Profile
200m, T54
Funding: World Class Development
DOB: 08 July 1986
Born: Kings Lynn
Lives: Bury St Edmunds
Club: St Edmunds Pacers
Contact:
Coach: Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson
International Highlights
2005 European Championships Espoo 800m sf, 1500m ht, 2006 World Championships Assen 400m sf, 200m ht, 800m sf, 2007 IAAF World Championships Osaka 1500m 7th, 2007 IWAS Taipei 5000m 5th, relay bronze
Personal Bests
100m 15.35 (2007), 200m 27.08 (2007), 400m 49.37 (2006),
800m 1.38.16 (2007), 1500m 3.03.72 (2007), 5000m 11.13 (2007), Marathon 1.39.31 (2007)
Career summary
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Before athletics Brian was part of Bury Bombers basketball team – and was once National junior champion in that sport.
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He was inspired to take up wheelchair racing when he met Dame Tanni Grey Thompson.
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Outside of training he works as an information assistant for his local council. Brian has a celtic dragon tattoo on his right arm, and one of the people he most admires in life is Lance Armstrong because of the challenges he’s faced in his career.
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