 2017, with Sarah captaining the team and Barney working as coach. (Twitter profile, 18 May 2021; storeyracing.cc, 19 Jan 2021)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
She was elected to the International Paralympic Committee [IPC] Athletes' Council in September 2016 and has also served on the International Cycling Union [UCI] Athletes' Commission and the UCI Para-cycling Commission. (sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk, 01 Apr 2019; bseclients.co.uk, 21 Nov 2018; insidethegames.biz, 18 Sep 2016)