WHITELEY Laurence

Date of Birth: 29 Aug 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Sport Class: PR2

Place of birth: SCARBOROUGH

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : CAVERSHAM

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x GBR Great Britain	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x Heat 2 #6	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x Final A #23	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
1	TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	3:55.28
World Championships
1	PR2 Mixed Double Sculls - PR2Mix2x	2019	Linz, AUT	8:34.95
2	TA Mixed Double Sculls - TAMix2x	2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	4:04.03
4	Men's PR2 Single Sculls	2018	Plovdiv, BUL	8:59.00

Playing computer games, computers. (heraldscotland.com, 07 Apr 2021)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Tees Rowing Club [Stockton-on-Tees, GBR]

Tom Dyson [national], GBR

Other sports:

He has competed in Para swimming at international level. (thenorthernecho.co.uk, 13 Jan 2016)

He took up the sport in 2011 with Tees Rowing Club in Stockton-on-Tees, England. (gazettelive.co.uk, 09 Oct 2016)

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)

His first coach Greg Beswick. (gazettelive.co.uk, 09 Oct 2016)

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)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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