WHITELEY Laurence

29 Aug 1991
30
Male
PR2
SCARBOROUGH
 
Great Britain
CAVERSHAM
 
Great Britain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ROW Rowing PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sea Forest Waterway
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocationResult
Paralympic Games
1TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA3:55.28
World Championships
1PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x2019Linz, AUT8:34.95
2TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x2015Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA4:04.03
4Men's PR2 Single Sculls2018Plovdiv, BUL8:59.00
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Playing computer games, computers. (heraldscotland.com, 07 Apr 2021)
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Athlete
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English
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Tees Rowing Club [Stockton-on-Tees, GBR]
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Tom Dyson [national], GBR
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He has competed in Para swimming at international level. (thenorthernecho.co.uk, 13 Jan 2016)
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He took up the sport in 2011 with Tees Rowing Club in Stockton-on-Tees, England. (gazettelive.co.uk, 09 Oct 2016)
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He initially competed in Para swimming at international level but thought his impairment was not the best fit for the sport, so decided to try rowing. (britishrowing.org, Sep 2016)
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His first coach Greg Beswick. (gazettelive.co.uk, 09 Oct 2016)
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He was named a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire [MBE] in the 2017 New Year's Honours list for services to rowing. (bbc.com, 31 Dec 2016)

He was named Sportsperson with an Impairment of the Year in Hambleton, England, in 2013 and 2016. (hambleton.gov.uk, 07 Nov 2016; thenorthernecho.co.uk, 18 Oct 2013)

General Interest

Classification
PR2 (worldrowing.com, 03 Jun 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (thenorthernecho.co.uk, 13 Jan 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (thenorthernecho.co.uk, 13 Jan 2016)

Impairment Details
At age 14 he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma [bone cancer]. He underwent surgery on his right leg to remove his knee joint and part of the fibula. He also had three rounds of chemotherapy treatment. During his rehabilitation, he had titanium rods inserted into his thigh in order to rebuild his knee. (theadvertiserseries.co.uk, 11 Oct 2010; thenorthernecho.co.uk, 12 Feb 2010; gazettelive.co.uk, 25 Sep 2009)

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He serves as an ambassador for the Bone Cancer Research Trust, a charity which aims to raise awareness and provide funding for research into primary bone cancer. (bcrt.org.uk, 27 Mar 2017; Instagram profile, 25 Jun 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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