COLLIS-McCANN Gemma

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
8	Epee Individual - Category A	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA
8	Women's Team Open	2012	London, GBR
World Championships
10	Epee Individual - Category A	2017	Rome, ITA
14	Foil Individual - Category A	2017	Rome, ITA
16	Epee Individual - Category A	2019	Cheongju, KOR
16	Epee Individual - Category A	2015	Eger, HUN
18	Foil Individual - Category A	2015	Eger, HUN
21	Foil Individual - Category A	2019	Cheongju, KOR
27	Sabre Individual - Category A	2019	Cheongju, KOR
European Championships
9	Epee Individual - Category A	2018	Terni, ITA
9	Foil Individual - Category A	2018	Terni, ITA
19	Sabre Individual - Category A	2018	Terni, ITA

Gemma Collis

Athlete, Journalist, Motivational Speaker

Law - Durham University, Great Britain

Husband Craig Collis-McCann

English

Her husband Craig Collis-McCann has represented Great Britain in Para cycling and wheelchair fencing. He competed in wheelchair fencing in the open team event at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, and at the Para cycling road world championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019, winning silver in the time trial at the 2018 edition in Maniago, Italy. (SportsDeskOnline, 16 Aug 2021; yorkshirepost.co.uk, 14 Aug 2012; Instagram profile, 15 Jul 2021)

2012 for Great Britain, World Cup in Germany (Athlete, 19 May 2016)

She took up the sport at age 19 while studying at Durham University in England. (Athlete, 22 Apr 2012)

Hungarian wheelchair fencing coach Laszlo Jakab recruited her to the sport after watching her play wheelchair basketball at Durham University in England. "[Durham] wasn't originally a university I wanted to go to because it was too far away from my parents. But I could not have made a better choice for my life. I remember Laszlo Jakab came up to me and asked if I wanted to give fencing a try. I thought, 'Who is this weird old man?' It just seemed so random. Now, he is like a third granddad to me, he was witness at my wedding. He and his wife are so special to me and always will be. They are family to me." (Athlete, 22 Apr 2012; palatinate.org.uk, 17 Jun 2021)

To win a medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (palatinate.org.uk, 17 Jun 2021)

British triple jumper Jonathan Edwards, Hong Kong, China wheelchair fencer Yu Chui Yee, Hungarian wheelchair fencer Zsuzsanna Krajnyak. (Athlete, 19 May 2016)

Her parents. (Athlete, 19 May 2016)

"See every obstacle as a hurdle you have to get over or around, not as a barrier stopping you. The minute you see it as one, that's exactly what it will become." (Athlete, 19 May 2016)