HARVEY Grace

Date of Birth: 31 Aug 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Sport Class: S6,SB5,SM6

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 400m Freestyle - S6	7
	Women's 100m Backstroke - S6
	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB5	2
	Women's 50m Butterfly - S6
	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM6	6
	Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Pts GBR Great Britain	DSQ

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM6 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Individual Medley - SM6 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB5 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - SB5 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - 34 Points Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 50m Butterfly - S6 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 400m Freestyle - S6 Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 400m Freestyle - S6 Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Backstroke - S6 Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
European Championships
3	100m Backstroke - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:30.17
4	100m Freestyle - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	1:14.62
4	400m Freestyle - S6	2018	Dublin, IRL	5:32.60
6	200m Individual Medley - SM6	2018	Dublin, IRL	3:10.43

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Biology - University of Manchester , Great Britain

Languages spoken:

Hoddesdon Swim Club [Great Britain]

Rob Aubry [national]

2018 for Great Britain (britishswimming.org, 02 Aug 2018)

She learned to swim at age four, and joined Hoddesdon Swim Club in Hertfordshire, England, at age nine. She was classified at age 11. (sportsaid.org.uk, 01 Oct 2012; herts.ac.uk, 01 Sep 2020; studentnews.manchester.ac.uk, 06 Jan 2020)

She first took up swimming as a form of physiotherapy, to help control spasms in her legs caused by cerebral palsy. But after watching the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, she decided she wanted to compete. "I decided to join a swimming club because I watched the Paralympics and saw people who walked like me. I remember thinking 'Oh wow, I want to do that too!'" (studentnews.manchester.ac.uk, 06 Jan 2020; activityalliance.org.uk, 08 Dec 2017; sportsaid.org.uk, 01 Oct 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (thebigkickoff.com, 20 May 2020)

British Para swimmers Ellie Simmonds and Josef Craig. (itv.com, 02 Jul 2021; studentnews.manchester.ac.uk, 06 Jan 2020)

She puts French braids her hair before each race. (britishswimming.org, 24 Jan 2018)

Philosophy:

"Just to keep at it. Even though the journey will be tough, all the friends and memories that will come of the journey will come, and will be the best experience of your life."(studentnews.manchester.ac.uk, 06 Jan 2020)

In 2018 she was named Fresher of the Year at the University of Manchester Sports Awards in England. (Twitter profile, 18 Jul 2018)

In 2012 she was named Para Athlete of the Year by the borough of Broxbourne, England. (sportsaid.org.uk, 10 Mar 2014)

General Interest

Classification
S6, SB6, SM6 (IPC, 31 Jul 2021)

Impairment Details
She has cerebral palsy. (herts.ac.uk, 01 Sep 2020; hertfordshiremercury.co.uk, 03 May 2013)

General
FIRST FOOTSTEPS IN JAPAN
In January 2020, while on a three-week Team GB training camp in Suzuka, Japan, she was able to walk for the first time in her life thanks to a robotic suit developed by Suzuka University. She also cried tears of joy after stepping out of the suit. "We were invited to the Suzuka medical university. Japan have an ageing population and they were looking at something that could help them, so I was asked if I would like to participate and try it on and I said yes, definitely. It was a suit with some wires which picks up the messages in your brain and allows the leg muscles to walk. It was the first time that I had ever stood up flat, and to experience what an able-bodied life was like was completely indescribable. It was an opportunity I never thought I would have, and I was on cloud nine." (thebigkickoff.com, 20 May 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
DSQ:: Disqualified

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