BAILEY Issy

Date of Birth: 19 Apr 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Sport Class: SH1

Place of residence : GREAT BRITAIN

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Shooting	P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1	18
	P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1	21

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Asaka Shooting Range - 10m Range	P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 Qualification	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - 25m Range	P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification Precision	Finished
	Asaka Shooting Range - 25m Range	P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 Qualification Rapid	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
14	P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	359
World Championships
7	P5 - 10m Air Pistol Standard SH1	2018	Cheongju, KOR	347
9	P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS	551
11	P5 - 10m Air Pistol Standard SH1	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS	344
19	P2 - Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1	2018	Cheongju, KOR	544
33	P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1	2019	Sydney, NSW, AUS	547
35	P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol SH1	2018	Cheongju, KOR	506
DNS	P3 - Mixed 25m Pistol SH1	2018	Cheongju, KOR	DNS

Going to the beach, travelling. (Instagram profile, 02 Aug 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Motivational Speaker

English Literature - University of Exeter, Great Britain

Partner Matt Skelhon

Languages spoken:

English, French

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Matt Skelhon has represented Great Britain in shooting Para sport. He won gold at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, and claimed silver and bronze at the 2012 Games in London. (Instagram profile, 13 Jan 2021; paralympics.org.uk, 01 Jan 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 17 Mar 2021)

Other sports:

She has played wheelchair rugby for the Stoke Mandeville Maulers and wheelchair badminton for Devon Racqueteers in England. Prior to her accident, she played hockey at university level and competed in athletics at junior national level in England. (Twitter profile, 08 Nov 2019; exeteramagazine.com, 12 Nov 2015; sportsaid.org.uk, 19 May 2015; gloucestershireecho.co.uk, 05 May 2014; thepowerof10.info, 17 Jul 2011)

2014 for Great Britain (rio.paralympics.org.uk, 2016)

She took up shooting Para sport at age 19 while being treated for her injuries at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England. (gloucestershireecho.co.uk, 05 May 2014)

She was encouraged to try shooting as part of her rehabilitation. "I broke a lot of ribs in my accident and I was simply in too much pain to try anything other than a passive sport. I had shot rifles in the CCF [Combined Cadet Force] at school and done some clay pigeon shooting but the pistol shooting was a way of passing the time and meeting people." (wiltsglosstandard.co.uk, 04 Aug 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. After retiring from competition, she would like to work as a performance-lifestyle advisor or access consultant. (wiltsglosstandard.co.uk, 04 Aug 2016; LinkedIn profile, 13 Jan 2021)

British hockey player Kate Richardson-Walsh. (sportsaid.org.uk, 19 May 2015)

Her mother. (wiltsglosstandard.co.uk, 04 Aug 2016)

General Interest

Classification
SH1 (IPC, 24 Feb 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (gloucestershireecho.co.uk, 05 May 2014)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (gloucestershireecho.co.uk, 05 May 2014)

Impairment Details
In June 2013 she and two friends were returning home from the cinema when they were involved in a car accident. She had to be resuscitated at the scene and was placed in an induced coma for five days. Her injuries included a broken back, five broken ribs, a crushed right lung and a severed liver. She was paralysed from the waist down and lost the full use of her left hand. She spent four weeks in intensive care, and six months in John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, England, before being transferred to the spinal injury unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, England. (wiltsglosstandard.co.uk, 04 Aug 2016; gloucestershireecho.co.uk, 05 May 2014)

General
DEALING WITH HER IMPAIRMENT
She says she initially struggled to come to terms with her impairment, but that sport played a role in her accepting her new life. "I couldn't understand why the nurse wouldn't tell me when I could go home but the truth is they didn't know if I was going to get over the injuries I'd sustained. I did, but after three weeks of sucking juice from a sponge in an intensive care unit, and then regaining hand function in a ward for traumatic accidents, it began to sink in that it was unlikely that I'd walk again. I cried a lot. I got a lot of pain from everyday things like hugs, coughing and lying on my right side. Because my right lung was crushed, I had trouble breathing for a while, too. When I developed enough strength, I started the course of physiotherapy that took me from full dependency on multiple nurses to independence. It took five months. My left hand doesn't work properly, so there are still things I need help with, but I'm back in the world of sport and I feel like I've come home again." (prancingthroughlife.com, 16 Mar 2015)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree in global literatures and cultures at the University of Exeter in England. She has also undertaken a course in life coaching. (LinkedIn profile, 13 Jan 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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